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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 9, 2001Bates County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2001, 8:46 PM CDT for Bates County, Missouri. It was in force for 59 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, 8:46 PM CDT (01:46 UTC)
Expired: Apr 9, 2001, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Bates County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 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, 9:07 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Foster, MO
Apr 9, 9:27 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Butler, 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, 4:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Apr 9, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 100146
SVRMCI
MOC013-100245-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BATES COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...RICH HILL

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 846 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF HUME...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH
  OF PLEASANTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WORLAND AT 855 PM CDT
  AMORET AT 900 PM CDT
  FOSTER AT 905 PM CDT
  RICH HILL AT 910 PM CDT
  BUTLER AT 920 PM CDT
  BALLARD AT 945 PM CDT

THIS IS A VIOLENT THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HUGH HAIL  THIS SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BASEBALL SIZE HAIL OR LARGER...AND 
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 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.

LAT...LON 3828 9462 3807 9461 3806 9408 3843 9409

KOCH

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, 6 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 1:59 PM CDT, 6 hours 47 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

Special weather statement, Apr 9, 7:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 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

Local storm report, Apr 9, 7:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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

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

0735 PM    FAYETTEVILLE              MO   .88 INCH HAIL
04/09/01   JOHNSON                        REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, Apr 9, 7:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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

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

0737 PM    CONCORDIA                 MO   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/09/01   LAFAYETTE                      REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.

Local storm report, Apr 9, 8:05 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

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

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

0740 PM    6 N WARRENSBURG           MO   WIND DAMAGE
04/09/01   JOHNSON                        REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

Local storm report, Apr 9, 8:07 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

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

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

0740 PM    6 N WARRENSBURG           MO   WIND DAMAGE
04/09/01   JOHNSON                        POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN
                                          ALONG HIGHWAY 13.  ALSO
                                          DIME SIZE HAIL.
                                          REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

Local storm report, Apr 9, 8:38 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

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

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

0740 PM    13 N WARRENSBURG          MO   .75 INCH HAIL
04/09/01   JOHNSON                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0740 PM    13 N WARRENSBURG          MO   .75 INCH HAIL
04/09/01   LAFAYETTE                      REPORTEDL BY PUBLIC.

0835 PM    5 E HIGBEE                MO   .75 INCH HAIL
04/09/01   RANDOLPH                       COUNTY LINE

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, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Lafayette, Saline	56 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, 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.