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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 186, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 14, 2001Pettis County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2001, 3:20 PM CDT for Pettis County, Missouri. It was in force for 55 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 14, 2001, 3:20 PM CDT (20:20 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2001, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Whole counties

County Pettis County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 14, 2:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 206 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KEAX 142021
SVRMCI

MOC159-142115-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PETTIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SEDALIA

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 320 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 9 MILES WEST OF HOUSTONIA TO 9
  MILES WEST OF GREEN RIDGE...OR FROM 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  WARRENSBURG TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WARRENSBURG...MOVING EAST AT
  50 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  LA MONTE AT 325 PM CDT
  HOUSTONIA AT 330 PM CDT
  HUGHESVILLE AT 335 PM CDT
  LONGWOOD AT 340 PM CDT
  SMITHTON AT 350 PM CDT

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DIME SIZE HAIL...AND 
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 
DAMAGING WINDS!  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.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG
BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY
FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 389~3 9348 3875 9350 3854 9350 3857 9311
          3871 9308 3893 9309

$$

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, 11 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 3:45 AM CDT, 11 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

Local storm report, Jun 14, 2:57 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

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

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

0145 PM    TROY                      KS   70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/14/01   DONIPHAN                       TREES AND LINES DOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

0245 PM    5 W RICHMOND              MO   70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/14/01   RAY                            TREES AND LINES DOWN. .
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0250 PM    ODESSA                    MO   70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/14/01   LAFAYETTE                      SEVERAL TREES DOWN. .
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                        M  ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, Jun 14, 2:59 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

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

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

0255 PM    POLO                      MO   .75 INCH HAIL
06/14/01   CALDWELL                       REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.

Local storm report, Jun 14, 3:02 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

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

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

0250 PM    MIRABILE                  MO   80 MPH TSTM GUST
06/14/01   CALDWELL                       BARNS DAMAGED, WINDOWS
                                          BLOW OUT. . REPORTED BY
                                          HAM RADIO OPERATOR.

Local storm report, Jun 14, 3:09 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

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

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

0220 PM    1 E MAYSVILLE             MO   70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/14/01   DE KALB                        REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0305 PM    PATTONSBURG               MO   7	0 MPH TSTM GUST
06/14/01   DAVIESS                        TREES DOWN.

Local storm report, Jun 14, 3:16 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

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

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

0310 PM    WARRENSBURG               MO   80 MPH TSTM GUST
06/14/01   JOHNSON                        TREES DOWN.  . REPORTED
                                          BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
                                         z OFFICIAL.

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 3:17 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>004-011>013-020-021-028-029-037-043-
053-142015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
317 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL MISSOURI HAS CANCELLED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 424 FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

IN KANSAS...LEAVENWORTH...WYANDOTTE...JOHNSON...MIAMI AND LINN

IN MISSOURI...NODAWAY...WORTH...GENTRY...DEKALB...A#NDREW...BUCHANAN
  CLINTON...PLATTE...CLAY...JACKSON...CASS AND BATES.

THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED OFF TO THE EAST AND NO
ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.

PB

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, 10:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Adair, Linn, Macon	55 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, 3:47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.