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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Kansas City, MO

March 12, 2006Buchanan County, Platte County, Missouri; Atchison County, Doniphan County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 12, 2006, 9:12 AM CST for Buchanan County, Platte County, Missouri; Atchison County, Doniphan County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 min. 2 reports 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, 9:12 AM CST (15:12 UTC)
Expired: Mar 12, 2006, 9:45 AM CST
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Buchanan County, MO, Platte County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 12, 9:24 AM CST	HAIL 1.75	1 N Atchison, KS	ALONG K7 HWY
Mar 12, 9:36 AM CST	HAIL 1.75	St Joseph, 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 12, 7:47 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 94 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: 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 121513
SVREAX
KSC005-043-MOC021-165-121545-
/O.NEW.KEAX.SV.W.0005.060312T1512Z-060312T1545Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN PLATTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
  BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI
  NORTHEASTERN ATCHISON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
  SOUTHEASTERN DONIPHAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS

* UNTIL 945 AM CST

* AT 907 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO
  GOLF BALL SIZE.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ATCHISON...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ELWOOD AND WATHENA BY 925 AM CST.
  ST. JOSEPH AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF AGENCY BY 930 AM CST.

THE TOWNS OF LEWIS AND CLARK VILLAGE...DE KALB AND ST JOSEPH AIRPORT 
ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS. 
SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM 
WINDOWS

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 3950 9462 3950 9512 3952 9514 3966 9514
      3967 9515 3970 9515 3978 9491 3981 9488
      3981 9463

$$

KOCH

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KEAX 121550
SVSEAX

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

KSC005-043-MOC021-165-121600-
/O.EXP.KEAX.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060312T1545Z/
DONIPHAN KS-ATCHISON KS-BUCHANAN MO-PLATTE MO-
950 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN PLATTE...BUCHANAN...
NORTHEASTERN ATCHISON AND SOUTHEASTERN DONIPHAN COUNTIES HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

AT 946 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 3950 9462 3950 9512 3952 9514 3966 9514
      3967 9515 3970 9515 3978 9491 3981 9488
      3981 9463

$$

KOCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 12, 8:37 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Platte	38 min
Mar 12, 8:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	34 min
Mar 12, 8:59 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Lafayette, Ray	31 min
Mar 12, 9:20 AM CST	Tornado Warning	EAX	Ray	25 min
Mar 12, 9:23 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Ray	37 min
Mar 12, 9:35 AM CST	Tornado Warning	EAX	Carroll, Ray, Saline	40 min
Mar 12, 9:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, DeKalb, Gentry	34 min
Mar 12, 9:44 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Livingston	31 min
Mar 12, 10:00 AM CST	Tornado Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Saline	30 min
Mar 12, 10:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Holt, Nodaway	31 min
Mar 12, 10:16 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Chariton, Macon, Randolph	44 min
Mar 12, 10:18 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer	42 min
Mar 12, 10:26 AM CST	Tornado Warning	EAX	Chariton, Randolph	34 min
Mar 12, 10:30 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	30 min
Mar 12, 10:58 AM CST	Tornado Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb	32 min
Mar 12, 11:17 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	DeKalb, Gentry	28 min
Mar 12, 11:36 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Harrison	39 min
Mar 12, 2:00 PM CST	Tornado Warning	EAX	Platte	30 min
Mar 12, 2:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass	52 min
Mar 12, 2:16 PM CST	Tornado Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Platte, Ray	29 min
Mar 12, 2:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	EAX	Bates	41 min
Mar 12, 2:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning	EAX	Clay, Ray	32 min
Mar 12, 2:46 PM CST	Tornado Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass, Henry, Johnson	44 min
Mar 12, 3:01 PM CST	Tornado Warning	EAX	Bates, Henry	44 min
Mar 12, 3:09 PM CST	Tornado Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Livingston, Ray	36 min
Mar 12, 3:15 PM CST	Tornado Warning	EAX	Cooper, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline	45 min
Mar 12, 3:35 PM CST	Tornado Warning	EAX	Henry, Johnson, Pettis	40 min
Mar 12, 3:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Linn, Livingston	35 min
Mar 12, 3:53 PM CST	Tornado Warning	EAX	Cooper, Howard, Pettis, Saline	37 min
Mar 12, 4:04 PM CST	Tornado Warning Emergency	EAX	Pettis	26 min
Mar 12, 4:21 PM CST	Tornado Warning	EAX	Cooper	39 min
Mar 12, 4:28 PM CST	Tornado Warning	EAX	Howard	32 min
Mar 12, 4:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Platte	37 min
Mar 12, 4:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Platte	19 min
Mar 12, 4:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	EAX	Randolph	24 min
Mar 12, 4:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Clinton	20 min
Mar 12, 8:10 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte	35 min
Mar 12, 8:18 AM CST	Tornado Warning	EAX	Johnson, Leavenworth	27 min
Mar 12, 1:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte	64 min
Mar 12, 1:37 PM CST	Tornado Warning	EAX	Linn	38 min
Mar 12, 2:20 PM CST	Tornado Warning	EAX	Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte	25 min

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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.