Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 1, 2002Putnam County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2002, 11:40 PM CDT for Putnam County, Missouri. It was in force for 65 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2002, 11:40 PM CDT (04:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2002, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Putnam County, MO

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 275 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2002-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2138 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2002-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2138 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-229 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1761 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

401 
WUUS53 KEAX 020440
SVRMCI
MOC171-020545-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1139 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT

* AT 1135 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL
  SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF LINEVILLE...OR 14 MILES WEST OF
  SEYMOUR...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   POWERSVILLE BY 1205 AM CDT.
   LUCERNE BY 1220 AM CDT.
   UNIONVILLE BY 1235 AM CDT.
   LEMONS BY 1245 AM CDT.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK 
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4058 9290 4058 9335 4037 9334 4039 9289

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.