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Special Weather Statement, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2011, 9:17 AM CDT for Randolph County, Missouri. It was in force for 28 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, 9:17 AM CDT (14:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2011, 9:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
County Randolph County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 278 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
- 1810 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -153 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1030 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 3, 6:20 AM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 6:20 AM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 503 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-041015- 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- 503 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF STORMS GENERALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL...AS WELL AS LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY MONDAY...MAINLY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY. HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN TO THE REGION ON TUESDAY. HEAT INDEX VALUES COULD RISE TO NEAR 105 DEGREES TUESDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS A COLD FRONT DROPS INTO THE REGION. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES APPEAR LOW AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. HAWBLITZEL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:44 AM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Jul 3, 6:54 AM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
654 AM CDT SUN JUL 03 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1110 PM HAIL 1 SE LENEXA 38.95N 94.78W
07/02/2011 M1.50 INCH JOHNSON KS NWS EMPLOYEE
DELAYED REPORT FROM 97TH AND QUIVIRA
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21Special weather statement, Jul 3, 7:37 AM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 737 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011 MOZ025-031315- MACON MO- 737 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL MACON COUNTY UNTIL 815 AM CDT... AT 735 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CALLAO...OR 11 MILES WEST OF MACON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... ATLANTA. 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 3999 9256 3980 9239 3971 9268 3984 9279 TIME...MOT...LOC 1237Z 209DEG 6KT 3979 9267 CDB
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 9:17 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 917 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011 MOZ033-031445- RANDOLPH MO- 917 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY UNTIL 945 AM CDT... AT 912 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HIGBEE...OR 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOBERLY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... HIGBEE AND RENICK AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 63 JUST SOUTH OF MOBERLY. 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 3943 9240 3929 9237 3928 9253 3939 9255 TIME...MOT...LOC 1417Z 334DEG 1KT 3934 9247 BOOKBINDER
The office that day
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, 12:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Buchanan | 25 min |
| 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, 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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Special Weather Statements in Missouri, 2011Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.