Alert archive / Missouri / High Wind Warnings in 2008
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this high wind warning at Mar 31, 2008, 5:37 AM CDT for Linn County, Miami County, Kansas; 5 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 4 hr. 12 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2008, 5:37 AM CDT (10:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2008, 9:32 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
Counties Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Bates County, MO, Cass County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:40 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 31, 7:05 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Raymore, MO | E60 MPH GUSTS...CONSTRUCTION SITE MATERIALS STREWN 100 YARDS ACROSS FIELD...STOPLIGHTS INOPERABLE AT 291 HWY AND 58 HWY...ROOF DAMAGE TO BANK IN RAYMORE. |
| Mar 31, 7:09 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Lees Summit, MO | WINDS ARE GUSTING AT 50 TO 60 MPH AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 150 AND 291. |
| Mar 31, 7:20 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Grandview, MO | OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED ROOF DAMAGE AT HWY 150. SHINGLES MISSING OFF OF ROOF. |
| Mar 31, 7:30 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 3 N Pleasant Hill, MO | LARGE TREES DOWNED NUMEROUS POWER LINES |
| Mar 31, 7:30 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Greenwood, MO | 100-150 HOMES WITH SHINGLES BLOWN OFF TO TAR PAPER LEVEL. |
| Mar 31, 7:35 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 4 N Lees Summit, MO | MEASURED AT LEES SUMMIT AIRPORT |
| Mar 31, 7:59 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 69 | Higginsville, MO | |
| Mar 31, 8:00 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Kansas City, MO | SHINGLES WERE BLOWN OFF SEVERAL HOMES AROUND 114TH STREET AND BLUE RIDGE BOULEVARD. WINDS WERE ESTIMATED TO 60 MPH IN THAT AREA. |
| Mar 31, 8:15 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Holden, MO | SEVERAL LARGE TREES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWNED. WINDS WERE ESTIMATED TO 60 MPH. |
| Mar 31, 8:30 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Odessa, MO | ODESSA POLICE REPORTED TO FOX 4 TV THAT A SEMI WAS BLOWN OVER ON INTERSTATE 70 AT MILE MARKER 36. |
| Mar 31, 8:42 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Independence, MO | HIGH WINDS REMOVED METAL ROOFS OFF OF TWO COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS. WINDS WERE ESTIMATED TO 60 MPH. SEVERAL TREES WERE DOWNED AS WELL. |
| Mar 31, 9:10 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Whiteman Afb, MO | 58 MPH MEASURED WIND GUST AT WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 120 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 542 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 436 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KEAX 311037 NPWEAX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 537 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 KSZ057-060-311400- /O.NEW.KEAX.HW.W.0001.080331T1037Z-080331T1400Z/ MIAMI-LINN KS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY 537 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING. SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. WHILE THE STRONG WINDS ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...SOME LIGHT RAIN MAY BE PRESENT AT TIMES. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST ONE HOUR...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR AT ANYTIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES AND PROPERTY IS LIKELY WITH WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE. $$ DEROCHE
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KEAX 311131 NPWEAX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 631 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 MOZ043-053-311400- /O.EXA.KEAX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080331T1400Z/ CASS-BATES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE... PLEASANT HILL...BUTLER...RICH HILL 631 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING. SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. WHILE THE STRONG WINDS ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...SOME LIGHT RAIN MAY BE PRESENT AT TIMES. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST ONE HOUR...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR AT ANYTIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES AND PROPERTY IS LIKELY WITH WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE. $$ KSZ057-060-311400- /O.CON.KEAX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080331T1400Z/ MIAMI-LINN KS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY 631 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING. SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. WHILE THE STRONG WINDS ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...SOME LIGHT RAIN MAY BE PRESENT AT TIMES. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST ONE HOUR...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR AT ANYTIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES AND PROPERTY IS LIKELY WITH WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE. $$ DEROCHE
000 WWUS73 KEAX 311214 NPWEAX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 714 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 MOZ037-038-044-311600- /O.EXB.KEAX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080331T1600Z/ JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-JOHNSON MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE... LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...WARRENSBURG 714 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING. SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. WHILE THE STRONG WINDS ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...SOME LIGHT RAIN MAY BE PRESENT AT TIMES. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST ONE HOUR...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR AT ANYTIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES AND PROPERTY IS LIKELY WITH WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE. $$ KSZ057-060-MOZ043-053-311400- /O.CON.KEAX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080331T1400Z/ MIAMI-LINN KS-CASS-BATES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...RAYMORE... HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...BUTLER...RICH HILL 714 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING. SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA INCLUDING THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA. WHILE THE STRONG WINDS ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...SOME LIGHT RAIN MAY BE PRESENT AT TIMES. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST ONE HOUR...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR AT ANYTIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES AND PROPERTY IS LIKELY WITH WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE. $$ KSZ025-103>105-MOZ020>023-028>031-039-045-054-311600- /O.NEW.KEAX.WI.Y.0006.080331T1214Z-080331T1600Z/ ATCHISON KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-BUCHANAN-CLINTON- CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-SALINE-PETTIS-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...LEAVENWORTH... KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...ST. JOSEPH... PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE... PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS... RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...MARSHALL...SEDALIA...CLINTON 714 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA. WHILE THE STRONG WINDS ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...SOME LIGHT RAIN MAY BE PRESENT AT TIMES. . A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 40 MPH...OR GUSTS RANGING FROM 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. $$ DEROCHE
