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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Kansas City, MO

March 8, 2002Putnam County, Sullivan County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 8, 2002, 11:46 PM CST for Putnam County, Sullivan County, Missouri. It was in force for 59 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 8, 2002, 11:46 PM CST (05:46 UTC)
Expired: Mar 9, 2002, 12:45 AM CST
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Putnam County, MO, Sullivan County, MO

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:50 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
Mar 9, 12:29 AM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 57 E	Unionville, MO	Roof blown off a 4H building.

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
Mar 8, 9:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 257 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: 184 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -106 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1023 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 192 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KEAX 090546
SVRMCI
MOC171-211-090645-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1145 PM CST FRI MAR 8 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1245 AM CST

* AT 1140 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
  POWERSVILLE TO HARRIS TO LAREDO...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
   REGER BY 1150 PM CST.
   POLLOCK...MILAN...BOYNTON BY 1155 PM CST.
   LEMONS BY MIDNIGHT CST.
   UNIONVILLE...GREEN CITY BY 1205 AM CST.
   MYSTIC...GREEN CASTLE BY 1210 AM CST.
   HARTFORD BY 1215 AM CST.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG
BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY
FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 60 TO 65 MPH WIND. SEEK 
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4058 9333 4019 9331 4006 9333 4007 9290
          4025 9288 4038 9289 4038 9273 4058 9276

DB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 8, 9:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Holt	46 min
Mar 8, 9:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	62 min
Mar 8, 10:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	DeKalb, Gentry, Worth	58 min
Mar 8, 10:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clinton	55 min
Mar 8, 10:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Platte	53 min
Mar 8, 10:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Daviess, Harrison	37 min
Mar 8, 11:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Ray	60 min
Mar 8, 11:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Grundy, Mercer	39 min
Mar 8, 11:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass	65 min
Mar 8, 11:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Livingston	61 min
Mar 9, 12:03 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Linn	42 min
Mar 9, 12:07 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton	53 min
Mar 9, 12:29 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Adair, Macon	61 min
Mar 9, 12:37 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Pettis, Saline	53 min
Mar 9, 12:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Schuyler	47 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.