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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 24, 2002Macon County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2002, 12:08 PM CDT for Macon County, Missouri. It was in force for 67 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
Apr 24, 2002, 12:08 PM CDT (17:08 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2002, 1:15 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Macon County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 184 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 24, 10:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 265 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2002-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 28 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2002-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
28 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-364 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
846 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KEAX 241708
SVRMCI
MOC121-241815-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1207 PM CDT WED APR 24 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MACON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 115 PM CDT

* AT 1204 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
  QUARTERS...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR GOLDSBERRY...OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KIRKSVILLE...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. ADDITIONAL SEVERE STORMS MAY MOVE INTO 
  WESTERN SECTIONS OF MACON COUNTY AFTER 1230 PM. 

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   ATLANTA...AXTELL...MACON BY 1215 PM CDT.
   LA PLATA...ANABEL BY 1220 PM CDT.

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.

LAT...LON 4003 9236 3964 9231 3963 9267 3972 9270
          3972 9282 4004 9283

MJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 8:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison37 min
Apr 24, 10:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXWorth50 min
Apr 24, 10:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHarrison51 min
Apr 24, 11:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMercer36 min
Apr 24, 11:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSchuyler30 min
Apr 24, 11:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAdair, Putnam51 min
Apr 24, 11:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGrundy, Sullivan48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.