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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 9, 2001Lafayette County, Saline County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2001, 7:34 PM CDT for Lafayette County, Saline 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: Apr 9, 2001, 7:34 PM CDT (00:34 UTC)
Expired: Apr 9, 2001, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Lafayette County, MO, Saline County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 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
Apr 9, 7:37 PM CDT	Hail 1.75	Concordia, MO
Apr 9, 7:40 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Warrensburg, 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
Apr 9, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 188 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: 18 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -352 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1725 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 132 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 276 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KEAX 100035
SVRMCI
MOC033-107-195-100130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
734 PM CDT MON APR 9 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MARSHALL...SLATER
  SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
  EASTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CONCORDIA

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 734 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA...OR ABOUT 10
  MILES SOUTH OF HIGGINSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CONCORDIA AT 740 PM CDT
  ALMA AT 745 PM CDT
  BLACKBURN AT 750 PM CDT
  MALTA BEND AT 755 PM CDT
  MARSHALL AT 800 PM CDT
  MIAMI AT 810 PM CDT

THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL NORTH OF 
KINGVILLE AT 7:19 PM.

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 WINDOWS1. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ALL
THUNDERSTORMS. HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING
AREAS.

LAT...LON 3897 9387 3893 9365 3896 9350 3897 9323
          3927 9293 3936 9312 3923 9352

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 Apr 9, 1:59 PM CDT, 5 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 1:59 PM CDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
158 PM CDT SUN APR 8 2001

MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS WILL BE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL FOR THE NEXT
48 HOURS. IN THE SHORT TERM...WEAK FRONT HAS PUSHED AS FAR SOUTH AS
ABOUT A KIRK-KMKC LINE. AM NOT EXPECTING IT TO MOVE MUCH FURTHER AS
SURFACE HEATING...ALONG WITH THE INITIATION OF TROUGHING TO THE LEE
OF THE ROCKIES...SHOULD IMPEDE ANY ADDITIONAL SOUTHWARD MOVEMENT.
SOME SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL MOST LIKELY DEVELOP THIS EVENING
ALONG AND SOUTH OF BOUNDARY. GOING CHANCE POPS HAVE THIS COVERED
WELL.

MODERATE TO STRONG LOW-LEVEL JET SETS UP OVER SOUTHERN PLAINS
TONIGHT...IN RESPONSE TO DEEPENING SYSTEM OVER EASTERN
COLORADO...PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FORCING FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.  AS
TUESDAY PROGRESSES WILL LIKELY SEE WARM FRONT SHIFT NORTHWARD...AND
CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN EAX CWA INCREASE. SEVERE
WEATHER ALSO A POSSIBILITY...BUT BEST THREAT WILL REMAIN TO THE WEST.

SYSTEM FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AMAZINGLY SIMILAR TO SYSTEM LATE
LAST WEEK. MODELS CURRENTLY SURGE DRY LINE IN WESTERN PORTION OF CWA
BETWEEN 12Z AND 18Z WEDNESDAY MORNING...NOT A REAL FAVORABLE TIME
FOR SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...MODEL FORECASTS WERE FAST WITH SYSTEM
LAST WEEK...SO WE WILL HAVE TO WATCH HOW THINGS EVOLVE. EXPECTING TO
INSERT SOME TYPE OF WINDY/BREEZY WORDING IN THE FORECAST FOR TUESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY...AS GRADIENT TIGHTENS AROUND INTENSE SURFACE LOW
MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST OF CWA.

UPPER FLOW PATTERN BECOMES A BIT MORE ZONAL INTO THE
EXTENDED...WHICH WILL LEAVE REGION SUSCEPTIBLE TO PERIODIC FAST
MOVING UPPER WAVES. CURRENT EXTENDED MODELS BRING NEXT SYSTEM
THROUGH ON FRIDAY. AREA APPEARS TO BE IN COOLER AND DRIER AIR BY
THIS TIME...SO AM PLANNING TO MOVE CURRENT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS ON
SATURDAY UP TO FRIDAY.

