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Special Weather Statement, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 31, 20118 counties in Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this special weather statement at May 31, 2011, 3:41 AM CDT for 8 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 49 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 31, 2011, 3:41 AM CDT (08:41 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2011, 4:30 AM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO

Counties Caldwell County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Sullivan County, MO

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The text

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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 31, 12:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 12:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 6:42 PM CDT, 8 hours 59 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
642 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-311200-
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-
642 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE GUSTING TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH EARLY THIS
EVENING BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING AFTER SUNSET. A FEW LOCATIONS
COULD SEE GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH THROUGH THIS TIME...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS FAR WESTERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION AFTER 2 AM BRINGING A CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG
THE FRONT IN NEBRASKA AND PERHAPS INTO CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING
AND EARLY TONIGHT...BUT WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY AS THEY
APPROACH WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI LATER TONIGHT.
REGARDLESS...A FEW STORMS MAY BE MARGINALLY SEVERE AS THEY ENTER
MISSOURI. THE PRIMARY THREATS ARE DAMAGING WINDS. THE HIGHEST THREAT
AREA IS WEST OF A LINE FROM ATCHISON KANSAS TO GRANT CITY MISSOURI.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THE FRONT WILL SHIFT INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ISOLATED
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE FRONT TUESDAY
AFTERNOON IN AREAS MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BOONVILLE TO SEDALIA.
THE PRIMARY THREATS ARE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY. ALTHOUGH THE SHEAR
WILL BE QUITE WEAK...THERE WILL BE SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY TO PRODUCE
ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND. THE STORMS ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE TONIGHT ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS
AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI.

HAWBLITZEL

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 31, 2:12 AM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 31, 2:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 31, 2:50 AM CDT, 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 31, 3:03 AM CDT, 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 31, 3:15 AM CDT, 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 31, 3:41 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
May 30, 8:10 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Buchanan	13 hr
May 31, 12:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Atchison	32 min
May 31, 1:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Atchison, Holt	31 min
May 31, 2:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Andrew, Holt, Nodaway	33 min
May 31, 2:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Gentry, Nodaway, Worth	22 min
May 31, 2:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Platte	25 min
May 31, 3:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb, Gentry	30 min
May 31, 4:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Adair, Chariton, Linn, Livingston, Macon, Sullivan	40 min
May 31, 6:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Howard, Randolph, Saline	52 min
May 31, 4:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Linn, Miami	44 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Missouri, 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.