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High Wind Warning 3, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 24, 20085 counties in Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this high wind warning at May 24, 2008, 8:23 AM CDT for 5 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 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
May 24, 2008, 8:23 AM CDT (13:23 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2008, 11:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO

Counties Atchison County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Worth County, MO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 24, 8:24 AM CDTNON-TSTM WND DMGRock Port, MOATCHISON 911 HAD NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES AND TREE LIMBS DOWN ALL OVER ROCK PORT AND TARKO. SHIELD ON GAS PUMP AT PLAZA ON I-29 BLOWN OFF AND STRUCK SOMEONE.
May 24, 8:45 AM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 55Maryville, MOMARYVILLE AWOS HAD SUSTAINED OF 43 MPH.

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 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 2008-05-24Temperature 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 2008-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1576 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
238 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WWUS73 KEAX 241323
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
823 AM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008


MOZ001-002-241500-
/O.NEW.KEAX.HW.W.0003.080524T1323Z-080524T1500Z/
ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE
823 AM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING. 

WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO IN
THE WAKE OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. WIND DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN
THE ROCK PORT AREA WITH A LARGE TREE DOWN AND NUMEROUS BRANCHES DOWN. 

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.

$$

PC
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KEAX 241415
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
915 AM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008

MOZ001-241515-
/O.CAN.KEAX.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080524T1500Z/
ATCHISON MO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TARKIO...ROCKPORT
915 AM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS CANCELLED THE
HIGH WIND WARNING. 

WINDS WERE DIMINISHING ACROSS THE ATCHISON COUNTY AREA...AND NOW
ADDITIONAL HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING.

$$

MOZ003>005-241600-
/O.EXB.KEAX.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080524T1600Z/
WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...
BETHANY
915 AM CDT SAT MAY 24 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. 

WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO
IN THE WAKE OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 55 MPH
WERE REPORTED IN MARYVILLE.

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.

$$

MOZ002-241600-
/O.EXT.KEAX.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080524T1600Z/
NODAWAY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MARYVILLE
915 AM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS
MORNING. 

WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO
IN THE WAKE OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. WIND DAMAGE HAS BEEN
REPORTED IN THE ROCK PORT AREA AND WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH WERE REPORTED
IN MARYVILLE. THE WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH AFTER 10 AM.

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.

$$

PC
000 
WWUS73 KEAX 241600
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1100 AM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008


MOZ002>005-241700-
/O.EXP.KEAX.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080524T1600Z/
NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...
STANBERRY...BETHANY
1100 AM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING. 

WINDS HAD DIMINISHED SOME ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...SO THE WARNING
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDDAY. HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES ON NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION DUE
TO THE POTENTIAL OF GUSTY CROSS WINDS.

$$

PC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 1:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison, Nodaway23 min
May 24, 11:40 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXDaviess, Grundy, Linn, Livingston10 hr
May 24, 1:50 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXLinn, Livingston12 hr
May 24, 1:50 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston42 hr

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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.