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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 3, 2001Grundy County, Harrison County, Mercer County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2001, 7:14 PM CDT for Grundy County, Harrison County, Mercer County, Missouri. It was in force for 61 min. 3 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: Jul 3, 2001, 7:14 PM CDT (00:14 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2001, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Mercer County, MO

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 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
Jul 3, 7:15 PM CDT	Hail 1	Spickard, MO
Jul 3, 7:33 PM CDT	Hail 0.88	Princeton, MO
Jul 3, 8:23 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 70 M	Trenton, MO	Ham radio reported 3/4 inch hail and wind gusts to 80 mph. Trees up to 2 feet in diameter blown 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 3, 4:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 216 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: 1456 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2095 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 211 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 8.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KEAX 040015
SVRMCI

MOC079-081-129-040115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
714 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GRUNDY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TRENTON
  SOUTHERN HARRISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BETHANY
  MERCER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 714 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 8 MILES EAST OF SPICKARD TO 10
  MILES NORTH OF NEW HAMPTON...OR FROM 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF TRENTON
  TO 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF BETHANY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  SPICKARD AT 720 PM CDT
  NEW HAMPTON AT 730 PM CDT
  TINDALL AT 750 PM CDT
  DUNLAP AT 755 PM CDT
  MELBOURNE AT 810 PM CDT
  TRENTON AT 815 PM CDT

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND 
WINDS OF 70 TO 90 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.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.

LAT...LON 4058 9341 4039 9392 4049 9423 4016 9422
          4014 9376 3999 9375 3999 9348 4005 9339

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 Jul 3, 4:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 4:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
430 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2001

FORECAST CONCERNS: TRACK OF MINI-MCS THIS EVNG/TONITE AND
LOCATION OF REDEVELOPMENT WED AND THU.

OUTFLOW BNDRY LEFT BY LAST NITES NE/IA MCS MADE IT TO ABT THE
MO RVR THIS MRNG. REMNANTS OF BNDRY HV LIFTED SLGTLY NORTH...
XTNDG AND XTND ROUGHLY FRM LNK TO FNB TO STJ TO CDJ.  MORE PRONOUNCED
SYN SCALE SFC BNDRY XTNDS FRM HLC TO JUST NW OF LNK TO N OF DSM.
WITH SFC TEMPS RISING WELL INTO 90S AND SFC DEWPOINTS IN THE
70S...LAPS IS INDICATING CAPES AOA 4000 J/KG. PRIND IS THAT
CONVECT WL REFIRE WHERE OLD OUTFLOW BNDRY AND CDFNT AND SFC FNT
INTERSECT IN SE NE/SW IA.  WL BUMP POPS TO LIKELY IN NW CORNER
OF CWA.

BYND 24HRS...SFC FNT OVR NE AND IA TDA WL SAG SWD WITH MCS TONIGHT.
SHORT TERM MODELS HV BEEN TO AGGRESSIVE WITH SWD PUSH OF FNTS AS OF
LATE...SO PREFER MORE NRN PLACEMENT ALA NGM. CAP A LTL WEAKER TMRW
AS SLGTLY COOLER AIR MVS INTO FA FRM NE. XPCT SFC BASED STMS TO
REFIRE ALNG AND SOUTH OF MO RVR TMRW AFTN. ALSO MAY HV TO CONSIDER
PCPN THREAT ACRS NRN ZONES AFT 06Z THU DUE TO ELEVATED...WAA-INDUCED
NOCTURNAL CONVECT THAT MAY DEVELOP OVR IA. WL HAVE TO INTRO POPS
INTO THURS FCST TO ACCT FOR NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY. AFT THU...UPR RDGG
AND SFC RDGG SHULD DRY FA OUT FOR A SPELL. CAP STRENGTH SHULD
PRECLUDE ANY TSTM DEVELOPMENT THRU EARLY SUN...THO NERN ZONES MAY
EXPERIENCE GLANCING BLO FRM NOCTURNAL DEVELOPMENT BOTH FRI AND SAT
NITES. MED RNG MODELS MV POTENT VORT MAX JUST NORTH OF FA SUN INTO
MON.  WL MAINTAIN POPS ON SUN AND INCLUDE FOR MON.  THIS SHULD PUSH
SLGTLY COOLER AIR INTO FA FOR EARLY NXT WEEK.

AS FAR AS TEMPS ARE CONCERNED...WL SIDE WITH WARMER FWC VALUES THRU
THE SHORT TERM.  WL USE A BLEND OF UKMET/ECMWF/MRF 100 AND 85 DAM
GRIDDT IN THE EXTENDED.

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

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 3, 6:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
609 PM CDT TUE JUL 03 2001

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

0603 PM    LIVONIA                   MO   .75 INCH HAIL
07/03/01   PUTNAM                         REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
                                          OBSERVER.

Local storm report, Jul 3, 6:29 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
629 PM CDT TUE JUL 03 2001

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

0626 PM    3 N EAGLEVILLE            MO   60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/03/01   HARRISON                       REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, Jul 3, 6:55 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
655 PM CDT TUE JUL 03 2001

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

0652 PM    PRINCETON                 MO   65 MPH TSTM GUST
07/03/01   MERCER                         REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

Local storm report, Jul 3, 6:59 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
659 PM CDT TUE JUL 03 2001

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

0650 PM    CAINSVILLE                MO   WIND DAMAGE
07/03/01   HARRISON                       TREES DOWN.  WINDS
                                          ESTIMATED GREATER THAN
                                          60 MPH. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, Jul 3, 7:05 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
705 PM CDT TUE JUL 03 2001

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

0700 PM    CAINSVILLE                MO   1 INCH HAIL
07/03/01   HARRISON                       REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, Jul 3, 7:07 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
707 PM CDT TUE JUL 03 2001

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

0702 PM    PRINCETON                 MO   85 MPH TSTM GUST
07/03/01   MERCER                         REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 3, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Grundy, Harrison, Mercer	45 min
Jul 3, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Worth	65 min
Jul 3, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Gentry	62 min
Jul 3, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Livingston	54 min
Jul 3, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Harrison	62 min
Jul 3, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Nodaway	40 min
Jul 3, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Livingston	46 min
Jul 3, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess	62 min
Jul 3, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Gentry, Nodaway	47 min
Jul 3, 10:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew	56 min
Jul 3, 11:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew	61 min
Jul 4, 1:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan	56 min
Jul 4, 2:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay	53 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.