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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Kansas City, MO

March 27, 2014Cooper County, Pettis County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2014, 4:28 PM CDT for Cooper County, Pettis County, Missouri. It was in force for 47 min. 5 reports 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
Mar 27, 2014, 4:28 PM CDT (21:28 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 2014, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cooper County, MO, Pettis County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 27, 4:32 PM CDTHAIL 1.5Smithton, MO
Mar 27, 4:37 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Otterville, MOLASTED ABOUT 5 MINUTES
Mar 27, 4:37 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Otterville, MOLASTED ABOUT 5 MINUTES
Mar 27, 4:50 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD4 N Tipton, MOFUNNEL CLOUD RELAYED BY COOPER COUNTY EM FROM PUBLIC REPORT.
Mar 27, 5:02 PM CDTHAIL 1.255 Sw Prairie Home, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 27, 12:54 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 213 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2014-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2014-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 688 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
786 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
688 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
699 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.

096 
WUUS53 KEAX 272128
SVREAX
MOC053-159-272215-
/O.NEW.KEAX.SV.W.0021.140327T2128Z-140327T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
428 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN COOPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  EAST CENTRAL PETTIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 423 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SMITHTON...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.


  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. AT 411 PM...THE PUBLIC REPORTED HALF   
DOLLAR SIZE HAIL 3 MILES EAST OF GREEN RIDGE. AT 425 PM...QUARTER 
SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED SOUTHEAST OF SEDALIA. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  OTTERVILLE...BUNCETON AND PRAIRIE HOME.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.

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 3868 9262 3869 9305 3858 9306 3857 9324
      3872 9326 3884 9254
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 263DEG 48KT 3867 9302

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

$$

DUX
3 follow-up statements
724 
WWUS53 KEAX 272134
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
434 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014

MOC053-159-272215-
/O.CON.KEAX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140327T2215Z/
COOPER MO-PETTIS MO-
434 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
PETTIS AND SOUTHERN COOPER COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT...


AT 433 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OTTERVILLE...
AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PING PONG SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. AT 432 PM...THE PUBLIC REPORTED 
PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL IN SMITHTON.


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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUNCETON AND PRAIRIE HOME.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.

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 3860 9321 3872 9322 3884 9254 3868 9262
      3869 9305 3858 9306
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 263DEG 48KT 3868 9293

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

DUX
865 
WWUS53 KEAX 272142
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
442 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014

MOC159-272151-
/O.CAN.KEAX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140327T2215Z/
PETTIS MO-
442 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL PETTIS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3858 9306 3875 9305 3884 9254 3868 9262
      3869 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 263DEG 48KT 3869 9279

$$

MOC053-272215-
/O.CON.KEAX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140327T2215Z/
COOPER MO-
442 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
COOPER COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM CDT...



AT 437 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TIPTON...AND
MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. AT 422 PM...THE PUBLIC REPORTED 
QUARTER SIZE HAIL 3 MILES SOUTH OF SEDALIA. AT 440 PM...THE PUBLIC 
REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN OTTERVILLE. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT WIND
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PRAIRIE HOME.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.

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 3858 9306 3875 9305 3884 9254 3868 9262
      3869 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 263DEG 48KT 3869 9279

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

DUX
647 
WWUS53 KEAX 272210
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
510 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014

MOC053-272220-
/O.EXP.KEAX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140327T2215Z/
COOPER MO-
510 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN COOPER COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 515 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.  HOWEVER...SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

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

LAT...LON 3858 9306 3875 9305 3884 9254 3868 9262
      3869 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 263DEG 48KT 3874 9230

$$

DUX

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 3:17 AM CDTWind AdvisoryEAXBates, Cass, Henry, Johnson, Pettis12 hr
Mar 27, 1:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXNodaway25 min
Mar 27, 1:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Platte50 min
Mar 27, 2:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJackson52 min
Mar 27, 2:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson31 min
Mar 27, 2:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCass44 min
Mar 27, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDeKalb34 min
Mar 27, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson, Lafayette, Ray36 min
Mar 27, 2:39 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedEAXDeKalb21 min
Mar 27, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry, Johnson33 min
Mar 27, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Platte45 min
Mar 27, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDaviess, DeKalb33 min
Mar 27, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Jackson, Lafayette, Ray, Saline52 min
Mar 27, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis34 min
Mar 27, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry45 min
Mar 27, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDaviess, Grundy, Harrison32 min
Mar 27, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline36 min
Mar 27, 3:46 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedEAXDaviess, Grundy29 min
Mar 27, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry, Johnson, Pettis42 min
Mar 27, 4:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXHoward48 min
Mar 27, 4:12 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedEAXGrundy, Mercer, Sullivan18 min
Mar 27, 4:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCooper45 min
Mar 27, 4:24 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXGrundy, Sullivan36 min
Mar 27, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Howard, Pettis, Saline50 min
Mar 27, 4:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXMercer24 min
Mar 27, 4:50 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXCooper25 min
Mar 27, 4:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXLinn46 min
Mar 27, 5:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXChariton, Lafayette, Randolph, Saline36 min
Mar 27, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSaline34 min
Mar 27, 5:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXHoward36 min
Mar 27, 6:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCooper28 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.