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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 3, 2007Henry County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2007, 10:39 AM CDT for Henry County, Missouri. It was in force for 36 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
Apr 3, 2007, 10:39 AM CDT (15:39 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2007, 11:15 AM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Henry County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:41 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
Apr 3, 11:14 AM CDTHAIL 0.88Calhoun, MO
Apr 3, 11:15 AM CDTHAIL 0.756 N Coal, 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
Apr 3, 7:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 171 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2007-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1571 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2007-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 275 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1571 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-171 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
930 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
275 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
294 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KEAX 031540
SVREAX
MOC083-031615-
/O.NEW.KEAX.SV.W.0021.070403T1539Z-070403T1615Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1039 AM CDT TUE APR 3 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HENRY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT

* AT 1036 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR   
URICH...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLINTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 25  
MPH.  THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL 
NEAR URICH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CLINTON BY 1055 AM CDT.
  CALHOUN BY 1105 AM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF COAL AND TIGHTWAD ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE
HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE
TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN PLEASANT HILL.

LAT...LON 3854 9391 3839 9401 3824 9353 3850 9352

$$

DUX
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KEAX 031553
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1053 AM CDT TUE APR 3 2007

MOC083-031615-
/O.CON.KEAX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070403T1615Z/
HENRY MO-
1053 AM CDT TUE APR 3 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN HENRY
COUNTY UNTIL 1115 AM CDT...

AT 1051 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR CLINTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CALHOUN BY 1105 AM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF COAL AND TIGHTWAD ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE
HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE
TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN PLEASANT HILL.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT
TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3853 9378 3837 9391 3824 9353 3850 9352

$$

DUX
000 
WWUS53 KEAX 031614
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1113 AM CDT TUE APR 3 2007

MOC083-031623-
/O.EXP.KEAX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070403T1615Z/
HENRY MO-
1113 AM CDT TUE APR 3 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN HENRY COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 1115 AM CDT...

AT 1110 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED...AND NO 
LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 
HOWEVER...DIME TO PENNY SIZE HAIL WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS 
EXTREME EASTERN HENRY COUNTY THROUGH 1130 AM.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN PLEASANT HILL.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT
TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3853 9378 3837 9391 3824 9353 3850 9352

$$

DUX

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 4:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAdair, Putnam, Schuyler, Sullivan40 min
Apr 3, 5:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGrundy, Sullivan23 min
Apr 3, 6:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Jackson, Lafayette, Ray41 min
Apr 3, 7:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Linn, Macon, Randolph46 min
Apr 3, 9:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Pettis, Saline43 min
Apr 3, 9:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Henry, Johnson47 min
Apr 3, 11:53 AM CDTWind AdvisoryEAXAndrew, Atchison, Buchanan, DeKalb, Gentry, Holt and 2 more4 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.