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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 17, 2001Howard County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2001, 3:05 PM CDT for Howard County, Missouri. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 17, 2001, 3:05 PM CDT (20:05 UTC)
Expired: May 17, 2001, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Howard County, MO

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 17, 3:35 PM CDT	Hail 1.75	Fayette, MO	Public reported 13/4 inch hail and wind gusts to 60 mph.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 17, 1:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 264 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 2833 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 818 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KEAX 172005
SVRMCI
MOC089-172045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
305 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 305 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF FAYETTE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES
  NORTH OF BOONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FAYETTE AT 310 PM CDT
  ARMSTRONG AT 325 PM CDT

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN
DIAMETER...AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. FOR YOUR SAFETY...MOVE
INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING IS A THREAT
FROM ALL THUNDERSTORMS. HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF
LOW LYING AREAS.

LAT...LON 3933 9271 3913 9291 3903 9275 3913 9259
          3919 9253 3921 9246 3925 9244 3926 9249
          3927 9250 3927 9254 3929 9255 3929 9258
          3930 9259 3930 9265

SF

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 17, 3:55 AM CDT, 11 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 17, 3:55 AM CDT, 11 hours 10 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
355 AM CDT THU MAY 17 2001

LOCATION OF FNTS/OUTFLOW BNDRYS...PCPN...CLDS WILL HV AN IMPACT ON
TEMPS THRU FRI MRNG. MID/UPR LVL PATTERN HAS BCM MORE ACTV AS
MID/UPR LVL RDG HAS FLATTENED...WITH PREDOMINANT ZONAL FLOW NOW IN
PLACE. QSTNRY FNTL BNDRY LIES FM NRN IL ACRS EXTRM SRN IA INTO N
CNTRL KS. UPSTRM CDFNT FM WRN MN CURVES SW THRU NRN NEB. STG/ISOLD
SVR TSTMS OCRG WITH SRN MOST BNDRY NR MO/IA BDR WHERE CAPES RUNNING
ARND 3000J. SUF INSTBY PRESENT TO SUPPORT SOME LRG HAIL FOR THE REST
OF THIS MRNG. CNVTV COMPLEX SHUD TRK E THIS MRNG WITH MAIN PCPN
THREAT FAR NRN MO CNTYS THIS MRNG. WATCHING LRG CNVTV COMPLEX OVR
ERN CO/WRN KS. ETA/AVN MODELS HV BEST HANDLE WITH THIS FEATURE...AND
TRK THIS PCPN COMPLEX EWD THIS MRNG ACRS KS. DFCLT TO SEE VORT LOBE
MODELS ATTACH TO THIS FEATURE BUT FEEL IT IS MORE OF A CNVTVLY
INDUCED VORT MAX WHICH WILL BCM MORE APPARANT LTR THIS MRNG.

FNTL BNDRY EXPCD TO SAG SWD THIS MRNG AND BCM THE FOCUS FOR ACTV
CNVTN PSBLY BY ERY AFTN. H7 TEMPS PROGD TO COOL A CPL DEGREES TDY SO
AMS WILL BE LESS CAPPED. HI CAPE VALUES WILL CONT TO SUPPORT LRG
HAIL/DMGG WIND THREAT THRU ERY THIS EVE ACRS SE HLF CWA. GIVEN HIGH
POPS FM PROGS AND ABV SCENERIO FEEL LIKELY POPS WARRANTED FOR LRG
PART OF CWA. SINCE PCPN SHUD HOLD OFF FOR ALL BUT FAR NRN CNTYS TILL
THIS AFTN THINK MOST OF CWA WILL EXCEED GUID MAX TEMPS.

UPSTRM CDFNT PROGD TO ENTER NW MO THIS AFTN AND COULD BE ANOTHER
SOURCE FOR AFTN CNVTN. HIGH PWS SUS HVY RAIN WILL CONT TO BE A
THREAT. MAY SEE SOME POST FNTL CNVTN AS SLOW MOVG MID LVL SHRTWV
MOVS E INTO CWA LT THIS AFTN/EVE.

EXTV CLDNS EXPCD TO LAST THRU TNGT AND THIS LIKELY TO SUPPORT WRMR
MIN TEMPS THAN PROGD. COOLER AND DRIER AIR MOVS INTO CWA FRI AS SFC
HI BUILDS IN.

NEXT CHC OF RAIN IS SAT NGT/SUN AS STGR SHRTWV MOVS ACRS SRN PLAINS
WITH INVERTED SFC FNT PUSING E ACRS KS AND INTO MO.

LTST AVN/MRF SHOW A STGR CDFNT WITH MUCH COOLER AIR MOVG IN FOR
TUE/WED. HV LOWERED TEMPS SVRL CAT TO REFLECT THIS.

.EAX...
KS...NONE
MO...NONE

JULY

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 17, 2:18 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
218 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0212 PM    WESTON                    MO   70 MPH TSTM GUST
05/17/01   PLATTE

0212 PM    WESTON                    MO   .75 INCH HAIL
05/17/01   PLATTE

Local storm report, May 17, 2:43 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
243 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0240 PM    RIVERSIDE                 MO   .88 INCH HAIL
05/17/01   PLATTE                         REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.

Local storm report, May 17, 2:52 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
252 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0140 PM    BRAYMER                   MO   WIND DAMAGE
05/17/01   CALDWELL                       REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.  TREE BLOWN
                                          DOWN.

Local storm report, May 17, 2:57 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
257 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0245 PM    3 NW DE WITT              MO   .75 INCH HAIL
05/17/01   CARROLL                        AND 2 FOOT
                                          CIRCUMFERENCE TREE LIMB
                                          BLOWN DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          PUBLIC.

Local storm report, May 17, 2:59 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
259 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0220 PM    MOSBY                     MO   .75 INCH HAIL
05/17/01   CLAY                           REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

Local storm report, May 17, 3:03 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
303 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0117 PM    5 S TRENTON               MO   1 INCH HAIL
05/17/01   GRUNDY                         ALSO HIGH WINDS BENDING
                                          SIGNS OVER. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0120 PM    6 W TRENTON               MO   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/17/01   GRUNDY                         REPORTED BY MEDIA.

0122 PM    4 SE TRENTON              MO   1 INCH HAIL
05/17/01   GRUNDY                         REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.

0133 PM    7 S TRENTON               MO   65 MPH TSTM GUST
05/17/01   GRUNDY                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORyCEMENT OFFICIAL.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 17, 1:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison, Nodaway	55 min
May 17, 3:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Nodaway	44 min
May 17, 3:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Worth	43 min
May 17, 4:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Putnam	40 min
May 17, 8:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Harrison	26 min
May 17, 10:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Sullivan	45 min
May 17, 11:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Grundy	38 min
May 17, 11:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew	46 min
May 17, 12:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	DeKalb	40 min
May 17, 12:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Grundy	58 min
May 17, 12:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Clinton	65 min
May 17, 1:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Grundy, Linn	57 min
May 17, 1:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Ray	40 min
May 17, 1:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll	49 min
May 17, 1:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Platte	37 min
May 17, 2:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay	40 min
May 17, 2:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll	114 min
May 17, 2:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton	42 min
May 17, 2:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Livingston	2 hr
May 17, 2:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson	42 min
May 17, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Lafayette, Ray	50 min
May 17, 3:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Howard	44 min
May 17, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Pettis	65 min
May 17, 4:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Howard	45 min
May 17, 4:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll	114 min
May 17, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates	37 min
May 17, 6:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll	97 min
May 17, 6:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Daviess	76 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.