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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 107, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 2, 2008Bates County, Henry County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2008, 1:21 PM CDT for Bates County, Henry County, Missouri. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 2008, 1:21 PM CDT (18:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2008, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Bates County, MO, Henry County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:23 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
Jun 2, 7:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 2008-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 46 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2008-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
46 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-410 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1230 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 2, 12:46 PM CDT, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 12:46 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1246 PM CDT MON JUN 2 2008

.UPDATE...

...MESOSCALE DISCUSSION...

VIOLENT SPEARHEAD ECHO HAS NOW SURGING FROM FRANKLIN COUNTY INTO
MIAMI COUNTY KANSAS ASSOCIATED WITH PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED HP STORM
MERGER/BOW EVOLUTION. INTENSE REFLECTIVITY GRADIENT (20 TO 70+ DBZ
OVER 2 KM) AND STRONG REAR INFLOW NOTCH ON THE LOWEST ELEVATION
SLICE PER KTWX RADAR INDICATIVE OF AN EXTREMELY SEVERE STORM. BASE
VELOCITY CROSS SECTIONS SHOW ONE OF THE MOST CLASSIC DESCENDING REAR
INFLOW JETS I HAVE EVER SEEN...WITH 85-90 KNOT WINDS NOW DESCENDING
FROM 12KFT AS THE STORM IS PUSHING ACROSS THE TOWN OF OSAWATOMIE.
ONE CAN ONLY HOPE THAT THIS STORM IS STILL SLIGHTLY ELEVATED AND NOT
MAXIMIZING ITS TOTAL WIND DAMAGE POTENTIAL.

WITH A 70+ DBZ CORE STILL EXCEEDING 25KFT IN ALTITUDE...THIS STORM
ALSO HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE UP TO TWO INCH DIAMETER HAIL AT IT
CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

PERSONS OVER SOUTHWEST CASS COUNTY...NORTHEAST LINN AND ALL OF BATES
COUNTY SHOULD TAKE SHELTER NOW

BOOKBINDER

&&

.AVIATION...

SCATTERED SHOWERS EXPECTED AT THE TAF SITES THIS MORNING.
INSTABILITY AND FORCING MAXIMIZED BY LATE MORNING AND EARLY
AFTERNOON...SO HAVE INCLUDED TEMPO GROUP FOR SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS. OTHERWISE VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE TAF
PERIOD.

&&

.EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...NONE.
KS...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 1:14 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
114 PM CDT MON JUN 2 2008

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-031815-
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-
PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-
BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-
RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-
CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
114 PM CDT MON JUN 2 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL
AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ONGOING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT AREAS SOUTH AND
WEST OF A LINE FROM PAOLA TO CLINTON WITH THE THREAT OF VERY LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE SAME AREA CAN ALSO EXPECT TORRENTIAL
DOWNPOURS LEADING TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.

DAMAGING WINDS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN THE
WAKE OF THE STORMS...WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS
EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS
OF 60 TO 70 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE BEHIND THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT ACROSS
NORTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR NORTHERN MISSOURI AS STORMS MAY DEVELOP
ACROSS NEBRASKA...AND HEAD TOWARDS THE AREA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS WOULD BE THE PRIMARY THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY LINGERS IN THE AREA. LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THESE STORMS.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE WEST OF THE
FORECAST AREA LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH THE ACTIVITY
MOVING INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS...ALONG WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NECESSARY TODAY ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST PORTIONS
OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY OVER PORTIONS OF
THE OUTLOOK AREA TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

21

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 2, 12:53 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1253 PM CDT MON JUN 02 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1240 PM     HAIL             RICH HILL               38.10N 94.36W
06/02/2008  E1.75 INCH       BATES              MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

1240 PM     HAIL             RICH HILL               38.10N 94.36W
06/02/2008  E1.00 INCH       BATES              MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

ADOLPHSON
Local storm report, Jun 2, 12:54 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1254 PM CDT MON JUN 02 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1230 PM     TSTM WND DMG     OSAWATOMIE              38.50N 94.95W
06/02/2008                   MIAMI              KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MIAMI COUNTY KANSAS SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED POWER LINES
            DOWN IN OSAWATOMIE.

&&

MSINGER
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 8:38 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCooper, Howard25 hr
Jun 2, 9:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchEAXBates, Cass6 hr
Jun 2, 11:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates44 min
Jun 2, 12:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates45 min
Jun 2, 12:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXBates, Cass6 hr
Jun 2, 12:36 PM CDTWind AdvisoryEAXBates, Cass, Clay, Jackson, Platte20 min
Jun 2, 12:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Cass48 min
Jun 2, 12:56 PM CDTHigh Wind WarningEAXBates, Cass, Clay, Jackson3 hr
Jun 2, 10:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn44 min
Jun 2, 11:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn, Miami47 min
Jun 2, 11:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte46 min
Jun 2, 12:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Linn, Miami53 min
Jun 2, 6:05 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXJohnson, Miami3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2008Every severe thunderstorm 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.