Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2002, 12:16 AM CDT for Holt County, Missouri. It was in force for 44 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
- May 6, 2002, 12:16 AM CDT (05:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2002, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Holt County, MO
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 12:34 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Mound City, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 131 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1298 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KEAX 060516 SVRMCI MOC087-060600- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1215 AM CDT MON MAY 6 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HOLT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI * UNTIL 100 AM CDT * AT 1214 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FALLS CITY...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... CORNING BY 1220 AM CDT. FORTESCUE...CRAIG BY 1225 AM CDT. MOUND CITY BY 1230 AM CDT. OREGON...FOREST CITY BY 1235 AM CDT. NEW POINT BY 1240 AM CDT. THE TOWN OF BIGELOW IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. 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. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN PLEASANT HILL. LAT...LON 4025 9510 3992 9502 3998 9528 4025 9548 PB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Platte | 59 min |
| May 5, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson | 44 min |
| May 6, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew | 47 min |
| May 6, 1:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan, DeKalb | 51 min |
| May 6, 1:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clinton | 42 min |
| May 6, 1:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell | 39 min |
| May 6, 2:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll | 44 min |
| May 6, 5:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Holt | 47 min |
| May 6, 5:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | DeKalb | 23 min |
| May 6, 6:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Putnam | 38 min |
| May 6, 6:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Daviess, Grundy, Livingston | 44 min |
| May 6, 6:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Ray | 44 min |
| May 6, 6:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn, Sullivan | 48 min |
| May 6, 7:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Adair, Macon | 40 min |
| May 6, 7:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson | 57 min |
| May 6, 8:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass | 55 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002
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.