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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 12, 2014Putnam County, Sullivan County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 2014, 1:20 PM CDT for Putnam County, Sullivan County, Missouri. It was in force for 40 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: May 12, 2014, 1:20 PM CDT (18:20 UTC)
Expired: May 12, 2014, 2:00 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Putnam County, MO, Sullivan County, MO

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
May 12, 1:55 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	2 W Unionville, MO

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
May 12, 1:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 240 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: 850 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 666 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 223 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 216 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 5.6

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The text

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

118 
WUUS53 KEAX 121820
SVREAX
MOC171-211-121900-
/O.NEW.KEAX.SV.W.0113.140512T1820Z-140512T1900Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
120 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  NORTHWESTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 200 PM CDT

* AT 118 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF MILAN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
           ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  UNIONVILLE...POLLOCK AND LEMONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4057 9270 4056 9271 4057 9269 4055 9268
      4053 9271 4038 9295 4015 9335 4026 9337
      4033 9337 4058 9312 4058 9270
TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 224DEG 35KT 4029 9328

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

$$

DUX

4 follow-up statements

704 
WWUS53 KEAX 121829
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
129 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014

MOC171-211-121900-
/O.CON.KEAX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-140512T1900Z/
PUTNAM MO-SULLIVAN MO-
129 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
SULLIVAN AND PUTNAM COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT...

AT 126 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST
OF MILAN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
UNIONVILLE...POLLOCK AND LEMONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4058 9270 4056 9271 4056 9269 4055 9268
      4053 9271 4046 9281 4022 9324 4035 9334
      4058 9312
TIME...MOT...LOC 1829Z 224DEG 35KT 4035 9320

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

$$

DUX

081 
WWUS53 KEAX 121840
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
140 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014

MOC171-211-121900-
/O.CON.KEAX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-140512T1900Z/
PUTNAM MO-SULLIVAN MO-
140 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
SULLIVAN AND PUTNAM COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT...

AT 137 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF UNIONVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
UNIONVILLE AND LEMONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4058 9270 4056 9271 4056 9269 4055 9268
      4053 9271 4046 9281 4028 9313 4040 9326
      4058 9312
TIME...MOT...LOC 1841Z 228DEG 34KT 4042 9309

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

$$

DUX

469 
WWUS53 KEAX 121851
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
151 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014

MOC171-211-121900-
/O.CON.KEAX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-140512T1900Z/
PUTNAM MO-SULLIVAN MO-
151 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
SULLIVAN AND EASTERN PUTNAM COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT...

AT 146 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR UNIONVILLE...
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4058 9270 4056 9271 4056 9269 4055 9268
      4046 9281 4033 9304 4040 9319 4058 9312
TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 228DEG 34KT 4048 9300

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

$$

DUX

218 
WWUS53 KEAX 121857
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
157 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014

MOC171-211-121907-
/O.EXP.KEAX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-140512T1900Z/
PUTNAM MO-SULLIVAN MO-
157 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL SULLIVAN AND
EASTERN PUTNAM COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 200 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...HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH 
ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM CDT.

LAT...LON 4058 9270 4056 9271 4056 9269 4055 9268
      4046 9281 4033 9304 4040 9319 4058 9312
TIME...MOT...LOC 1857Z 228DEG 34KT 4052 9294

$$

DUX

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 12, 6:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Andrew, DeKalb, Gentry, Holt	3 hr
May 12, 8:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Mercer, Putnam	42 min
May 12, 11:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Caldwell, Daviess	53 min
May 12, 12:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Grundy	52 min
May 12, 1:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Sullivan	43 min
May 12, 1:07 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Grundy, Livingston, Mercer, Sullivan	9 hr
May 12, 1:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Worth	18 min
May 12, 2:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Lafayette	46 min
May 12, 3:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Schuyler	13 min
May 12, 3:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Carroll	52 min
May 12, 3:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Linn	33 min
May 12, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Adair	47 min
May 12, 4:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Randolph	50 min
May 12, 4:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Cooper	52 min
May 12, 5:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Howard	43 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.