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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 4, 2010Cooper County, Howard County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 2010, 8:38 PM CDT for Cooper County, Howard County, Missouri. It was in force for 20 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: Apr 4, 2010, 8:38 PM CDT (01:38 UTC)
Expired: Apr 4, 2010, 8:58 PM CDT
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Cooper County, MO, Howard County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:39 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 4, 3:34 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

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 Apr 4, 6:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 6:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 4, 4:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 4, 6:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 4, 6:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 4, 6:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 4, 6:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 4, 6:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 4, 6:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 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
Apr 4, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Randolph	30 min
Apr 4, 7:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Randolph	27 min
Apr 4, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Randolph	15 min
Apr 4, 7:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Howard, Saline	26 min
Apr 4, 8:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Howard, Randolph	24 min
Apr 4, 8:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Bates	30 min
Apr 4, 8:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Cooper, Howard	35 min
Apr 4, 9:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cooper	25 min
Apr 5, 6:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Platte	28 min
Apr 5, 7:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Jackson	33 min
Apr 5, 7:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Jackson	26 min
Apr 5, 8:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Lafayette	30 min
Apr 5, 9:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Saline	33 min
Apr 5, 11:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Holt	33 min
Apr 5, 11:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Atchison	26 min
Apr 5, 11:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Atchison	23 min
Apr 5, 11:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison, Nodaway	30 min
Apr 5, 12:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Nodaway	29 min
Apr 5, 12:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Nodaway	31 min
Apr 5, 12:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Holt, Nodaway	43 min
Apr 5, 1:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Worth	30 min
Apr 5, 6:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Wyandotte	38 min
Apr 5, 6:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Wyandotte	34 min
Apr 5, 7:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Wyandotte	29 min
Apr 5, 7:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Wyandotte	28 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.