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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Kansas City, MO

March 12, 2006DeKalb County, Gentry County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 12, 2006, 11:17 AM CST for DeKalb County, Gentry County, Missouri. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Mar 12, 2006, 11:17 AM CST (17:17 UTC)
Expired
Mar 12, 2006, 11:45 AM CST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 12, 11:40 AM CSTHAIL 0.756 Se Gentryville, MO

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 12, 7:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 12:00Z on 2006-03-12Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2006-03-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 622 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1452 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
93 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
622 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
826 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KEAX 121719
SVREAX
MOC063-075-121745-
/O.NEW.KEAX.SV.W.0013.060312T1717Z-060312T1745Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1117 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI
  SOUTHERN GENTRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1145 AM CST

* AT 1100 AM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE        
  THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE IN 
  AND AROUND THE CITY OF SAINT JOSEPH. AT 1117 AM...THIS STORM MOVED 
  NORTHEAST AND WAS LOCATED NEAR UNION STAR...OR 12 MILES WEST OF    
  MAYSVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  KING CITY AND FORD CITY BY 1130 AM CST.

THE TOWNS OF ALBANY...DARLINGTON AND MCFALL ARE ALSO IN THE PATH
OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4003 9462 3984 9461 3995 9422 4034 9423
      4017 9453

$$

KOCH
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KEAX 121744
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1145 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

MOC063-075-121755-
/O.EXP.KEAX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060312T1745Z/
GENTRY MO-DEKALB MO-
1145 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN DEKALB AND SOUTHERN
GENTRY COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

AT 1139 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4003 9462 3984 9461 3995 9422 4034 9423
      4017 9453

$$

KOCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 8:37 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Platte38 min
Mar 12, 8:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, Platte34 min
Mar 12, 8:59 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Lafayette, Ray31 min
Mar 12, 9:12 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, Platte33 min
Mar 12, 9:20 AM CSTTornado WarningEAXRay25 min
Mar 12, 9:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Ray37 min
Mar 12, 9:35 AM CSTTornado WarningEAXCarroll, Ray, Saline40 min
Mar 12, 9:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, DeKalb, Gentry34 min
Mar 12, 9:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Livingston31 min
Mar 12, 10:00 AM CSTTornado WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Saline30 min
Mar 12, 10:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Holt, Nodaway31 min
Mar 12, 10:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Macon, Randolph44 min
Mar 12, 10:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDaviess, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer42 min
Mar 12, 10:26 AM CSTTornado WarningEAXChariton, Randolph34 min
Mar 12, 10:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, Platte30 min
Mar 12, 10:58 AM CSTTornado WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb32 min
Mar 12, 11:36 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDaviess, Harrison39 min
Mar 12, 2:00 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXPlatte30 min
Mar 12, 2:08 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXBates, Cass52 min
Mar 12, 2:16 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Platte, Ray29 min
Mar 12, 2:34 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXBates41 min
Mar 12, 2:43 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXClay, Ray32 min
Mar 12, 2:46 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry, Johnson44 min
Mar 12, 3:01 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXBates, Henry44 min
Mar 12, 3:09 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXCaldwell, Carroll, Livingston, Ray36 min
Mar 12, 3:15 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXCooper, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline45 min
Mar 12, 3:35 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXHenry, Johnson, Pettis40 min
Mar 12, 3:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn, Livingston35 min
Mar 12, 3:53 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXCooper, Howard, Pettis, Saline37 min
Mar 12, 4:04 PM CSTTornado Warning EmergencyEAXPettis26 min
Mar 12, 4:21 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXCooper39 min
Mar 12, 4:28 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXHoward32 min
Mar 12, 4:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Platte37 min
Mar 12, 4:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPlatte19 min
Mar 12, 4:49 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXRandolph24 min
Mar 12, 4:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Clinton20 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.