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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 24, 2004Macon County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2004, 8:58 PM CDT for Macon County, Missouri. It was in force for 47 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 24, 2004, 8:58 PM CDT (01:58 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2004, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Macon County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 196 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 24, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 292 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 2004-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3762 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2004-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 253 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3762 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1037 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
253 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
327 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
6.4
Supercell composite
25.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KEAX 250158
SVREAX
MOC121-250245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
858 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 857 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
  EAST OF AXTELL...OR ABOUT 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHELBINA...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   ANABEL BY 905 PM CDT.

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE TORNADO WARNING THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN
EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.

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 INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN PLEASANT HILL.

LAT...LON 4000 9249 3977 9253 3964 9233 3994 9234

$$


NRR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:02 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXWorth43 min
May 24, 7:04 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXSullivan41 min
May 24, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHolt51 min
May 24, 7:11 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXSullivan34 min
May 24, 7:14 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXMacon61 min
May 24, 7:16 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXGentry, Harrison59 min
May 24, 7:21 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXAndrew, Holt, Nodaway54 min
May 24, 7:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXHolt6 hr
May 24, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXLinn45 min
May 24, 7:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXNodaway6 hr
May 24, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMercer44 min
May 24, 8:02 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXDeKalb58 min
May 24, 8:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXLinn6 hr
May 24, 8:10 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXMacon50 min
May 24, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan, Putnam53 min
May 24, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSullivan30 min
May 24, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAdair37 min
May 24, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPlatte58 min
May 24, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson, Lafayette65 min
May 24, 9:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXMacon6 hr
May 24, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Ray61 min
May 24, 9:31 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXJackson44 min
May 24, 9:37 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXLafayette83 min
May 24, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXRay65 min
May 24, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSaline63 min
May 24, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Cass62 min
May 24, 10:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXRandolph41 min
May 24, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson45 min
May 24, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson64 min
May 25, 2:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass41 min
May 25, 12:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCooper6 hr

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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.