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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Kansas City, MO

August 8, 2012Gentry County, Nodaway County, Worth County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2012, 7:56 PM CDT for Gentry County, Nodaway County, Worth County, Missouri. It was in force for 34 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
Aug 8, 2012, 7:56 PM CDT (00:56 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2012, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Gentry County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Worth County, MO

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 8, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 177 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2012-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 45 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2012-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 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
45 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-196 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2578 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 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.

077 
WUUS53 KEAX 090056
SVREAX
MOC075-147-227-090130-
/O.NEW.KEAX.SV.W.0101.120809T0056Z-120809T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
756 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN GENTRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI...
  NORTHEASTERN NODAWAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI...
  WORTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 754 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF
  HOPKINS...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. TREE
           BRANCHES UP TO THREE INCHES IN DIAMETER BROKEN. POSSIBLE
           MINOR DAMAGE TO SHINGLE ROOFS AND METAL OUTBUILDINGS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ALBANY...RAVENWOOD...GRANT CITY...SHERIDAN...PARNELL...WORTH...
  GENTRY...DENVER AND ALLENDALE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4055 9424 4022 9429 4039 9496 4058 9491
      4058 9483
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 286DEG 30KT 4045 9474

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70 MPH

$$

MJ
1 follow-up statement
033 
WWUS53 KEAX 090112
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
812 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012

MOC075-147-227-090130-
/O.CON.KEAX.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-120809T0130Z/
GENTRY MO-NODAWAY MO-WORTH MO-
812 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WORTH...EAST
CENTRAL NODAWAY AND NORTHERN GENTRY COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...

AT 808 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST
OF RAVENWOOD...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. TREE BRANCHES
         UP TO THREE INCHES IN DIAMETER BROKEN. POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE
         TO SHINGLE ROOFS AND METAL OUTBUILDINGS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALBANY...GRANT CITY...WORTH...GENTRY...DENVER AND ALLENDALE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4054 9478 4055 9424 4022 9429 4037 9487
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 286DEG 30KT 4041 9457

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70 MPH

$$

MJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 7:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXPlatte29 min
Aug 8, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Platte27 min
Aug 8, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Platte30 min
Aug 8, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison, Nodaway38 min
Aug 8, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Clinton, Jackson, Lafayette, Platte, Ray26 min
Aug 8, 7:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCass27 min
Aug 8, 8:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJackson, Lafayette, Ray29 min
Aug 8, 8:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXDaviess41 min
Aug 8, 8:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJohnson, Lafayette30 min
Aug 8, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDaviess, Grundy, Livingston42 min
Aug 8, 8:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJohnson, Pettis, Saline36 min
Aug 8, 9:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXGrundy26 min

Nearby

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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.