Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 296, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 2001, 10:03 PM CDT for Adair County, Macon County, Missouri. It was in force for 72 min. 2 reports 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
- Sep 7, 2001, 10:03 PM CDT (03:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 2001, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 72 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Adair County, MO, Macon County, MO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 10:12 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Lingo, MO | |
| Sep 7, 10:42 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 E | Kirksville, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 250 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
- 1494 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1251 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
386 WUUS53 KEAX 080303 SVRMCI MOC001-121-080415- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY-PLEASANT HILL MO 1003 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MACON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KIRKSVILLE * UNTIL 1115 PM CDT * AT 1003 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 26 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOLDSBERRY TO 12 MILES SOUTH OF KASEYVILLE...OR FROM 20 MILES EAST OF TRENTON TO 18 MILES WEST OF MOBERLY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... NEW CAMBRIA AT 1010 PM CDT EXCELLO AT 1015 PM CDT YARROW AT 1020 PM CDT NOVINGER AT 1025 PM CDT THOUSAND HILLS STATE PARK AT 1030 PM CDT SUBLETTE AT 1035 PM CDT THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. FOR YOUR SAFETY...MOVE INDOORS...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ALL THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. $$ PB
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 Sep 7, 10:00 PM CDT, 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 7, 10:00 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1000 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2001 UPPER WAVE RAPIDLY LIFTING NORTHEAST...SO NOT EXPECTING MUCH MORE HEAVY RAIN IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF TAKING OFF FLASH FLOOD WATCH. WILL GET ZONES UPDATED WHEN TAKING OUT LAST OF TORNADO WATCH. .EAX... KS...NONE. MO...NONE. PC
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 7, 8:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
833 PM CDT FRI SEP 07 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0827 PM ADRIAN MO WIND DAMAGE
09/07/01 BATES REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
LOTS OF TREES DOWN.
0829 PM 3 NW PLEASANT HILL MO 65 MPH TSTM GUST
09/07/01 CASS REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0830 PM LEES SUMMIT MO 70 MPH TSTM GUST
09/07/01 JACKSON REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0830 PM PLEASANT HILL MO 61 MPH TSTM GUST
09/07/01 CASS NWS WEATHER OFFICELocal storm report, Sep 7, 8:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
857 PM CDT FRI SEP 07 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0810 PM 6 NE OSAWATOMIE KS .75 INCH HAIL
09/07/01 MIAMI DIME SIZED HAIL.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0815 PM KANSAS CITY KS 60 MPH TSTM GUST
09/07/01 WYANDOTTE AT PEARSON PARK.
REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0825 PM KANSAS CITY MO 65 MPH TSTM GUST
09/07/01 CLAY NEAR 169 HWY AND BARRY
RD. REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0830 PM (MKC)KS CITY DNTN ARPT MO 59 MPH TSTM GUST
09/07/01 JACKSON FROM ASOS
0840 PM INDEPENDENCE MO 70 MPH TSTM GUST
09/07/01 JACKSON SEVERAL POWER POLES
DOWN AROUND I-470, 291
HWY, 40 HWY, 70 MPH
WINDS ON EAST SIDE OF
TOWN, AND SEMI TRAILER
TRUCK BLOWN OVER AT
I-70 AND BLUE PARKWAY.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Special weather statement, Sep 7, 9:30 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001-011-012-020-021-028>030-037-043-053- 080330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY-PLEASANT HILL MO 930 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2001 ...THE TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 718 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN KANSAS... DONIPHAN...ATCHISON...LEAVENWORTH...WYANDOTTE...JOHNSON...MIAMI... AND LINN. IN MISSOURI... ATCHISON...HOLT...ANDREW...BUCHANAN...CLINTON...PLATTE...CLAY... RAY...JACKSON...CASS...AND BATES. PC
Local storm report, Sep 7, 9:32 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
932 PM CDT FRI SEP 07 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0821 PM RAYMORE MO 62 MPH TSTM GUST
09/07/01 CASS MEASURED. CONSIDERABLE
POWER OUTAGE IN
RAYMORE. REPORTED BY
COOPERATIVE OBSERVER.
0856 PM 1 S WOOD HGTS MO NON TSTM WINDS
09/07/01 RAY SMALL BUILDING BLOWN
AWAY AND WINDOWS IN
HOME BLOWN OUT.
REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0900 PM WARRENSBURG MO 60 MPH TSTM GUST
09/07/01 JOHNSON NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS
DOWN ACROSS
WARRENSBURG. POWER HAD
BEEN OUT IN CHILLHOWEE
AND WAS STILL OUT IN
LEETON. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
0904 PM HIGGINSVILLE MO 81 MPH TSTM GUST
09/07/01 LAFAYETTE MEASURED AT
HIGGINSVILLE WATER
PLANT. REPORTED BY
COOPERATIVE OBSERVER.
0915 PM KEARNEY MO WIND DAMAGE
09/07/01 CLAY SEVERAL LARGE TREES
DOWN, GAS STATION SIGNS
BLOWN DOWN IN TOWN.
REPORTED BY FIRE AND
RESCUE.Local storm report, Sep 7, 9:53 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
953 PM CDT FRI SEP 07 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0949 PM TRENTON MO 68 MPH TSTM GUST
09/07/01 GRUNDY REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.
0950 PM TRENTON MO 63 MPH TSTM GUST
09/07/01 GRUNDY REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR. POWER LINES
DOWN ALL OVER TOWN.Local storm report, Sep 7, 10:00 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1000 PM CDT FRI SEP 07 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0830 PM KANSAS CITY KS WIND DAMAGE
09/07/01 WYANDOTTE TREE FELL ON HOUSE AND
GARAGE DOOR BLOWN DOWN
AS WELL. NUMEROUS TREES
AND POWER LINES DOWN
ACROSS THE COUNTY.
REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0845 PM 3 NE KEARNEY MO 78 MPH TSTM GUST
09/07/01 CLAY REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0916 PM KNOB NOSTER MO 60 MPH TSTM GUST
09/07/01 JOHNSON MANY POWER LINES DOWN
ACROSS TOWN, REPORTS OF
CARS BLOWN OFF ROADS.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0924 PM MOORESVILLE MO 70 MPH TSTM GUST
09/07/01 LIVINGSTON AND NICKLE SIZED HAIL.
REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass | 57 min |
| Sep 7, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson | 57 min |
| Sep 7, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Platte | 46 min |
| Sep 7, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry, Johnson | 73 min |
| Sep 7, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Lafayette | 73 min |
| Sep 7, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell | 41 min |
| Sep 7, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Ray | 62 min |
| Sep 7, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll | 82 min |
| Sep 7, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pettis, Saline | 76 min |
| Sep 7, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Livingston | 44 min |
| Sep 7, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Chariton, Linn | 53 min |
| Sep 7, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Grundy, Sullivan | 59 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.