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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 25, 2012Putnam County, Schuyler County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2012, 5:34 PM CDT for Putnam County, Schuyler County, Missouri. It was in force for 25 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 2012, 5:34 PM CDT (22:34 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2012, 5:59 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Putnam County, MO, Schuyler County, MO

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 25, 5:40 PM CDTHAIL 1.252 S Unionville, MO1-1.25 INCH HAIL REPORTED
May 25, 5:42 PM CDTHAIL 1Unionville, MOCOOP OBSERVER REPORTING QUARTER SIZED HAIL.
May 25, 5:45 PM CDTHAIL 1Unionville, MOSHERRIFS OFFICE REPORTING DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL
May 25, 5:45 PM CDTHAIL 1.25Unionville, MOCOOP OBSERVER REPORTING HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 229 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2012-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2012-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -54 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1310 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

919 
WUUS53 KEAX 252234
SVREAX
MOC171-197-252315-
/O.NEW.KEAX.SV.W.0064.120525T2234Z-120525T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
534 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  WESTERN SCHUYLER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 532 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  UNIONVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LANCASTER...QUEEN CITY...LIVONIA...WORTHINGTON AND GLENWOOD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4038 9250 4037 9285 4039 9286 4039 9311
      4055 9312 4060 9257 4060 9252
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 266DEG 31KT 4047 9299

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50 MPH

$$

AB
2 follow-up statements
859 
WWUS53 KEAX 252252
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
552 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012

MOC171-197-252315-
/O.CON.KEAX.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-120525T2315Z/
PUTNAM MO-SCHUYLER MO-
552 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN
SCHUYLER AND NORTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT...

AT 542 PM...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN 
UNIONVILLE.
AT 540 PM...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL 2 
MILES SOUTH OF UNIONVILLE.

AT 550 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF
UNIONVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LANCASTER...QUEEN CITY...LIVONIA...WORTHINGTON AND GLENWOOD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4038 9250 4041 9272 4042 9283 4045 9287
      4054 9291 4060 9257 4060 9252
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 266DEG 31KT 4048 9280

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50 MPH

$$

AB
053 
WWUS53 KEAX 252259
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
559 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012

MOC171-197-252309-
/O.CAN.KEAX.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-120525T2315Z/
PUTNAM MO-SCHUYLER MO-
559 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN SCHUYLER AND
NORTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 4038 9250 4041 9272 4042 9283 4045 9287
      4054 9291 4060 9257 4060 9252
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 266DEG 31KT 4048 9271

$$

AB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Platte30 min
May 24, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Platte8 min
May 24, 8:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJackson27 min
May 25, 6:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Jackson30 min
May 25, 7:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXBates28 min
May 25, 7:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates19 min
May 25, 8:23 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXCass, Jackson6 hr
May 25, 8:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJackson29 min
May 25, 9:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCass, Jackson6 hr
May 25, 9:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJohnson25 min
May 25, 10:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXJohnson, Lafayette6 hr
May 25, 10:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXPettis43 min
May 25, 11:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis28 min
May 25, 11:09 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXCass12 hr
May 25, 11:12 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCass, Henry, Johnson9 hr
May 25, 11:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCooper28 min
May 25, 2:55 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXCass, Jackson8 hr
May 25, 3:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXWorth42 min
May 25, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXWorth19 min
May 25, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXNodaway, Worth42 min
May 25, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHarrison, Mercer, Worth28 min
May 25, 4:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXMercer47 min
May 25, 4:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXPutnam42 min
May 25, 5:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXPutnam47 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.