Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 171, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2001, 10:20 AM CDT for Adair County, Linn County, Macon County, Missouri. It was in force for 55 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 2001, 10:20 AM CDT (15:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2001, 11:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Adair County, MO, Linn County, MO, Macon County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 182 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 10:50 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | New Boston, MO |
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 nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 265 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 663 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -210 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1211 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
153 WUUS53 KEAX 141520 SVRMCI MOC001-115-121-141615- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1020 AM CDT THU JUN 14 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN LINN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI NORTHERN MACON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KIRKSVILLE * UNTIL 1115 AM CDT * AT 1020 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW BOSTON...OR ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KIRKSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... NEW BOSTON AT 1030 AM CDT ETHEL AT 1035 AM CDT GOLDSBERRY AT 1040 AM CDT ELMER AT 1050 AM CDT SOUTH GIFFORD AT 1055 AM CDT YARROW AT 1105 AM CDT THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE...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. $$ JM
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 Jun 14, 3:45 AM CDT, 6 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 3:45 AM CDT, 6 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 345 AM CDT THU JUN 14 2001 IR SAT SHOWS THAT CLOUD TOPS CONTINUE TO COOL THIS MORNING...WITH SRN EXTENT OF CONVECTION RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF KANSAS ALONG FRONT. AS THE LLVL JET MOVES EAST...EXPECT THE LINE OF CONVECTION TO FOLLOW ALONG. NWRN ZONES WILL SEE ACTIVITY BY ZONE ISSUANCE...HOWEVER THE REST OF WRN CWA WILL HAVE TO WAIT TIL MORE LIKE 12Z. WHILE THE ACTIVITY MAY WEAKEN SOMEWHAT AS IT ENTERS CWA...EXPECT DAYTIME HEATING TO REDEVELOP/STRENGTHEN IT IN ERN CWA. SEVERE POTENTIAL WILL PROBABLY BE HIGHEST EAST OF I35. DIRECTIONAL SHEAR MORESO THAN SPEED SHEAR. WILL DO POPS CLOSE TO CURRNT ZFP/GUID. NOT EXPECTING A LOT OF TRAINING AS FRONT SEEMS TO MOVE PRETTY FAST BY EVENING...BUT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE. TEMPS ARE TRICKY. FEEL THAT TSRA WILL TAKE LONG ENOUGH THAT ERN CWA WILL BE ON THE WARM SIDE...WHERE THE WRN CWA WILL HALT WARMING ONCE PRECIP ARRIVES. WARM CURRENT TEMPS...SO WILL GO NEAR 85 IN THE WEST AND UPPER 80S IN THE EAST. MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT WITH THE EXITING SYSTEM...AND THIS IS ALONG THE LINES OF CURRNT PKG. COOLER DAY EXPECTED ON FRIDAY...WITH WARM UP FOR THE WEEKEND. NO OTHER CHANGES PLANNED. .EAX... KS...NONE. MO...NONE. LVQ
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 6:00 AM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-151200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 600 AM CDT THU JUN 14 2001 ...THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... FORECAST: THROUGH THE MORNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY WEST OF AN I35 LINE. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE EVENING HOURS...THIS ACTIVITY WILL SHIFT EAST OF AN I35 LINE. DISCUSSION: A LINE OF STRONG STORMS HAS FORMED OVER THE HIGH PLAINS THIS MORNING...MOVING NORTHEAST INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI. THEY ARE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT AND STRONG SURFACE LOW. AS THESE STORMS PROPAGATE TO THE EAST...THEY WILL PRODUCE BOUNDARIES...IN ADDITION TO THE SURFACE FRONT...WHICH WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR MORE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. THE SYSTEM WILL EXIT THE REGION DURING THE EVENING HOURS...WHICH WILL EFFECTIVELY END THE ACTIVITY. OUTLOOK: THE NEXT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. AT THIS TIME...THE SEVERE POTENTIAL LOOKS TO BE MINIMAL. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/EAX. LVQ
Local storm report, Jun 14, 7:49 AM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
749 AM CDT THU JUN 14 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0746 AM MAYSVILLE MO 1 INCH HAIL
06/14/01 DE KALB REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0746 AM KING CITY MO 1 INCH HAIFL
06/14/01 GENTRY REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
MAXIMUKLocal storm report, Jun 14, 9:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
911 AM CDT THU JUN 14 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0852 AM 6 SW TRENTON MO 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/14/01 GRUNDYLocal storm report, Jun 14, 9:13 AM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
913 AM CDT THU JUN 14 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0845 AM JAMESPORT MO 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/14/01 DAVIESS REPORTED BY PUBLIC.The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 7:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | DeKalb | 51 min |
| Jun 14, 7:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Gentry | 38 min |
| Jun 14, 8:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Grundy | 47 min |
| Jun 14, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass | 57 min |
| Jun 14, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison | 63 min |
| Jun 14, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson | 63 min |
| Jun 14, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Clinton | 49 min |
| Jun 14, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay | 47 min |
| Jun 14, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Lafayette, Ray | 57 min |
| Jun 14, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson | 57 min |
| Jun 14, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Grundy, Mercer | 63 min |
| Jun 14, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Livingston | 75 min |
| Jun 14, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Macon, Randolph | 54 min |
| Jun 14, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Saline | 59 min |
| Jun 14, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Chariton, Linn | 63 min |
| Jun 14, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Putnam, Sullivan | 63 min |
| Jun 14, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pettis | 55 min |
| Jun 14, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Adair, Macon, Randolph | 58 min |
| Jun 14, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Schuyler | 58 min |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.