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Special Weather Statement, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 5, 2011Buchanan County, Platte County, Missouri; Leavenworth County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this special weather statement at May 5, 2011, 3:15 PM CDT for Buchanan County, Platte County, Missouri; Leavenworth County, Kansas. It was in force for 60 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: May 5, 2011, 3:15 PM CDT (20:15 UTC)
Expired: May 5, 2011, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO

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

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 May 5, 12:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 12:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 5, 1:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
103 PM CDT THU MAY 5 2011

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-061130-
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-
103 PM CDT THU MAY 5 2011

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

AN AREA OF RAIN WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
PUSH INTO AREAS EAST OF A KANSAS CITY TO KIRKSVILLE LINE THIS
AFTERNOON AS A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI. NO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY.

BEHIND THE FRONT...CLEARING SKIES WILL CAUSE THE AIRMASS ACROSS
NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND FAR NORTHEAST KANSAS TO BECOME WEAKLY UNSTABLE
THIS AFTERNOON. THIS MAY ALLOW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO
DEVELOP ACROSS THESE AREAS. WHILE NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...A
FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND
BRIEF GUSTY WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY NIGHT
THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT
EXPECTED.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE BY WEDNESDAY AS A STORM SYSTEM
DIGS INTO THE PLAINS. WHILE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS SYSTEM...THE TIMING...INTENSITY AND LOCATION OF ANY SUCH STORMS
REMAIN HIGHLY UNCERTAIN AT THIS POINT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

HAWBLITZEL

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 5, 3:15 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
315 PM CDT THU MAY 05 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0305 PM     HAIL             ST JOSEPH               39.76N 94.85W
05/05/2011  E0.50 INCH       BUCHANAN           MO   PUBLIC

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ACH

Special weather statement, May 5, 3:15 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
315 PM CDT THU MAY 5 2011

KSZ025-103-MOZ020-021-028-052115-
ATCHISON KS-BUCHANAN MO-CLINTON MO-LEAVENWORTH KS-PLATTE MO-
315 PM CDT THU MAY 5 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN PLATTE...
SOUTHWESTERN CLINTON...BUCHANAN...SOUTHEASTERN ATCHISON AND
LEAVENWORTH COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM CDT...

AT 313 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ST. JOSEPH TO
OSKALOOSA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...
ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. AT 305 PM CDT HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL
WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC JUST WEST OF ST JOSEPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  WESTON...GOWER...LEAVENWORTH...TONGANOXIE...PLATTE CITY...
  LANSING...EASTON...AGENCY...DEARBORN...CAMDEN POINT...TRACY...
  EDGERTON...DE KALB...BEAN LAKE...IATAN...FAUCETT...LOWEMONT...FORT
  LEAVENWORTH...JARBALO AND BEVERLY.

THIS WILL IMPACT

 I-29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 17 AND 45.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

LAT...LON 3976 9482 3957 9448 3903 9512 3907 9520
      3920 9518 3941 9519 3942 9524
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 306DEG 15KT 3971 9481 3926 9533

MJ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 5, 4:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Clinton, DeKalb	59 min
May 5, 4:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Daviess	30 min
May 5, 5:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Grundy	42 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Missouri, 2011 Special Weather Statements in Kansas, 2011 Every special weather statement in 2011

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.