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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 6, 2002Caldwell County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2002, 1:36 AM CDT for Caldwell County, Missouri. It was in force for 39 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, 1:36 AM CDT (06:36 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2002, 2:15 AM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Caldwell County, MO

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 6, 1:39 AM CDT	Hail 1.75	Cameron, 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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 161 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: 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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KEAX 060636
SVRMCI
MOC025-060715-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
136 AM CDT MON MAY 6 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 215 AM CDT

* AT 134 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
  QUARTERS...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS
  WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CAMERON TO TURNEY...AND
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
   HAMILTON...MIRABILE BY 145 AM CDT.
   NETTLETON...KINGSTON BY 150 AM CDT.
   BRECKENRIDGE...COWGILL BY 155 AM CDT.
   BRAYMER BY 205 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.

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 3979 9400 3975 9378 3955 9378 3955 9421
          3979 9421

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, 12:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Holt	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, 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, 2002 Every 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.