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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Kansas City, MO

September 20, 2001Adair County, Sullivan County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 20, 2001, 8:34 PM CDT for Adair County, Sullivan County, Missouri. 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
Sep 20, 2001, 8:34 PM CDT (01:34 UTC)
Expired
Sep 20, 2001, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Adair County, MO, Sullivan County, MO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 20, 9:06 PM CDTHail 1.25Novinger, MO
Sep 20, 9:10 PM CDTHail 0.75Green City, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 20, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 254 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2001-09-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 788 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2001-09-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
788 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
961 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
209 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

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

312 
WUUS53 KEAX 210133
SVRMCI
MOC001-211-210230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
834 PM CDT THU SEP 20 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SULLIVAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
  ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KIRKSVILLE

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 834 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM SUBLETTE TO BOYNTON...OR FROM 6
  MILES NORTH OF KIRKSVILLE TO 25 MILES WEST OF KIRKSVILLE...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  GREEN CASTLE AT 840 PM CDT
  NOVINGER AT 845 PM CDT
  ADAIR AT 850 PM CDT
  BRASHEAR AT 900 PM CDT
  MILLARD AT 905 PM CDT
  YARROW AT 910 PM CDT

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE QUARTER SIZE HAIL...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.

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER
AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

LAT...LON 4038 9318 4034 9285 4033 9237 4007 9238
          4006 9331 4038 9331

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 20, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis41 min
Sep 20, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSchuyler43 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.