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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 9, 2001Henry County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2001, 9:41 PM CDT for Henry County, Missouri. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report 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: Apr 9, 2001, 9:41 PM CDT (02:41 UTC)
Expired: Apr 9, 2001, 10:30 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Whole counties

County Henry County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:40 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, 9:50 PM CDT	Hail 1	Clinton, MO	Law enforcement reported one inch hail and wind damage to several large trees toppled.

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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 165 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: 2364 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1707 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 7.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KEAX 100241
SVRMCI
MOC083-100330-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HENRY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CLINTON

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 941 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CLINTON...OR ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  CLINTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CALHOUN AT 950 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.

LAT...LON 3856 9407 3822 9405 3824 9d355 3855 9354

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, 7 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 1:59 PM CDT, 7 hours 42 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, 8:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 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, 1 hour 34 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, 1 hour 3 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

Local storm report, Apr 9, 9:01 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

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

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

0859 PM    PLEASANTON                KS   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/09/01   LINN                           REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

JULY

Local storm report, Apr 9, 9:15 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

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

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

0907 PM    FOSTER                    MO   .75 INCH HAIL
04/09/01   BATES                          REPORTED BY FIRE AND
                                          RESCUE.

Local storm report, Apr 9, 9:29 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

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

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

0927 PM    BUTLER                    MO   .75 INCH HAIL
04/09/01   BATES                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

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, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates	59 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.