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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 6, 2010Linn County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 2010, 9:16 PM CDT for Linn County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Apr 6, 2010, 9:16 PM CDT (02:16 UTC)
Expired: Apr 6, 2010, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Linn County, KS

The radar

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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 6, 2:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm 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 6, 6:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 6:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 6, 6:08 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
608 PM CDT TUE APR 6 2010

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-072315-
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-
608 PM CDT TUE APR 6 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 10PM FOR AREAS ALONG
AND SOUTH OF A GRANT CITY MISSOURI TO ATCHISON KANSAS LINE AND ALONG
AND NORTH OF A MACON MISSOURI TO BLUE MOUND KANSAS LINE. STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG A STRONG COLD FRONT
CURRENTLY STRETCHED FROM GRANT CITY MISSOURI TO JUST WEST OF TOPEKA
KANSAS. THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO BE LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS GUSTS. SEVERAL WIND GUSTS OF 60-70 MPH HAVE
BEEN REPORTED ALREADY WITH THE ACTIVITY ACROSS THE KANSAS CITY METRO.
WHILE CHANCES REMAIN LOW...AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT
WITH THIS ACTIVITY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY MOVE EAST
WITH A CONTINUED THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THROUGH THE
EVENING HOURS. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE OUTLOOK
AREA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NEEDED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING FOR AREAS WITHIN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

DEROCHE

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 6, 7:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 6, 7:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 6, 7:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 6, 8:51 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 6, 8:53 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 6, 9:05 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
905 PM CDT TUE APR 6 2010

MOZ038-044-070230-
JOHNSON-LAFAYETTE-
905 PM CDT TUE APR 6 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAFAYETTE AND NORTHERN JOHNSON
COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT...

AT 901 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OAK GROVE...MOVING EAST AT
60 MPH.

WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

PEOPLE IN JOHNSON AND LAFAYETTE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF
ODESSA...MAYVIEW...HIGGINSVILLE...CORDER...CONCORDIA AND ALMA...
SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.

LAT...LON 3882 9407 3911 9411 3923 9359 3922 9357
      3922 9352 3923 9350 3925 9350 3925 9349
      3889 9350

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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 6, 7:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Caldwell, Livingston	40 min
Apr 6, 8:15 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Ray	15 hr
Apr 6, 8:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Linn	24 min
Apr 6, 8:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Carroll	37 min
Apr 6, 9:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Lafayette	25 min
Apr 6, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Lafayette, Saline	34 min
Apr 6, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston	32 min
Apr 6, 10:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Macon	44 min
Apr 6, 10:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Chariton, Randolph	38 min
Apr 6, 11:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Henry, Johnson	23 min
Apr 6, 11:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Pettis	18 min
Apr 6, 11:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Pettis	32 min
Apr 7, 12:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Cooper	24 min
Apr 7, 3:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cass, Henry, Johnson	25 hr
Apr 7, 4:03 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Saline	4 days
Apr 7, 4:21 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass, Henry	35 hr
Apr 7, 5:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Johnson, Pettis	25 hr
Apr 7, 10:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Lafayette, Saline	24 hr
Apr 7, 10:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Saline	33 hr
Apr 7, 12:15 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Jackson, Lafayette, Ray	9 hr
Apr 7, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Platte	45 min
Apr 7, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson	35 min
Apr 7, 4:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Ray	23 min
Apr 7, 4:53 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Ray	11 hr
Apr 7, 5:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Carroll	27 min
Apr 6, 7:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Miami	52 min
Apr 6, 11:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Linn	35 min
Apr 7, 3:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Wyandotte	24 min
Apr 7, 3:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Wyandotte	35 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.