Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2012, 3:56 PM CDT for Linn County, Livingston County, Missouri. It was in force for 34 min. 5 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
- Jun 16, 2012, 3:56 PM CDT (20:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2012, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 3:57 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Chillicothe, MO | |
| Jun 16, 3:57 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Chillicothe, MO | QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 50 MPH WINDS. |
| Jun 16, 4:01 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Chillicothe, MO | DELYAED REPORT. SEVERAL 4 TO 6 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN NEAR THE NORTHERN CITY LIMITS. |
| Jun 16, 4:01 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 Ne Chillicothe, MO | |
| Jun 16, 4:01 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 Nw Chillicothe, MO | CORRECTED LOCATION TO 2 NW OF CHILLICOTHE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 12:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 1225 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1023 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
870
WUUS53 KEAX 162056
SVREAX
MOC115-117-162130-
/O.NEW.KEAX.SV.W.0074.120616T2056Z-120616T2130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
356 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN LINN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
CENTRAL LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT
* AT 353 PM CDT...A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR CHILLICOTHE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM IS
LIKELY TO QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE.
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. MINOR TREE
DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER BROKEN.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHILLICOTHE...WHEELING AND MEADVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3997 9323 3978 9322 3976 9365 3985 9365
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 250DEG 22KT 3979 9354
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
BOOKBINDER3 follow-up statements
718
WWUS53 KEAX 162108
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
408 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2012
MOC115-117-162130-
/O.CON.KEAX.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-120616T2130Z/
LINN MO-LIVINGSTON MO-
408 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
LIVINGSTON AND WEST CENTRAL LINN COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
UNTIL 430 PM CDT...
AT 402 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTHEAST OF
CHILLICOTHE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. AT 400 PM...TRAINED
WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL ON THE NORTH SIDE OF
CHILLICOTHE.
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. MINOR TREE DAMAGE...
WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER BROKEN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN LIVINGSTON AND WESTERN LINN COUNTIES
BETWEEN CHILLICOTHE...CHULA AND LINNEUS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3979 9355 3987 9358 3997 9323 3985 9322
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 245DEG 23KT 3984 9348
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
BOOKBINDER814
WWUS53 KEAX 162117
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
417 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2012
MOC115-117-162130-
/O.CON.KEAX.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-120616T2130Z/
LINN MO-LIVINGSTON MO-
417 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
LIVINGSTON AND WEST CENTRAL LINN COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
UNTIL 430 PM CDT...
AT 414 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF
WHEELING...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. MINOR TREE
DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER BROKEN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN LINN COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3981 9343 3990 9344 3997 9323 3985 9322
TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 247DEG 35KT 3989 9334
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
BOOKBINDER601 WWUS53 KEAX 162126 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 426 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2012 MOC115-117-162136- /O.EXP.KEAX.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-120616T2130Z/ LINN MO-LIVINGSTON MO- 426 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LIVINGSTON AND WEST CENTRAL LINN COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THROUGH 530 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM. LAT...LON 3981 9343 3990 9344 3997 9323 3985 9322 TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 247DEG 35KT 3992 9323 $$ BOOKBINDER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 12:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Holt | 27 min |
| Jun 16, 12:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Holt | 30 min |
| Jun 16, 12:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Atchison, Nodaway | 30 min |
| Jun 16, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Nodaway | 36 min |
| Jun 16, 2:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Mercer | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Worth | 32 min |
| Jun 16, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Grundy, Mercer | 31 min |
| Jun 16, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Mercer, Putnam | 35 min |
| Jun 16, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Putnam | 35 min |
| Jun 16, 3:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Mercer | 52 min |
| Jun 16, 3:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Adair, Macon, Putnam | 43 min |
| Jun 16, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Macon | 27 min |
| Jun 16, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Chariton, Howard, Randolph | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 4:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Howard | 49 min |
| Jun 16, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Howard | 37 min |
| Jun 16, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Lafayette | 44 min |
| Jun 16, 6:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Johnson | 37 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.