Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 2008, 7:59 PM CDT for 5 counties in Missouri; Wyandotte County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min. 7 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 10, 2008, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2008, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Wyandotte County, KS, Buchanan County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Platte County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 8:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 Nne Lake Waukomis, MO | ESTIMATED BY OFF-DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE. |
| Apr 10, 8:12 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 58 | 2 Nw Kansas City, MO | PEAK GUST MEASURED BY KMKC ASOS |
| Apr 10, 8:12 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 58 | Kansas City, MO | PEAK GUST MEASURED BY KMKC ASOS |
| Apr 10, 8:29 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 W Gower, MO | SHERIFF OFFICE RELAYED REPORT OF 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS |
| Apr 10, 8:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 50 | 1 Nnw Gower, MO | |
| Apr 10, 8:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Perrin, MO | POWER POLE BENT OVER...CAR PORT BLOWN 100 FT FROM ORIGINAL LOCATION...DAMAGE WAS SPACED 1/4 MILE APART. INTERSECTION OF STATE ROAD T AND 33 HIGHWAY. |
| Apr 10, 8:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 S Perrin, MO | POWER POLE BENT OVER...CAR PORT BLOWN 100 FT FROM ORIGINAL LOCATION...DAMAGE WAS SPACED 1/4 MILE APART. INTERSECTION OF STATE ROAD T AND 33 HIGHWAY. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 543 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1167 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KEAX 110101
SVREAX
KSC209-MOC021-047-049-095-165-110145-
/O.NEW.KEAX.SV.W.0021.080411T0059Z-080411T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
759 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN WYANDOTTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
SOUTHEASTERN BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI
CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
CLINTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI
NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
NORTHEASTERN PLATTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 754 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM EASTON TO LANSING TO LENEXA TO SPRING HILL...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
KANSAS CITY KANSAS...KANSAS CITY DOWNTOWN ARPT...PLATTE CITY AND
PARKVILLE BY 805 PM CDT.
RIVERSIDE...PLATTE WOODS...OAKVIEW AND NORTHMOOR BY 810 PM CDT.
SMITHVILLE...PLEASANT VALLEY...DEARBORN AND CLAYCOMO BY 815 PM CDT.
TRIMBLE AND SUGAR CREEK BY 820 PM CDT.
THE TOWNS OF HOOVER...OAKS...OAKWOOD PARK...OAKWOOD...RIDGELY...
RANDOLPH...MAYWOOD...BIRMINGHAM...PRATHERSVILLE AND MOSBY ARE ALSO IN
THE PATH OF THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
AT 747 PM DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 65 MPH WERE REPORTED 1 S TONGANOXIE
WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION...56 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED NEAR
LEAVENWORTH SHORTLY BEFORE 8 PM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS LINE OF
STORMS...SEEK SAFE SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3960 9431 3943 9422 3921 9422 3920 9420
3914 9420 3886 9461 3904 9461 3905 9465
3933 9472 3948 9496 3975 9456 3974 9448
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 227DEG 49KT 3944 9501 3925 9484
3902 9468 3882 9477
$$
MJ3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KEAX 110117
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
816 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008
KSC209-MOC021-047-049-095-165-110145-
/O.CON.KEAX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080411T0145Z/
WYANDOTTE KS-JACKSON MO-CLAY MO-PLATTE MO-CLINTON MO-BUCHANAN MO-
816 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
BUCHANAN...CLINTON...NORTHEASTERN PLATTE...CLAY...NORTHWESTERN
JACKSON AND EASTERN WYANDOTTE COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT...
AT 814 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DEARBORN TO SMITHVILLE TO PLEASANT VALLEY
TO KANSAS CITY TO GRANDVIEW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
SUGAR CREEK...RAYTOWN...LIBERTY AND KEARNEY BY 825 PM CDT.
COURTNEY...INDEPENDENCE...HOLT AND PLATTSBURG BY 830 PM CDT.
LATHROP BY 835 PM CDT.
MISSOURI CITY AND EXCELSIOR SPRINGS BY 840 PM CDT.
THE TOWNS OF MAYWOOD...RANDOLPH...BIRMINGHAM...PRATHERSVILLE AND
MOSBY ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
AT 805 PM DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 70 MPH WERE REPORTED AT FORT
LEAVENWORTH WITH THIS STORM. AT 812 PM 58 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED AT
THE DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY AIRPORT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS LINE OF
STORMS...SEEK SAFE SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN KANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI. A
TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3960 9431 3943 9422 3921 9422 3920 9420
3914 9420 3886 9461 3904 9461 3905 9465
3933 9472 3948 9496 3975 9456 3974 9448
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 227DEG 49KT 3955 9482 3941 9462
3925 9449 3911 9458 3890 9458
$$
MJ000
WWUS53 KEAX 110132
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
831 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008
KSC209-110141-
/O.CAN.KEAX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080411T0145Z/
WYANDOTTE KS-
831 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN WYANDOTTE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
AT 829 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA
...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN KANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI. A
TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3960 9431 3943 9422 3921 9422 3920 9420
3914 9420 3895 9450 3943 9459 3955 9482
3974 9457 3975 9453 3974 9448
TIME...MOT...LOC 0131Z 227DEG 49KT 3965 9469 3958 9445
3939 9432 3928 9440 3904 9439
$$
MOC021-047-049-095-165-110145-
/O.CON.KEAX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080411T0145Z/
JACKSON MO-CLAY MO-PLATTE MO-CLINTON MO-BUCHANAN MO-
831 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
BUCHANAN...CLINTON...NORTHEASTERN PLATTE...CLAY AND NORTHERN JACKSON
COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT...
AT 829 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM AGENCY TO PLATTSBURG TO KEARNEY TO LIBERTY TO
RAYTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS AND MISSOURI CITY BY 840 PM CDT.
THE TOWNS OF PRATHERSVILLE AND MOSBY ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
AT 812 PM 58 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED AT THE DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY
AIRPORT.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN KANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI. A
TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3960 9431 3943 9422 3921 9422 3920 9420
3914 9420 3895 9450 3943 9459 3955 9482
3974 9457 3975 9453 3974 9448
TIME...MOT...LOC 0131Z 227DEG 49KT 3965 9469 3958 9445
3939 9432 3928 9440 3904 9439
$$
MJ000
WWUS53 KEAX 110145
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
845 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008
MOC021-047-049-095-165-110155-
/O.EXP.KEAX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080411T0145Z/
JACKSON MO-CLAY MO-PLATTE MO-CLINTON MO-BUCHANAN MO-
845 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BUCHANAN...
CLINTON...NORTHEASTERN PLATTE...CLAY AND NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTIES
HAS EXPIRED...
AT 843 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN KANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI. A
TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3960 9431 3943 9422 3921 9422 3920 9420
3914 9420 3895 9450 3943 9459 3955 9482
3974 9457 3975 9453 3974 9448
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 227DEG 49KT 3966 9467 3959 9443
3940 9431 3929 9439 3905 9438
$$
MJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Platte | 45 min |
| Apr 10, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Platte | 44 min |
| Apr 10, 8:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Adair, Henry | 12 hr |
| Apr 10, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry | 36 min |
| Apr 10, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb | 30 min |
| Apr 10, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison, Mercer, Worth | 36 min |
| Apr 10, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Linn, Livingston and 4 more | 44 min |
| Apr 10, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Daviess, Gentry, Harrison, Mercer, Worth | 30 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2008Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.