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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 251, NWS Kansas City, MO

October 1, 2009Buchanan County, Platte County, Missouri; Atchison County, Leavenworth County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 1, 2009, 1:11 AM CDT for Buchanan County, Platte County, Missouri; Atchison County, Leavenworth County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 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: Oct 1, 2009, 1:11 AM CDT (06:11 UTC)
Expired: Oct 1, 2009, 1:45 AM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Atchison County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Buchanan County, MO, Platte County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Oct 1, 12:49 AM CDT, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 1, 12:49 AM CDT, 22 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 1, 12:32 AM CDT, 39 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 1, 2:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Clinton	49 min
Oct 1, 2:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Nodaway	47 min
Oct 1, 2:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Johnson	25 min
Oct 1, 2:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Johnson	26 min
Oct 1, 3:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Pettis	31 min
Oct 1, 4:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Cooper	27 min
Oct 1, 12:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Atchison	43 min
Oct 1, 12:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison	32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2009 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2009 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.