CONSIDERING HOW TEMPERATURES HAVE RESPONDED THE LAST SEVERAL
DAYS...FWC AND MAV GUIDANCE APPEARS A BIT COOL. AM PLANNING TO GO
ABOVE THESE NUMBERS.

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

MJM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 9, 6:40 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
640 PM CDT MON APR 09 2001

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

0625 PM    2 NW PARKER               KS   .75 INCH HAIL
04/09/01   LINN                           REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

jb

Local storm report, Apr 9, 6:54 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
654 PM CDT MON APR 09 2001

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

0642 PM    MARSHALL                  MO   .75 INCH HAIL
04/09/01   SALINE                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, Apr 9, 7:00 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
700 PM CDT MON APR 09 2001

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

0650 PM    MARSHALL                  MO   1 INCH HAIL
04/09/01   SALINE                         REPORTED BY MEDIA.

Local storm report, Apr 9, 7:18 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
718 PM CDT MON APR 09 2001

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

0712 PM    KINGSVILLE                MO   1 INCH HAIL
04/09/01   JOHNSON                        REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, Apr 9, 7:30 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
730 PM CDT MON APR 09 2001

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

0719 PM    1 N HOLDEN                MO   1.25 INCH HAIL
04/09/01   JOHNSON                        REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Special weather statement, Apr 9, 7:30 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-101200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
730 PM CDT MON APR 9 2001

FORECAST: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING SOUTH OF
A LINE FROM KANSAS CITY TO MACON MISSOURI. ISOLATED STORMS WILL
LIKELY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE
...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE NIGHT...HOWEVER THEIR
INTENSITY SHOULD DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NECESSARY THIS EVENING.

DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT FROM SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH WEST
CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI WILL ACT TO FOCUS THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. INCREASING SOUTH WINDS
SOUTH OF THE FRONT WILL DRAW MOIST AND VERY UNSTABLE AIR
NORTHWARD...AND INTO PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...WEST CENTRAL
AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. AS A RESULT...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF A KANSAS CITY TO MACON LINE. SOME OF THE
STRONGER AND MORE SEVERE STORMS WILL LIKELY HAVE ROTATION AND COULD
PRODUCE A BRIEF TORNADO THIS EVENING.

OUTLOOK: A POTENT UPPER STORM SYSTEM OVER THE WESTERN UNITED STATES
WILL MOVE EAST TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...WITH SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE ON BOTH
DAYS.

JULY

FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/EAX

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 9, 7:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Howard	42 min
Apr 9, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson	48 min
Apr 9, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Randolph	48 min
Apr 9, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Randolph	51 min
Apr 9, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates	59 min
Apr 9, 9:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Henry	49 min
Apr 9, 9:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates	43 min
Apr 9, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass	60 min
Apr 9, 10:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Pettis	41 min
Apr 9, 10:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson	59 min
Apr 9, 11:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass	41 min
Apr 9, 11:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Pettis	41 min
Apr 9, 11:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Jackson	37 min
Apr 9, 11:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Lafayette	61 min
Apr 10, 12:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Saline	58 min
Apr 10, 12:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cooper	54 min
Apr 10, 12:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Howard	66 min
Apr 10, 1:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Lafayette	57 min
Apr 10, 1:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Saline	58 min
Apr 10, 2:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates	39 min
Apr 10, 4:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Cass	33 min
Apr 10, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Jackson	45 min
Apr 10, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Lafayette	53 min
Apr 10, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass	53 min
Apr 10, 5:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Cass, Johnson	55 min
Apr 10, 5:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Johnson, Lafayette	4 hr
Apr 10, 5:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Pettis	46 min
Apr 10, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Saline	52 min
Apr 10, 5:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Pettis, Saline	3 hr
Apr 10, 5:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Cooper	61 min
Apr 10, 6:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew	41 min
Apr 10, 6:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Howard	112 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.