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Special Weather Statement, NWS Kansas City, MO

September 7, 2015Atchison County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this special weather statement at Sep 7, 2015, 10:57 PM CDT for Atchison County, Missouri. It was in force for 48 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
Sep 7, 2015, 10:57 PM CDT (03:57 UTC)
Expired
Sep 7, 2015, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO

County Atchison County, MO

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 120 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2015-09-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1737 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2015-09-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 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
1737 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
792 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
6.9

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The text

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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Sep 7, 6:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 7, 6:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 7, 5:30 AM CDT, 17 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
530 AM CDT MON SEP 7 2015

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-081030-
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-
ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-
HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-
CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-
RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-
COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
530 AM CDT MON SEP 7 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND
WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

 HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING
 THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING WITH REDEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING. AN
 ISOLATED SEVERE STORM OR TWO IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING OVER NORTHERN
 MISSOURI.

 MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED AT...
 HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/EAX/HWO

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

 HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY
 RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY
 NIGHT.

 MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED AT...
 HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/EAX/HWO

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 7, 10:32 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1032 PM CDT MON SEP 7 2015

KSZ057-105-080415-
MIAMI KS-JOHNSON KS-
1032 PM CDT MON SEP 7 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN JOHNSON AND MIAMI
COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 PM CDT...

AT 1032 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES SOUTHEAST OF EDGERTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PAOLA...SPRING HILL...OSAWATOMIE...LOUISBURG...EDGERTON...DREXEL...
CHILES...BUCYRUS...HILLSDALE AND WAGSTAFF.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 IN KANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 200 AND
203.

LAT...LON 3856 9507 3875 9506 3877 9461 3846 9461
TIME...MOT...LOC 0332Z 266DEG 22KT 3867 9494

MELL
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 10:57 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1057 PM CDT MON SEP 7 2015

MOZ001-011-080445-
ATCHISON MO-HOLT MO-
1057 PM CDT MON SEP 7 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ATCHISON AND NORTHWESTERN HOLT
COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...

AT 1056 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR ROCK PORT...OR 12 MILES WEST OF TARKIO...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TARKIO...ROCK PORT...FAIRFAX...ROCKPORT...WATSON...CORNING AND PHELPS
CITY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND 123.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 4058 9534 4023 9535 4023 9547 4025 9549
      4027 9556 4030 9556 4032 9561 4031 9566
      4034 9562 4041 9566 4046 9564 4046 9568
      4048 9570 4054 9565 4056 9568 4052 9571
      4052 9575 4058 9577
TIME...MOT...LOC 0356Z 268DEG 22KT 4044 9561

MELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 7, 10:53 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXDaviess, Gentry3 days
Sep 8, 12:39 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXAtchison, Gentry, Harrison, Holt, Nodaway, Worth5 hr
Sep 8, 3:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison, Nodaway36 min
Sep 8, 3:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison, Nodaway36 min
Sep 8, 6:13 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXAtchison, Holt25 hr
Sep 8, 6:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJohnson49 min
Sep 8, 9:17 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston3 days
Sep 8, 10:38 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXPlatte5 days
Sep 8, 10:38 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXPlatte5 days
Sep 7, 10:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXMiami43 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Missouri, 2015Every special weather statement in 2015

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.