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Special Weather Statement, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 20, 2010Cooper County, Pettis County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this special weather statement at Jul 20, 2010, 7:16 AM CDT for Cooper County, Pettis County, Missouri. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 20, 2010, 7:16 AM CDT (12:16 UTC)
Expired: Jul 20, 2010, 7:45 AM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO

Counties Cooper County, MO, Pettis County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 225 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: 2425 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -145 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1194 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 20, 6:45 AM CDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 6:45 AM CDT, 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 20, 6:10 AM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 20, 5:11 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 20, 5:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 20, 5:57 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 20, 6:35 AM CDT, 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 20, 6:49 AM CDT, 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 20, 7:16 AM CDT, 0 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
Jul 19, 8:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Schuyler	51 min
Jul 19, 8:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Mercer	48 min
Jul 19, 8:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Mercer, Putnam	39 min
Jul 19, 8:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Putnam, Schuyler	47 min
Jul 19, 9:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Adair, Putnam, Schuyler, Sullivan	37 min
Jul 19, 9:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Grundy, Mercer, Putnam, Sullivan	34 min
Jul 19, 9:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Adair, Grundy, Mercer, Putnam, Schuyler, Sullivan	6 hr
Jul 19, 9:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Grundy, Linn, Mercer, Sullivan	33 min
Jul 19, 10:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Adair	40 min
Jul 19, 10:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Adair, Putnam, Schuyler, Sullivan	6 hr
Jul 19, 10:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Linn, Sullivan	46 min
Jul 19, 11:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Adair, Linn, Macon, Sullivan	37 min
Jul 19, 11:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Adair	44 min
Jul 19, 11:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Adair	42 min
Jul 19, 11:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Adair, Linn, Macon, Sullivan	37 min
Jul 20, 12:20 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Macon	10 hr
Jul 20, 12:25 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Macon	35 min
Jul 20, 12:39 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Adair	36 min
Jul 20, 12:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Adair, Macon, Putnam, Schuyler	4 days
Jul 20, 12:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Macon	32 min
Jul 20, 1:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Adair	33 min
Jul 20, 1:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Putnam	24 min
Jul 20, 1:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Adair, Macon	23 min
Jul 20, 1:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Macon	34 min
Jul 20, 1:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Putnam	36 min
Jul 20, 2:29 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Macon	6 days
Jul 20, 3:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Atchison	27 min
Jul 20, 3:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Atchison, Nodaway	33 min
Jul 20, 3:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison, Holt, Nodaway	25 min
Jul 20, 3:59 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	EAX	Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell and 31 more	26 hr
Jul 20, 4:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison, Holt and 2 more	44 min
Jul 20, 4:29 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Adair, Putnam, Schuyler, Sullivan	6 hr
Jul 20, 4:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer	40 min
Jul 20, 4:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Buchanan, Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Platte	49 min
Jul 20, 4:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Linn, Mercer, Putnam and 1 more	41 min
Jul 20, 5:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Livingston, Platte and 1 more	49 min
Jul 20, 5:16 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Mercer	5 hr
Jul 20, 5:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Adair, Linn, Macon, Sullivan	33 min
Jul 20, 5:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Lafayette, Linn, Macon, Randolph and 2 more	48 min
Jul 20, 6:20 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Randolph	4 hr
Jul 20, 6:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Cooper, Howard, Pettis	40 min
Jul 20, 7:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Howard	3 hr
Jul 20, 9:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Saline	7 days
Jul 20, 9:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Howard	8 days
Jul 20, 10:05 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Adair, Chariton, Grundy, Howard, Linn, Macon and 5 more	47 hr
Jul 20, 12:07 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Howard	16 hr
Jul 20, 3:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Buchanan	45 min
Jul 20, 4:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Clay, Platte	51 min
Jul 20, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Clinton, Platte	31 min
Jul 20, 4:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Platte	6 hr
Jul 20, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Ray	23 min
Jul 20, 4:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Jackson	48 min
Jul 20, 5:07 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Lafayette, Platte, Ray	6 hr
Jul 20, 5:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Jackson	42 min
Jul 20, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette	26 min
Jul 20, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Lafayette	45 min
Jul 20, 6:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Cass, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette	6 hr
Jul 20, 6:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Bates, Henry	50 min
Jul 20, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Pettis, Saline	45 min
Jul 20, 3:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Leavenworth	49 min
Jul 20, 3:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison, Leavenworth	23 min
Jul 20, 6:36 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison, Leavenworth	16 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Missouri, 2010 Every special weather statement in 2010

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.