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Special Weather Statement, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 27, 2013Andrew County, Holt County, Nodaway County, Missouri; Doniphan County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this special weather statement at May 27, 2013, 4:49 AM CDT for Andrew County, Holt County, Nodaway County, Missouri; Doniphan County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 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: May 27, 2013, 4:49 AM CDT (09:49 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2013, 5:30 AM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO

Counties Doniphan County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Holt County, MO, Nodaway County, MO

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 136 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: 1892 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1339 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 7.0

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The text

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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 27, 3:41 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 3:41 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 6:36 PM CDT, 10 hours 13 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
636 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2013

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-271200-
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-
ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-
HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-
CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-
RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-
COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
636 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND
WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT ALONG A MOBERLY
TO MARYVILLE LINE. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL UNTIL AROUND SUNSET. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO BE
SLOW MOVERS AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALIZED FLOODING.

THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN PLAINS THIS EVENING AND
TRACK TOWARDS THE OUTLOOK AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. WHILE
WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED...A FEW STORMS MAY BE
CAPABLE OF MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TOWARDS DAYBREAK
MONDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY
NIGHT. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT AS
THUNDERSTORMS MOVE EAST OUT OF KANSAS AND NEBRASKA THROUGH FAR
NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND ADJACENT AREAS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS. LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS ALONG WITH
LARGE HAIL.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY AND MAY LINGER INTO
SATURDAY. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY...BUT MAY BE NECESSARY
MONDAY.

MELL

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 27, 3:52 AM CDT, 57 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
352 AM CDT MON MAY 27 2013

MOZ001-002-011-270945-
ATCHISON MO-HOLT MO-NODAWAY MO-
352 AM CDT MON MAY 27 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ATCHISON...WESTERN NODAWAY AND
NORTHERN HOLT COUNTIES UNTIL 445 AM CDT...

AT 352 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES NORTH OF
COIN TO COIN TO ROCKPORT TO AUBURN TO 29 MILES WEST OF AUBURN...AND
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  TARKIO...MOUND CITY...ROCKPORT...FAIRFAX...BURLINGTON JUNCTION...
  CRAIG...SKIDMORE...MAITLAND...HOPKINS...PHELPS CITY...WESTBORO...
  ELMO...CORNING...CLEARMONT...QUITMAN...BIGELOW...BIG LAKE AND
  PICKERING.

THIS WILL IMPACT

 I-29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 82 AND 118.

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV
STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

LAT...LON 4058 9476 4057 9473 4055 9471 4012 9514
      4004 9542 4012 9540 4019 9549 4024 9548
      4025 9555 4029 9556 4031 9566 4034 9563
      4041 9566 4045 9565 4046 9568 4048 9570
      4051 9560 4059 9552
TIME...MOT...LOC 0853Z 318DEG 32KT 4085 9520 4065 9531
          4043 9549 4038 9586 4026 9636

DUX

Special weather statement, May 27, 4:49 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
449 AM CDT MON MAY 27 2013

KSZ102-MOZ001-002-011-012-271030-
ANDREW MO-ATCHISON MO-DONIPHAN KS-HOLT MO-NODAWAY MO-
449 AM CDT MON MAY 27 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN ATCHISON...WESTERN
ANDREW...NODAWAY...HOLT AND NORTHERN DONIPHAN COUNTIES UNTIL 530 AM
CDT...

AT 447 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF
BURLINGTON JUNCTION TO MOUND CITY TO RESERVE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  MARYVILLE...HIGHLAND...SAVANNAH...SKIDMORE...MAITLAND...HOPKINS...
  WHITE CLOUD...FOREST CITY...OREGON...FILLMORE...RAVENWOOD...
  AMAZONIA...DENTON...BIG LAKE...FORTESCUE...GRAHAM...PICKERING...
  IOWA POINT...ARKOE AND BARNARD.

THIS WILL IMPACT

 I-29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 57 AND 100.

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV
STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

LAT...LON 4058 9464 4036 9460 3989 9481 3970 9532
      3972 9535 4001 9533 4001 9532 4004 9542
      4012 9540 4019 9549 4024 9548 4025 9553
      4033 9533 4058 9516
TIME...MOT...LOC 0949Z 315DEG 27KT 4057 9499 4016 9516
          4000 9559

DUX

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 7:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Chariton	24 min
May 26, 8:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Howard	3 hr
May 26, 8:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Worth	26 min
May 26, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Gentry, Harrison, Worth	31 min
May 26, 10:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Gentry	30 min
May 27, 12:38 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Howard	6 hr
May 27, 3:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Atchison	53 min
May 27, 5:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Buchanan	51 min
May 27, 5:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Andrew, Gentry, Worth	43 min
May 27, 6:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	DeKalb, Gentry	42 min
May 27, 8:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Caldwell, Livingston	36 min
May 27, 8:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Macon	5 days
May 27, 8:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Carroll	24 min
May 27, 9:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Saline	37 min
May 27, 9:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston	8 days
May 27, 9:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan	6 days
May 27, 12:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Pettis	35 min
May 27, 12:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Buchanan	4 days
May 27, 12:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper	4 hr
May 27, 12:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison, Holt	3 days
May 27, 12:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton	9 days
May 27, 1:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll	6 days
May 27, 2:44 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Nodaway	15 hr
May 27, 2:49 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan	38 hr
May 27, 2:49 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	5 days
May 27, 2:49 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	6 days
May 27, 3:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	EAX	Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll and 20 more	35 hr
May 27, 4:27 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cass, Henry, Johnson	37 hr
May 27, 4:27 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Linn, Livingston	5 days

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.