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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 8, 2015Bates County, Cass County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 2015, 7:12 AM CDT for Bates County, Cass County, Missouri. It was in force for 25 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 8, 2015, 7:12 AM CDT (12:12 UTC)
Expired: Apr 8, 2015, 7:37 AM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Bates County, MO, Cass County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:14 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 8, 6:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 133 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 454 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 205 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 263 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 5.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

906 
WUUS53 KEAX 081212
SVREAX
MOC013-037-081300-
/O.NEW.KEAX.SV.W.0021.150408T1212Z-150408T1300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
712 AM CDT WED APR 8 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BATES COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 800 AM CDT

* AT 709 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ADRIAN...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GARDEN CITY...ARCHIE...EAST LYNNE AND GUNN CITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3837 9443 3848 9451 3869 9420 3871 9413
      3868 9412 3866 9413 3865 9412 3864 9411
      3857 9412 3857 9410 3845 9407
TIME...MOT...LOC 1213Z 238DEG 28KT 3845 9439

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...<50MPH

$$

BLAIR

2 follow-up statements

748 
WWUS53 KEAX 081232
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
732 AM CDT WED APR 8 2015

MOC013-037-081300-
/O.CON.KEAX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150408T1300Z/
BATES MO-CASS MO-
732 AM CDT WED APR 8 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN 
CASS AND NORTHEASTERN BATES COUNTIES UNTIL 800 AM CDT...

AT 728 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF GARDEN CITY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. EARLIER AT 708 AM...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 
REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 4 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF ADRIAN.

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GARDEN CITY AND GUNN CITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3855 9440 3869 9420 3871 9413 3866 9413
      3865 9412 3857 9412 3857 9410 3845 9407
      3841 9425
TIME...MOT...LOC 1232Z 238DEG 28KT 3853 9423

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH

$$

BLAIR

017 
WWUS53 KEAX 081237
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
737 AM CDT WED APR 8 2015

MOC013-037-081247-
/O.CAN.KEAX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150408T1300Z/
BATES MO-CASS MO-
737 AM CDT WED APR 8 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CASS AND
NORTHEASTERN BATES COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.

LAT...LON 3855 9440 3869 9420 3871 9413 3866 9413
      3865 9412 3857 9412 3857 9410 3845 9407
      3841 9425
TIME...MOT...LOC 1237Z 238DEG 28KT 3855 9419

$$

BLAIR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 7, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass	51 min
Apr 7, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates	50 min
Apr 7, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Lafayette	48 min
Apr 7, 9:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Bates	31 min
Apr 7, 10:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Carroll	48 min
Apr 7, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass	45 min
Apr 7, 10:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Lafayette	34 min
Apr 7, 10:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Saline	38 min
Apr 7, 11:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Henry	45 min
Apr 8, 5:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan	40 min
Apr 8, 6:22 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	EAX	Buchanan, Carroll, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Cooper and 8 more	5 hr
Apr 8, 6:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Cass	46 min
Apr 8, 6:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Buchanan	30 min
Apr 8, 6:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass	39 min
Apr 8, 7:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Ray	28 min
Apr 8, 7:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Jackson, Ray	46 min
Apr 8, 7:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass, Jackson	30 min
Apr 8, 7:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Livingston	37 min
Apr 8, 8:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson	43 min
Apr 8, 8:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll	28 min
Apr 8, 8:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Chariton	33 min
Apr 8, 8:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson	44 min
Apr 8, 8:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Livingston	38 min
Apr 8, 8:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Gentry, Nodaway, Worth	42 min
Apr 8, 8:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Macon	48 min
Apr 8, 9:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Chariton, Linn, Macon, Randolph	38 min
Apr 8, 9:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Pettis	36 min
Apr 8, 9:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Pettis, Saline	45 min
Apr 8, 9:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Daviess	38 min
Apr 8, 9:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Cooper	51 min
Apr 8, 9:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cooper, Howard, Saline	19 min
Apr 8, 9:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Saline	36 min
Apr 8, 10:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Harrison	24 min
Apr 8, 10:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Saline	42 min
Apr 8, 2:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	EAX	Bates, Carroll, Cass, Chariton, Clay, Cooper and 10 more	8 hr
Apr 8, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates	26 min
Apr 8, 4:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Bates	44 min
Apr 8, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass, Henry, Johnson	39 min
Apr 8, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cooper, Henry, Johnson, Pettis	51 min
Apr 8, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Platte	30 min
Apr 8, 5:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Clinton	18 min
Apr 8, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cooper, Howard, Pettis, Randolph, Saline	54 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.