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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Kansas City, MO

March 30, 2007Miami County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 2007, 7:59 PM CDT for Miami County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 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 30, 2007, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 2007, 8:36 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Miami County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:01 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 30, 8:01 PM CDTHAIL 0.758 Sw Osawatomie, KS

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 30, 7:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 79 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 2007-03-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 312 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 2007-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 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
312 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
786 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KEAX 310059
SVREAX
KSC121-310145-
/O.NEW.KEAX.SV.W.0013.070331T0059Z-070331T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
759 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN MIAMI COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 756 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PARKER...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  OSAWATOMIE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OSAWATOMIE BY 810 PM CDT.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR EAST CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3838 9506 3839 9493 3865 9492 3864 9506

$$

BOOKBINDER
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KEAX 310115
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
815 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007

KSC121-310145-
/O.CON.KEAX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070331T0145Z/
MIAMI KS-
815 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN MIAMI
COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM CDT...

AT 815 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE 
HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST MIAMI COUNTY...OR 
7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OSAWATOMIE...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL TRACK ALONG THE MIAMI AND FRANKLIN 
COUNTY LINES...REMAINING WEST OF OSAWATOMIE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING 
FOR EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. BE ESPECIALLY VIGILANT AT NIGHT WHEN SEVERE 
WEATHER IS DIFFICULT TO SEE.

LAT...LON 3838 9506 3839 9493 3865 9492 3864 9506

$$

BOOKBINDER
000 
WWUS53 KEAX 310136
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
835 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007

KSC121-310143-
/O.CAN.KEAX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070331T0145Z/
MIAMI KS-
835 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN MIAMI COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

AT 831 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING WAS WEAKENING AND WAS 
MOVING INTO EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS CANCELLED.

AT 825 PM...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT A VEHICLE SLID OFF 
THE ROADWAY ALONG THE MIAMI AND FRANKLIN COUNTY LINE DUE TO HAIL OF 
UNKNOWN SIZE. TIME WAS ESTIMATED AROUND 810 PM. IF SEVERE WEATHER 
WAS OBSERVED OVER SOUTHWEST MIAMI COUNTY...PLEASE CONTACT YOUR 
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING 
FOR EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS 
LIKELY OVERNIGHT.

LAT...LON 3838 9506 3839 9493 3865 9492 3864 9506

$$

BOOKBINDER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 31, 1:04 PM CDTWind AdvisoryEAXAtchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and 1 more6 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.