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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 6, 2002Carroll County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2002, 2:16 AM CDT for Carroll County, Missouri. It was in force for 44 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
May 6, 2002, 2:16 AM CDT (07:16 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2002, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Carroll County, MO

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 6, 2:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 191 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 2002-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1298 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 2002-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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 060716
SVRMCI
MOC033-060800-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 300 AM CDT

* AT 213 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
  NICKELS...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS
  WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM COLOMA TO STET TO
  HARDIN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
   CARROLLTON BY 225 AM CDT.
   BOSWORTH BY 230 AM CDT.
   WAKENDA BY 235 AM CDT.
   DE WITT BY 240 AM CDT.

THE TOWN OF TINA IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS.

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 3961 9351 3961 9330 3948 9329 3938 9320
          3926 9340 3930 9346 3924 9351 3927 9364
          3923 9377 3951 9374

PB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Platte59 min
May 5, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Jackson44 min
May 6, 12:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHolt44 min
May 6, 12:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew47 min
May 6, 1:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, DeKalb51 min
May 6, 1:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClinton42 min
May 6, 1:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell39 min
May 6, 5:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Holt47 min
May 6, 5:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDeKalb23 min
May 6, 6:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPutnam38 min
May 6, 6:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDaviess, Grundy, Livingston44 min
May 6, 6:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Ray44 min
May 6, 6:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn, Sullivan48 min
May 6, 7:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAdair, Macon40 min
May 6, 7:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson57 min
May 6, 8:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass55 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.