Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2002, 7:18 AM CDT for Jackson County, Missouri. It was in force for 57 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, 7:18 AM CDT (12:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2002, 8:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jackson County, MO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 7:22 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Independence, 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 nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 1767 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 578 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 421 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 579 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.6
- Supercell composite
- 34.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KEAX 061218 SVRMCI MOC095-061315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 718 AM CDT MON MAY 6 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 815 AM CDT * AT 717 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BLUE SPRINGS...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY... AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... GRAIN VALLEY...LONE JACK BY 725 AM CDT. BUCKNER...SIBLEY BY 730 AM CDT. THE TOWN OF LAKE TAPAWINGO 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. LAT...LON 3911 9459 3885 9459 3886 9413 3918 9414 MJ
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, 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, 8:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass | 55 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.