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Special Weather Statement, NWS Kansas City, MO

October 12, 2011Henry County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this special weather statement at Oct 12, 2011, 6:33 PM CDT for Henry County, Missouri. It was in force for 42 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
Oct 12, 2011, 6:33 PM CDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired
Oct 12, 2011, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO

County Henry County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 150 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2011-10-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 70 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2011-10-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
70 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
779 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Oct 12, 6:31 PM CDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 12, 6:31 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 12, 12:56 PM CDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1256 PM CDT WED OCT 12 2011

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-131215-
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-
1256 PM CDT WED OCT 12 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

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI AND THEN TRAIL SOUTHWARD INTO
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND EAST CENTRAL
KANSAS. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO
SEVERE...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS
IN THE STRONGEST STORMS. THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR ANY SEVERE STORMS
WILL GENERALLY BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASED FIRE
DANGER ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI AND ADJACENT AREAS OF
EASTERN KANSAS THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. AT
THIS TIME THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING.

CDB

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 12, 5:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
532 PM CDT WED OCT 12 2011

MOZ054-122315-
HENRY MO-
532 PM CDT WED OCT 12 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN HENRY COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM
CDT...

AT 527 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLINTON...MOVING EAST
AT 25 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 RURAL HENRY COUNTY
BETWEEN CALHOUN AND CLINTON.

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 3841 9379 3848 9375 3848 9351 3834 9352
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 292DEG 13KT 3842 9371

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Special weather statement, Oct 12, 5:57 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 12, 5:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXHenry43 min
Oct 12, 5:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXHenry48 min

Nearby

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.