Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS Kansas City, MO

Issued

May 20, 2001, 8:10 PM CDT (01:10 UTC)

Expired

May 20, 2001, 9:15 PM CDT

In force

65 min

Issued by

NWS Kansas City, MO

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Lafayette County, MO

000 
WUUS53 KEAX 210110
SVRMCI
MOC107-210215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
810 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 810 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF HIGGINSVILLE...OR ABOUT 15
  MILES NORTH OF WARRENSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HIGGINSVILLE AT 815 PM CDT
  CONCORDIA AT 830 PM CDT
  ALMA AT 835 PM CDT

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DIME SIZE HAIL...AND
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 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.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

LAT...LON 3922 9353 3921 9354 3918 9388 3894 9383
          3893 9351 3918 9350 3922 9349

LVQ

NWS Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 20, 2:35 PM CDT, 5 hours 35 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
235 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2001

FORECAST CONCERNS DEAL MAINLY WITH PRECIPITATION TODAY AND THE
CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN.

WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS THE ONE TWO PUNCH READY TO DECEND ON THE
REGION TODAY. THE FIRST SHORTWAVE IS HEADING OUT OF THE TEXAS
PANHANDLE IN THE SRN JET STREAM...THE SECOND IS THE LARGER BUCKLE IN
THE LONGWAVE FLOW STREAMING IN FROM ALBERTA IN THE NRN STREAM. 00Z
SOUNDING FROM OKC SHOWS OVER 1.5 INCHES OF PRECIPITABLE WATER HEADED
THIS WAY. EXPECT RAIN TO BEGIN OVER MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA
BETWEEN 12Z AND 15Z THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE MUCH OF THE DAY UNTIL
THE COLD FRONT ARRIVES THIS EVENING. CATEGORICAL POPS TODAY AND THIS
EVENING SEEM TO BE A SAFE BET.

AM LEANING AGAINST A FLASH FLOOD WATCH AT THIS TIME. RADAR RETURNS
OVER MOST OF KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA ARE NOT THAT IMPRESSIVE WITH LIGHT
TO MODERATE RAINS OVER THE MAJORITY OF THE AREA. GIVEN THE AREAL
COVERAGE OF THIS RAIN AND PLENTY OF CLOUD COVER TODAY...AM NOT
EXPECTING MUCH IN THE WAY OF LONG-LIVED ENHANCED CONVECTION. FLASH
FLOOD GUIDANCE FOR THE 6 TO 12 HR PERIOD IS BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.0
INCHES OVER MOST OF THE NRN MO...AND DONT FEEL THAT WIDESPREAD
AMOUNTS WILL EXCEED THESE AMOUNTS. DAY SHIFT WILL NEED TO KEEP A
CLOSE EYE OUT FOR CONVECTIVE ELEMENTS...ESPECIALLY OVER
HENRY...JOHNSON...AND PETTIS COUNTIES WHERE FFG IS LOWER.

CURRENT FORECAST TEMPERATURES ARE CLOSE TO ETA TEMPERATURES AND LOOK
GOOD THROUGH PERIOD. WILL TRIM POPS FOR MONDAY DOWN TO 10-20
PERCENT. DESPITE THE PROBABILITY OF SHORTWAVES IN THE UPPER LEVEL
TROUGH...THERE IS TOO MUCH CAA FOR MUCH LIFT. AFTERNOON SFC
INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE ALSO DOES NOT SUPPORT SHOWER ACTIVITY.

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

KOCH

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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