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Special Weather Statement, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2011, 12:20 AM CDT for Buchanan County, Missouri. It was in force for 25 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 3, 2011, 12:20 AM CDT (05:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2011, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
County Buchanan County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 90 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3339 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1165 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 2, 11:44 PM CDT, 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 11:44 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 953 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-031115- 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- 953 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY THIS EVENING ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PAOLA TO BUTLER TO CLINTON. AN ISOLATED STORM MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...MAINLY ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSOURI. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS PERIODICALLY SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS OR WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL APPEARS LOW AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. BEUSTERIEN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 8:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
854 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011
MOZ053-030245-
BATES MO-
854 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL BATES COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM
CDT...
AT 849 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF RICH HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 5 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN BATES COUNTY.
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 3823 9461 3827 9461 3830 9408 3829 9407
3822 9407 3822 9408 3821 9405 3810 9405
3809 9438
TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 243DEG 6KT 3816 9421
ADOLPHSONLocal storm report, Jul 2, 10:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1017 PM CDT SAT JUL 02 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1011 PM HAIL DREXEL 38.48N 94.61W
07/02/2011 E1.00 INCH CASS MO PUBLIC
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DBSpecial weather statement, Jul 2, 11:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1100 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011 KSZ105-030430- JOHNSON KS- 1100 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 1130 PM CDT... AT 1059 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LENEXA...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... LENEXA...OVERLAND PARK...PRAIRIE VILLAGE...MERRIAM...MISSION... SHAWNEE...FAIRWAY AND LACKMANS. THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES... I-35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 220 AND 229. I-435 LOOP FROM MILE MARKERS 0 TO 6...77 TO 83. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 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 3902 9482 3903 9462 3885 9465 3884 9474 TIME...MOT...LOC 0401Z 174DEG 10KT 3892 9471 DEROCHE
Local storm report, Jul 2, 11:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 8:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Bates | 51 min |
| Jul 2, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass | 23 min |
| Jul 2, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass | 25 min |
| Jul 2, 10:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Bates, Cass | 4 hr |
| Jul 3, 12:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Buchanan | 33 min |
| Jul 3, 1:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Clinton | 36 min |
| Jul 3, 3:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Atchison | 31 min |
| Jul 3, 4:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Atchison | 31 min |
| Jul 3, 4:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Atchison | 29 min |
| Jul 3, 4:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Gentry | 31 min |
| Jul 3, 4:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Atchison | 32 min |
| Jul 3, 5:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Harrison | 36 min |
| Jul 3, 5:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Atchison | 4 hr |
| Jul 3, 6:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Nodaway | 4 hr |
| Jul 3, 7:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Macon | 38 min |
| Jul 3, 9:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Randolph | 28 min |
| Jul 3, 10:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Buchanan | 43 min |
| Jul 3, 11:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Chariton | 49 min |
| Jul 3, 11:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Saline | 42 min |
| Jul 3, 1:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Pettis | 52 min |
| Jul 3, 1:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Howard | 43 min |
| Jul 3, 1:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Cooper | 40 min |
| Jul 2, 11:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Johnson | 30 min |
| Jul 2, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson | 24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.