000 WWUS73 KEAX 311300 NPWEAX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 800 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 KSZ057-060-MOZ043-053-311400- /O.CON.KEAX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080331T1400Z/ MIAMI-LINN KS-CASS-BATES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...RAYMORE... HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...BUTLER...RICH HILL 800 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING. SOUTHERLY WINDS HAVE INCREASED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA INCLUDING THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA. MULTIPLE REPORTS OF DAMAGE HAVE BEEN RECEIVED ACROSS THE AREA INCLUDING THE TOWN OF PLEASANT HILL. WHILE THE STRONG WINDS ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...SOME LIGHT RAIN MAY BE PRESENT AT TIMES. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST ONE HOUR...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR AT ANYTIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES AND PROPERTY IS LIKELY WITH WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE. $$ MOZ037-038-044-311600- /O.CON.KEAX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080331T1600Z/ JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-JOHNSON MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE... LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...WARRENSBURG 800 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING. SOUTHERLY WINDS HAVE INCREASED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA INCLUDING THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA. MULTIPLE REPORTS OF DAMAGE HAVE BEEN RECEIVED ACROSS THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA. WHILE THE STRONG WINDS ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...SOME LIGHT RAIN MAY BE PRESENT AT TIMES. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST ONE HOUR...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR AT ANYTIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES AND PROPERTY IS LIKELY WITH WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE. $$ KSZ025-103>105-MOZ020>023-028>031-039-045-054-311600- /O.CON.KEAX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080331T1600Z/ ATCHISON KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-BUCHANAN-CLINTON- CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-SALINE-PETTIS-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...LEAVENWORTH... KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...ST. JOSEPH... PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE... PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS... RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...MARSHALL...SEDALIA...CLINTON 800 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING. SOUTHERLY WINDS HAVE INCREASED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA. MULTIPLE REPORTS OF DAMAGE HAVE BEEN RECEIVED ACROSS THE KANSAS CITY METRO AND SURROUNDING AREAS. WHILE THE STRONG WINDS ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...SOME LIGHT RAIN MAY BE PRESENT AT TIMES. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 40 MPH...OR GUSTS RANGING FROM 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. $$
000 WWUS73 KEAX 311432 NPWEAX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 932 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 MOZ037-038-044-311545- /O.CAN.KEAX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080331T1600Z/ JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-JOHNSON MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE... LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...WARRENSBURG 932 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS CANCELED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. THE STRONG WINDS THAT PERSISTENT EARLIER THIS MORNING HAVE SUBSIDED ENDING THE THREAT OF HIGH WINDS. HOWEVER...BRISK SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. $$ KSZ025-103>105-MOZ020>023-028>031-039-045-054-311545- /O.CAN.KEAX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080331T1600Z/ ATCHISON KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-BUCHANAN-CLINTON- CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-SALINE-PETTIS-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...LEAVENWORTH... KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...ST. JOSEPH... PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE... PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS... RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...MARSHALL...SEDALIA...CLINTON 932 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS CANCELED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE STRONG WINDS THAT PERSISTENT EARLIER THIS MORNING HAVE SUBSIDED ENDING THE THREAT OF HIGH WINDS. HOWEVER...BRISK SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON.. $$ DEROCHE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 4:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan | 39 min |
| Mar 31, 4:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Doniphan | 43 min |
| Mar 31, 4:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Doniphan | 18 min |
| Mar 31, 7:14 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | EAX | Atchison, Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 10:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn, Miami | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 11:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 4:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Nodaway | 23 min |
| Mar 31, 5:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison, Nodaway, Worth | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 9:56 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | EAX | Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Pettis, Randolph, Saline | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 12:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Bates | 5 hr |
| Mar 31, 12:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Henry | 5 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Missouri, 2008High Wind Warnings in Kansas, 2008Every high wind warning in 2008
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.