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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 24, 2004Johnson County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2004, 11:11 PM CDT for Johnson County, Missouri. It was in force for 64 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, 11:11 PM CDT (04:11 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2004, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Johnson County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:12 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, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 162 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.

990 
WUUS53 KEAX 250411
SVREAX
MOC101-250515-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1110 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT

* AT 1107 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHILHOWEE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  WARRENSBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   LEETON BY 1115 PM CDT.
   WHITEMAN AFB BY 1125 PM CDT.

NICKEL HAIL WAS REPORTED JUST EAST OF LA TOUR WITH THIS STORM.

NEAR CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS
STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER
ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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 3874 9401 3857 9400 3855 9354 3874 9353

$$

HUDSON

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, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMacon47 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 25, 2:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass41 min
May 25, 12:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCooper6 hr

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.