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Special Weather Statement, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2013, 5:55 PM CDT for Wyandotte County, Kansas. It was in force for 20 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
- Jul 3, 2013, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2013, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
County Wyandotte County, KS
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 180 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1874 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Jul 3, 4:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 4:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1247 PM CDT WED JUL 3 2013 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-041215- 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- 1247 PM CDT WED JUL 3 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM WITH MARGINALLY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. OTHER STRONG STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WITH ACTIVITY PERSISTING INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS PRESENTLY NOT ANTICIPATED. PMM
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 2:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 245 PM CDT WED JUL 3 2013 MOZ030-031-032015- CARROLL MO-RAY MO- 245 PM CDT WED JUL 3 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN RAY AND WESTERN CARROLL COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM CDT... AT 240 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORBORNE...OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF RICHMOND...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... NORBORNE. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. 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 3948 9356 3929 9357 3929 9379 3948 9382 TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 268DEG 7KT 3938 9375 AEP
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 2:55 PM CDT, 3 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 255 PM CDT WED JUL 3 2013 MOZ022-030-032030- CALDWELL MO-RAY MO- 255 PM CDT WED JUL 3 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN RAY AND SOUTHERN CALDWELL COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM CDT... AT 253 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR KINGSTON...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAMILTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... KINGSTON...POLO AND ELMIRA. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. 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 3960 9386 3949 9406 3950 9421 3972 9420 TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 300DEG 13KT 3960 9411 AEP
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 3:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 338 PM CDT WED JUL 3 2013 KSZ060-MOZ053-032130- BATES MO-LINN KS- 338 PM CDT WED JUL 3 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...AND SOUTHWESTERN BATES COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 430 PM CDT... AT 333 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PRESCOTT...OR 5 MILES SOUTH OF PLEASANTON... THE STORM IS NEARLY STATIONARY. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... PRESCOTT...HUME...WORLAND AND FOSTER. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. 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 3804 9484 3823 9480 3824 9450 3806 9449 TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 285DEG 4KT 3810 9470 AEP
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell | 36 min |
| Jul 3, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | DeKalb | 33 min |
| Jul 3, 2:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Carroll | 30 min |
| Jul 3, 2:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Caldwell | 35 min |
| Jul 3, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Lafayette | 37 min |
| Jul 3, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates | 29 min |
| Jul 3, 4:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Bates | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 5:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 6:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Jackson | 29 min |
| Jul 3, 3:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Linn | 52 min |
| Jul 3, 4:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Linn | 38 min |
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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.