Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 216, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 9, 2014, 8:26 PM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 49 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
- Sep 9, 2014, 8:26 PM CDT (01:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 2014, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 2.5 in
- Wind
- 75.0 mph
Counties Andrew County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 8:51 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 1 N Savannah, MO | LIGHT RAIN, WITH HAIL UP TO HALF DOLLAR. EARLIER HAD PEA SIZE HAIL. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 1708 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1605 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 385 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 19.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
564
WUUS53 KEAX 100126
SVREAX
MOC003-021-063-075-100215-
/O.NEW.KEAX.SV.W.0216.140910T0126Z-140910T0215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
826 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
ANDREW COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI...
NORTHEASTERN BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI...
WESTERN DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI...
SOUTHWESTERN GENTRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
* AT 824 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF
SAVANNAH...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
AT 820 PM...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED PING PONG BALL SIZE
HAIL 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOLCKOW.
HAZARD...TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL AND 75 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO
MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SAVANNAH...UNION STAR...KING CITY...CLARKSDALE...REA...HELENA AND
COSBY.
THIS WILL IMPACT
I-29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 53 AND 65.
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.
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4006 9443 3975 9452 3975 9462 3995 9499
3996 9500 4013 9488 4013 9476
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 300DEG 25KT 4003 9483
HAIL...2.50IN
WIND...75MPH
$$
HAWBLITZEL1 follow-up statement
801
WWUS53 KEAX 100156
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
856 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014
MOC021-075-100206-
/O.CAN.KEAX.SV.W.0216.000000T0000Z-140910T0215Z/
BUCHANAN MO-GENTRY MO-
856 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN GENTRY AND
NORTHEASTERN BUCHANAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREAS.
LAT...LON 3980 9451 3982 9458 3989 9481 4002 9478
4006 9468 3999 9445 3984 9449
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 300DEG 25KT 3991 9463
$$
MOC003-063-100215-
/O.CON.KEAX.SV.W.0216.000000T0000Z-140910T0215Z/
DEKALB MO-ANDREW MO-
856 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ANDREW AND WESTERN DEKALB COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM CDT...
AT 851 PM...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL
1 MILE NORTH OF SAVANNAH.
AT 854 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF UNION STAR...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.
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...
CLARKSDALE.
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.
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3980 9451 3982 9458 3989 9481 4002 9478
4006 9468 3999 9445 3984 9449
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 300DEG 25KT 3991 9463
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
HAWBLITZELThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Andrew, Holt, Nodaway | 25 min |
| Sep 9, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Harrison | 30 min |
| Sep 9, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Andrew, Holt, Nodaway | 31 min |
| Sep 9, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Harrison, Mercer | 25 min |
| Sep 9, 7:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Holt, Nodaway | 6 hr |
| Sep 9, 7:46 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Atchison, Holt | 59 hr |
| Sep 9, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Holt, Nodaway | 43 min |
| Sep 9, 7:54 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Holt, Nodaway | 55 hr |
| Sep 9, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Harrison, Mercer | 49 min |
| Sep 9, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, DeKalb | 38 min |
| Sep 9, 9:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew | 6 hr |
| Sep 9, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Adair, Grundy, Linn, Macon, Sullivan | 45 min |
| Sep 9, 10:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Linn and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 9, 10:36 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Nodaway | 56 hr |
| Sep 9, 10:36 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan | 67 hr |
| Sep 9, 10:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Grundy, Linn, Livingston, Sullivan | 6 hr |
| Sep 9, 11:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Atchison, Holt, Nodaway | 19 hr |
| Sep 9, 11:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Adair, Macon | 5 hr |
| Sep 10, 12:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison | 8 hr |
| Sep 10, 1:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Daviess, Gentry | 3 days |
| Sep 10, 1:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Daviess, Livingston | 4 days |
| Sep 10, 1:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Linn, Livingston | 5 days |
| Sep 10, 1:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston | 7 days |
| Sep 10, 1:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton | 9 days |
| Sep 10, 1:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Grundy, Livingston | 48 hr |
| Sep 10, 1:49 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Buchanan | 5 days |
| Sep 10, 2:47 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan | 4 days |
| Sep 10, 4:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Adair, Chariton, Grundy, Linn, Livingston, Macon and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 10, 5:01 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Chariton, Macon | 4 days |
| Sep 10, 6:34 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison, Nodaway, Worth | 12 hr |
| Sep 10, 7:11 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Adair, Macon, Putnam, Schuyler | 35 hr |
| Sep 10, 9:12 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Platte | 5 days |
| Sep 10, 9:12 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Platte | 5 days |
| Sep 10, 9:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Platte | 51 hr |
| Sep 10, 9:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson, Ray | 71 hr |
| Sep 10, 9:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Jackson, Lafayette, Ray | 4 days |
| Sep 10, 9:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Lafayette, Saline | 4 days |
| Sep 10, 9:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Saline | 6 days |
| Sep 10, 9:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Chariton, Howard, Saline | 6 days |
| Sep 10, 9:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard | 6 days |
| Sep 10, 10:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Adair, Carroll, Chariton, Grundy, Linn, Livingston and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 10, 5:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Caldwell, Chariton, Daviess and 15 more | 24 hr |
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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.