Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 4, 2008Clay County, Jackson County, Missouri; Wyandotte County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2008, 4:37 AM CDT for Clay County, Jackson County, Missouri; Wyandotte County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 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 4, 2008, 4:37 AM CDT (09:37 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2008, 5:15 AM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Wyandotte County, KS, Clay County, MO, Jackson County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 99 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1660 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1751 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 5.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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 4, 3:33 AM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 3:33 AM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 1:10 PM CDT, 15 hours 27 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
110 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-041815-
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-
110 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 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

AN EAST-WEST OUTFLOW BOUNDARY LEFT OVER FROM THIS MORNINGS
THUNDERSTORMS IS BEGINNING TO WASH OUT FROM NEAR ST JOSEPH TO MOBERLY.
IF THIS BOUNDARY FALLS APART ENTIRELY IT WILL MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT
TO FOCUS THE INITIAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. IN ADDITION A STRONG
CAP OR LAYER OF PRONOUNCED WARMING AT MID LEVELS IS WORKING ITS WAY
INTO EAST CENTRAL KS.

NONETHELESS...STILL EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM BY LATE
AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHERN MO AND EVOLVE INTO A CONVECTIVE COMPLEX.
THE AREA OF STORMS SHOULD SAG SOUTHWARD WHILE INDIVIDUAL CELLS TRACK
EAST WITH THE COMPLEX REACHING THE MISSOURI RIVER BY EARLY EVENING.
MODERATE TO HIGH VALUES OF INSTABILITY PLUS DECENT 0-6KM SHEAR AND AN
APPROACHING 700MB SHORTWAVE SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH A FEW ROTATING STORMS. PRIMARY SEVERE
THREAT WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BUT ISOLATED
TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL WITH
LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IF AN MCS CAN FORM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING MAINLY NORTH OF A PAOLA KANSAS TO BOONVILLE LINE...AND SOUTH
OF THE MISSOURI RIVER FROM 9 PM TO 3 AM. ACTIVATION MAY ALSO BE
NECESSARY OVER PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND
FRIDAY MORNING.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 4, 12:10 AM CDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1210 AM CDT WED JUN 04 2008

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

1208 AM     FLASH FLOOD      PECULIAR                38.72N 94.46W
06/04/2008                   CASS               MO   PUBLIC

            STREET FLOODING REPORTED IN PECULIAR WITH RAIN ESTIMATED
            AT AROUND 3 INCHES.

&&

GAMIS

Local storm report, Jun 4, 12:14 AM CDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1214 AM CDT WED JUN 04 2008

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

1205 AM     FLASH FLOOD      2 NW OLATHE             38.91N 94.84W
06/04/2008                   JOHNSON            KS   PUBLIC

            INTERSECTION OF PARKER ST. AND K7 IMPASSABLE DUE TO
            FLOWING WATER.

&&

SFORTIN

Local storm report, Jun 4, 12:19 AM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1219 AM CDT WED JUN 04 2008

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

1210 AM     FLASH FLOOD      2 S KNOB NOSTER         38.74N 93.57W
06/04/2008                   JOHNSON            MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WATER SEVERAL INCHES DEEP FLOWING ACROSS INTERSECTION OF
            STATE ROUTE 23 AND Y HIGHWAY.

&&

SFORTIN

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 1:19 AM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
119 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2008

MOZ046-040645-
COOPER-
119 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SOUTHERN COOPER COUNTY UNTIL 145 AM
CDT...

AT 117 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BUNCETON...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF TIPTON...
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN COOPER
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF BUNCETON AND PRAIRIE HOME.

WINDS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

SF

Local storm report, Jun 4, 1:35 AM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Local storm report, Jun 4, 1:43 AM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Jackson	39 min
Jun 3, 7:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Jackson	7 hr
Jun 3, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Livingston	44 min
Jun 3, 7:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Jackson	39 min
Jun 3, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Livingston	38 min
Jun 3, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton	25 min
Jun 3, 8:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston, Macon and 2 more	6 hr
Jun 3, 8:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Jackson	6 hr
Jun 3, 8:53 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Cass, Jackson	6 hr
Jun 3, 9:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline	6 hr
Jun 3, 9:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Cass	5 hr
Jun 3, 10:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Johnson, Pettis	6 hr
Jun 3, 11:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Ray	19 days
Jun 3, 11:55 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Jackson	8 hr
Jun 3, 11:55 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Jackson	15 hr
Jun 4, 2:14 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Cass, Jackson	32 hr
Jun 4, 3:04 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Johnson, Pettis	40 hr
Jun 4, 3:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cass, Henry, Johnson	3 days
Jun 4, 6:50 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Jackson, Lafayette, Ray	3 hr
Jun 4, 7:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper	18 hr
Jun 4, 11:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Cass, Henry, Johnson	23 hr
Jun 4, 3:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Jackson	7 hr
Jun 3, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Wyandotte	35 min
Jun 4, 5:56 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Linn	18 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2008 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2008 Every 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.