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Special Weather Statement, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 3, 2014Howard County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this special weather statement at Apr 3, 2014, 1:21 AM CDT for Howard County, Missouri. It was in force for 24 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
Apr 3, 2014, 1:21 AM CDT (06:21 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2014, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO

County Howard County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:21 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 270 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 00:00Z on 2014-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1553 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2014-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1553 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1002 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
5.6

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The text

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

913 
WWUS83 KEAX 030621
SPSEAX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
121 AM CDT THU APR 3 2014

MOZ033-040-046-030645-
COOPER MO-HOWARD MO-RANDOLPH MO-
121 AM CDT THU APR 3 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN RANDOLPH...
SOUTHEASTERN HOWARD AND NORTHEASTERN COOPER COUNTIES UNTIL 145 AM
CDT...

AT 114 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING 
A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR NEW FRANKLIN AND 
BOONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG
WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  BOONVILLE...NEW FRANKLIN...CLARK.

THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT I-70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 109 AND 114.

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 3924 9243 3901 9256 3897 9255 3892 9249
      3889 9254 3902 9281 3935 9231 3925 9231
TIME...MOT...LOC 0620Z 216DEG 36KT 3905 9262

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Cass35 min
Apr 2, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry, Johnson33 min
Apr 2, 10:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCass46 min
Apr 2, 11:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJohnson41 min
Apr 2, 11:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson29 min
Apr 3, 12:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry, Johnson, Lafayette8 hr
Apr 3, 12:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates23 min
Apr 3, 12:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, Platte34 min
Apr 3, 1:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXBates30 min
Apr 3, 1:35 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCass, Henry, Johnson64 hr
Apr 3, 1:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates31 min
Apr 3, 1:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCooper, Howard, Pettis, Saline7 hr
Apr 3, 2:11 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry66 hr
Apr 3, 2:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXHenry, Pettis44 min
Apr 3, 4:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCooper47 hr
Apr 3, 5:48 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXHoward33 hr
Apr 3, 7:54 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXBates, Cass, Cooper, Henry, Howard, Johnson and 2 more6 hr
Apr 3, 8:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXRay37 hr
Apr 3, 9:40 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll41 hr
Apr 3, 1:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXBates29 min
Apr 3, 1:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCooper32 min
Apr 3, 2:01 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXBates, Cass, Cooper, Henry, Howard, Johnson and 3 more24 hr
Apr 3, 2:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Howard24 min
Apr 3, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHoward, Randolph35 min
Apr 3, 2:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCooper, Howard3 hr
Apr 3, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHoward, Randolph40 min
Apr 3, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry, Johnson, Pettis38 min
Apr 3, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry25 min
Apr 3, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry, Johnson, Pettis44 min
Apr 3, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Pettis, Saline31 min
Apr 3, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Cooper, Howard, Saline38 min
Apr 3, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Howard, Randolph, Saline44 min
Apr 3, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry24 min
Apr 3, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Pettis50 min
Apr 3, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Macon, Randolph49 min
Apr 3, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Howard41 min
Apr 2, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn31 min
Apr 2, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMiami32 min
Apr 2, 8:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXLinn51 min
Apr 2, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn35 min
Apr 2, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn, Miami46 min
Apr 2, 9:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJohnson32 min
Apr 2, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte24 min
Apr 3, 12:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXLinn44 min
Apr 3, 12:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison23 min

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.