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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 172, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 14, 2001Linn County, Miami County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2001, 1:34 PM CDT for Linn County, Miami County, Kansas. It was in force for 56 min. 2 reports 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: Jun 14, 2001, 1:34 PM CDT (18:34 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2001, 2:30 PM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:34 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, 1:52 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 52 E	Parker, KS	Law enforcement reported wind damage with several large trees blown down.
Jun 14, 1:54 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 52 E	Osawatomie, KS	Law enforcement reported wind damage with several large trees down.

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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 87 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: 2760 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 784 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 241 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 245 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 8.7

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The text

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

965 
WUUS53 KEAX 141834
SVRMCI
KSC107-121-141930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
134 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
  MIAMI COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PAOLA

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT

* AT 134 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 20 MILES WEST OF CENTERVILLE KS
  TO BLUE MOUND...OR FROM 7 MILES WEST OF GARNETT TO 15 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF GARNETT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  CENTERVILLE KS AT 140 PM CDT
  PARKER AT 145 PM CDT
  PLEASANTON AT 150 PM CDT
  TRADING POST AT 155 PM CDT
  PAOLA AT 205 PM CDT
  HILLSDALE AT 210 PM CDT

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70
MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE.  
FOR YOUR SAFETY...MOVE INDOORS...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
REMEMBER...LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ALL THUNDERSTORMS.

LAT...LON 3865 9505 3821 9505 3805 9505 3807 9466
          3873 9463 3872 9504

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, 9 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 3:45 AM CDT, 9 hours 49 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

Local storm report, Jun 14, 7:49 AM CDT, 5 hours 45 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.

MAXIMUK

Local storm report, Jun 14, 9:11 AM CDT, 4 hours 23 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   GRUNDY

Local storm report, Jun 14, 9:13 AM CDT, 4 hours 21 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.

Local storm report, Jun 14, 11:05 AM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1105 AM CDT THU JUN 14 2001

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

1050 AM    4 SW NEW BOSTON           MO   .75 INCH HAIL
06/14/01   LINN                           REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 1:00 PM CDT, 34 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
100 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001

...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...

FORECAST: STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ALONG AND EAST OF A
COLD FRONT ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS INTO NORTHWEST MISSOURI.  A FEW OF
THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO
STORM INTERACTIONS AND AFTERNOON HEATING.  THE SEVERE THREAT
FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  HEAVY RAIN
WILL ALSO BE A POSSIBILITY AS STORMS TRAIN ACROSS THE SAME AREAS.

DISCUSSION: A LINE OF STRONG STORMS HAS FORMED ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS
INTO NORTHWEST MISSOURI.  THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MOVED ACROSS NORTHERN
MISSOURI THIS MORNING AND CLOUD COVER FROM A LARGE COMPLEX OF STORMS
OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS HAS HELPED TO STABILIZE THE
ATMOSPHERE...REDUCING THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER.  SOME STORMS
MAY BE SEVERE HOWEVER DUE TO STORM INTERACTIONS AND THE POTENTIAL
FOR HEATING IN PLACES WHERE THE CLOUD COVER THINS OUT THIS
AFTERNOON.

HEAVY RAIN MAY BE AN ADDITIONAL THREAT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS
THUNDERSTORMS TRAIN ACROSS THE SAME AREAS WHILE THE LINE TRANSLATES
SLOWLY EAST.  SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING SHOULD THE STORMS BECOME MORE ORGANIZED.

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.

PB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 14, 2:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson	57 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.