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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 4, 2003Johnson County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2003, 10:00 PM CDT for Johnson County, Missouri. It was in force for 60 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, 10:00 PM CDT (03:00 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 2003, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Johnson County, MO

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 4, 6:20 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 159 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: 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.

099 
WUUS53 KEAX 050300
SVREAX
MOC101-050400-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  JOHNSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 953 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  
  A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM FAYETTEVILLE TO LA   
  TOUR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE
  QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. 

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
   WARRENSBURG BY 1005 PM CDT.
   KNOB NOSTER BY 1015 PM CDT.
   WHITEMAN AFB BY 1020 PM 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.

LAT...LON 3890 9394 3864 9409 3858 9392 3859 9352
          3891 9354

$$


DB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 4, 7:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Harrison	41 min
May 4, 7:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Pettis	50 min
May 4, 7:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Johnson	27 min
May 4, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson	61 min
May 4, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Mercer	41 min
May 4, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Grundy	51 min
May 4, 7:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Saline	51 min
May 4, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Pettis	44 min
May 4, 8:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay	39 min
May 4, 8:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess	54 min
May 4, 8:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Jackson	56 min
May 4, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Ray	58 min
May 4, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll	63 min
May 4, 9:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass	40 min
May 4, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Lafayette	66 min
May 4, 9:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates	43 min
May 4, 9:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Saline	52 min
May 4, 10:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Chariton	44 min
May 4, 10:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Henry	55 min
May 4, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates	31 min
May 4, 10:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Macon	49 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.