Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 2003, 5:38 AM CDT for Ray County, Missouri. It was in force for 52 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
- Apr 28, 2003, 5:38 AM CDT (10:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2003, 6:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Ray County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 275 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1280 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
100 WUUS53 KEAX 281038 SVREAX MOC177-281130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 538 AM CDT MON APR 28 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN RAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 630 AM CDT * AT 535 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ELMIRA...OR 31 MILES NORTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ELMIRA BY 545 AM CDT. KNOXVILLE BY 600 AM CDT. REGAL BY 630 AM CDT. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. 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 3951 9421 3942 9420 3940 9377 3953 9378 $$ PC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 3:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan, DeKalb | 37 min |
| Apr 28, 4:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clinton | 51 min |
| Apr 28, 4:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell | 52 min |
| Apr 28, 5:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clinton | 34 min |
| Apr 28, 6:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Platte | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 6:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson | 25 min |
| Apr 28, 6:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clinton | 41 min |
| Apr 28, 6:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Lafayette | 55 min |
| Apr 28, 7:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll | 55 min |
| Apr 28, 7:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Saline | 60 min |
| Apr 28, 8:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Howard, Randolph | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.