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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 7, 2012Grundy County, Sullivan County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2012, 6:41 PM CDT for Grundy County, Sullivan County, Missouri. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report 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
Jul 7, 2012, 6:41 PM CDT (23:41 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2012, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Grundy County, MO, Sullivan County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 7, 6:48 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 608 E Trenton, MO

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

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 227 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2012-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 349 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2012-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -56 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
349 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-258 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2203 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

832 
WUUS53 KEAX 072341
SVREAX
MOC079-211-080015-
/O.NEW.KEAX.SV.W.0082.120707T2341Z-120708T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
641 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN GRUNDY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTHWESTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 637 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GALT...AND
  MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.


  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...MINOR TREE DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER
           BROKEN.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAREDO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
PLEASANT HILL.

&&

LAT...LON 4014 9332 4004 9335 4002 9347 4008 9358
      4015 9357 4019 9352 4021 9343 4018 9334
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 011DEG 4KT 4010 9346

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60 MPH

$$

DUX
2 follow-up statements
857 
WWUS53 KEAX 072349
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
649 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012

MOC079-211-080015-
/O.CON.KEAX.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-120708T0015Z/
GRUNDY MO-SULLIVAN MO-
649 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN 
SULLIVAN AND EASTERN GRUNDY COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT...

AT 646 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GALT...AND
MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.

IMPACT...MINOR TREE DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER
         BROKEN.

AT 648 PM...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED A 60 MPH WIND GUST 8 
MILES EAST OF TRENTON.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAREDO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
PLEASANT HILL.

&&

LAT...LON 4014 9332 4004 9335 4002 9347 4008 9358
      4015 9357 4019 9352 4021 9343 4018 9334
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 011DEG 4KT 4009 9346

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60 MPH

$$

DUX
293 
WWUS53 KEAX 080006
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
706 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012

MOC079-211-080016-
/O.EXP.KEAX.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-120708T0015Z/
GRUNDY MO-SULLIVAN MO-
706 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN SULLIVAN AND
EASTERN GRUNDY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM CDT...

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

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN PLEASANT HILL.

LAT...LON 4014 9332 4004 9335 4002 9347 4008 9358
      4015 9357 4019 9352 4021 9343 4018 9334
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 011DEG 4KT 4007 9346

$$

DUX

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 4:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXHenry33 min
Jul 7, 5:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXHenry48 min
Jul 7, 5:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXGentry37 min
Jul 7, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, DeKalb, Gentry, Nodaway19 min
Jul 7, 5:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXHarrison33 min
Jul 7, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDaviess, Gentry, Harrison20 min
Jul 7, 6:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXGrundy24 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.