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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Kansas City, MO

March 12, 2006Andrew County, DeKalb County, Gentry County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 12, 2006, 9:41 AM CST for Andrew County, DeKalb County, Gentry County, Missouri. It was in force for 34 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
Mar 12, 2006, 9:41 AM CST (15:41 UTC)
Expired
Mar 12, 2006, 10:15 AM CST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Andrew County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:42 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
Mar 12, 7:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 121541
SVREAX
MOC003-063-075-121615-
/O.NEW.KEAX.SV.W.0007.060312T1541Z-060312T1615Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
941 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
  SOUTHEASTERN ANDREW COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI
  SOUTHERN GENTRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1015 AM CST

* AT 939 AM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE. 
  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ST. JOSEPH...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  UNION STAR BY 1000 AM CST.
  KING CITY BY 1010 AM CST.

THE TOWNS OF COSBY...FAIRPORT AND FORD CITY ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.

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

LAT...LON 3987 9494 3980 9489 3981 9457 3998 9423
      4029 9423

$$

KOCH
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KEAX 121607
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1006 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

MOC003-121616-
/O.CAN.KEAX.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060312T1615Z/
ANDREW MO-
1006 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ANDREW COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

AT 1001 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE 
AREA ...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. 
THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4005 9461 3981 9457 3991 9421 4029 9423

$$

MOC063-075-121615-
/O.CON.KEAX.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060312T1615Z/
GENTRY MO-DEKALB MO-
1006 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
DEKALB AND SOUTHERN GENTRY COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 AM CST...

AT 1001 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF MAYSVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE COMMUNITIES OF KING 
CITY...FAIRPORT...AND MAYSVILLE.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE 
DAMAGING HAIL...INCLUDING GOLFBALLS IN SAINT JOSEPH. SEEK SHELTER 
NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4005 9461 3981 9457 3991 9421 4029 9423

$$

KOCH
000 
WWUS53 KEAX 121621
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1021 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

MOC063-075-121631-
/O.EXP.KEAX.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060312T1615Z/
GENTRY MO-DEKALB MO-
1021 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

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

AT 1016 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 4005 9461 3981 9457 3991 9421 4029 9423

$$

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, 9:44 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, 11:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDeKalb, Gentry28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.