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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 4, 2003Mercer County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2003, 7:34 PM CDT for Mercer County, Missouri. It was in force for 41 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 4, 2003, 7:34 PM CDT (00:34 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 2003, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Mercer County, MO

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 4, 6:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 232 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 2003-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2003-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3886 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 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.

135 
WUUS53 KEAX 050034
SVREAX
MOC129-050115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
734 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 729 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED 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 SPICKARD...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF TRENTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   PRINCETON BY 740 PM CDT.
   RAVANNA...MERCER BY 750 PM CDT.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...
ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 4045 9377 4026 9376 4028 9342 4055 9340

$$


LVQ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHarrison41 min
May 4, 7:10 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXPettis50 min
May 4, 7:18 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXJohnson27 min
May 4, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson61 min
May 4, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGrundy51 min
May 4, 7:54 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXSaline51 min
May 4, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis44 min
May 4, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay39 min
May 4, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDaviess54 min
May 4, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson56 min
May 4, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXRay58 min
May 4, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll63 min
May 4, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass40 min
May 4, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLafayette66 min
May 4, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates43 min
May 4, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSaline52 min
May 4, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson60 min
May 4, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton44 min
May 4, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry55 min
May 4, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates31 min
May 4, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMacon49 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.