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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 16, 2012Chariton County, Howard County, Randolph County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2012, 4:11 PM CDT for Chariton County, Howard County, Randolph 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: Jun 16, 2012, 4:11 PM CDT (21:11 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2012, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Chariton County, MO, Howard County, MO, Randolph County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 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.

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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 258 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

991 
WUUS53 KEAX 162111
SVREAX
MOC041-089-175-162145-
/O.NEW.KEAX.SV.W.0076.120616T2111Z-120616T2145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
411 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN CHARITON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...  
  SOUTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 406 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ARMSTRONG...
  AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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...
  ARMSTRONG...HUNTSVILLE...HIGBEE...CLIFTON HILL AND RENICK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3939 9277 3951 9256 3934 9237 3923 9278
      3931 9282
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 229DEG 25KT 3930 9273

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60 MPH

$$

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2 follow-up statements

165 
WWUS53 KEAX 162133
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
433 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2012

MOC041-089-175-162145-
/O.CON.KEAX.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-120616T2145Z/
CHARITON MO-HOWARD MO-RANDOLPH MO-
433 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
RANDOLPH...NORTH CENTRAL HOWARD AND SOUTHEASTERN CHARITON COUNTIES
UNTIL 445 PM CDT...

AT 427 PM CDT...A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG 
A LINE EXTENDING FROM ARMSTRONG TO HIGBEE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 
30 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER 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...
HUNTSVILLE...RENICK AND CLIFTON HILL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3939 9277 3951 9256 3934 9237 3923 9278
      3931 9282
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 229DEG 25KT 3933 9272 3937 9253

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60 MPH

$$

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307 
WWUS53 KEAX 162146
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
446 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2012

MOC041-089-175-162157-
/O.EXP.KEAX.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-120616T2145Z/
CHARITON MO-HOWARD MO-RANDOLPH MO-
446 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN RANDOLPH...NORTH
CENTRAL HOWARD AND SOUTHEASTERN CHARITON COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

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

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3939 9277 3951 9256 3934 9237 3923 9278
      3931 9282
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 229DEG 25KT 3933 9272 3937 9253

$$

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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, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Linn, Livingston	34 min
Jun 16, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Macon	27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.