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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 26, 2016Clay County, Jackson County, Ray County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2016, 5:15 PM CDT for Clay County, Jackson County, Ray County, Missouri. It was in force for 30 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
May 26, 2016, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2016, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Clay County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Ray County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 26, 2:09 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 132 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2016-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1730 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2016-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 247 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
1730 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-118 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
756 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
247 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
285 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
10.9

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The text

As transmitted.

574 
WUUS53 KEAX 262215
SVREAX
MOC047-095-177-262245-
/O.NEW.KEAX.SV.W.0113.160526T2215Z-160526T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
515 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN RAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  EASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 515 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SIBLEY...OR
  NEAR BUCKNER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE 
           TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
           ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  INDEPENDENCE...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...KEARNEY...RICHMOND...BUCKNER...
  LAWSON...ORRICK...HENRIETTA...CRYSTAL LAKES...SIBLEY...
  MISSOURI CITY...EXCELSIOR ESTATES...LEVASY...WOODS HEIGHTS...
  RAYVILLE...NAPOLEON...CAMDEN...MOSBY...HOMESTEAD AND FLEMING.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 26 AND
29.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3922 9438 3942 9437 3943 9416 3923 9389
      3919 9396 3921 9398 3919 9403 3916 9403
      3913 9408 3914 9410 3912 9411 3906 9422
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 238DEG 22KT 3918 9427 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

MURRAY
1 follow-up statement
752 
WWUS53 KEAX 262237
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
537 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

MOC047-095-177-262245-
/O.CON.KEAX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-160526T2245Z/
RAY MO-JACKSON MO-CLAY MO-
537 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN RAY...NORTHEASTERN JACKSON AND EAST CENTRAL CLAY
COUNTIES...

AT 537 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ORRICK...OR 8
MILES SOUTHEAST OF EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
INDEPENDENCE...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...BUCKNER...ORRICK...
HENRIETTA...CRYSTAL LAKES...SIBLEY...MISSOURI CITY...
EXCELSIOR ESTATES...LEVASY...WOODS HEIGHTS...RAYVILLE...NAPOLEON...
CAMDEN...MOSBY...HOMESTEAD...FLEMING AND PRATHERSVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3921 9432 3935 9432 3943 9416 3923 9389
      3919 9396 3921 9398 3919 9403 3916 9403
      3914 9410 3912 9411 3906 9422 3915 9431
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 238DEG 22KT 3925 9412 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MURRAY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Holt, Nodaway45 min
May 25, 11:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXNodaway35 min
May 25, 11:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXAtchison43 min
May 25, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, DeKalb, Holt, Nodaway48 min
May 25, 11:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison, Nodaway26 min
May 26, 12:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan, DeKalb47 min
May 26, 1:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXClay, Jackson34 min
May 26, 1:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXAdair38 min
May 26, 3:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXPlatte42 min
May 26, 3:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXClay46 min
May 26, 8:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXPlatte31 min
May 26, 9:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXRay43 min
May 26, 10:07 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan6 days
May 26, 10:07 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Ray7 days
May 26, 10:07 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXJackson, Lafayette, Ray13 days
May 26, 10:07 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Lafayette, Saline15 days
May 26, 10:07 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Saline15 days
May 26, 10:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXRay15 min
May 26, 10:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, Platte45 min
May 26, 10:18 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCass, Henry, Johnson3 days
May 26, 10:18 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCooper, Saline5 days
May 26, 10:18 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry4 days
May 26, 10:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Jackson38 min
May 26, 10:36 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXBuchanan4 days
May 26, 10:36 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXPlatte5 days
May 26, 10:36 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXPlatte5 days
May 26, 10:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson, Ray49 min
May 26, 10:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan48 min
May 26, 11:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLafayette, Ray42 min
May 26, 11:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan23 min
May 26, 11:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, Holt49 min
May 26, 12:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXLafayette45 min
May 26, 12:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Holt27 min
May 26, 12:15 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXLafayette, Saline3 hr
May 26, 12:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSaline41 min
May 26, 12:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Platte49 min
May 26, 12:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Platte30 min
May 26, 12:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Howard, Saline40 min
May 26, 1:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchEAXAndrew, Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Cass and 13 more38 hr
May 26, 1:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGentry, Worth10 min
May 26, 1:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Platte, Ray49 min
May 26, 1:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Howard, Randolph, Saline19 min
May 26, 1:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXSaline45 min
May 26, 1:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Saline38 min
May 26, 1:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson, Ray34 min
May 26, 1:41 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXChariton, Howard, Saline2 hr
May 26, 1:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXNodaway48 min
May 26, 1:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison, Holt, Nodaway, Worth30 min
May 26, 2:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Lafayette, Ray39 min
May 26, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison20 min
May 26, 2:19 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXDaviess, Gentry68 hr
May 26, 2:19 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXDaviess, Livingston3 days
May 26, 2:19 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXLinn, Livingston4 days
May 26, 2:19 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston5 days
May 26, 2:19 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton5 days
May 26, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, Platte33 min
May 26, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, Daviess and 2 more49 min
May 26, 3:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXHenry32 min
May 26, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPlatte31 min
May 26, 3:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJackson35 min
May 26, 3:32 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXPlatte28 min
May 26, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Lafayette26 min
May 26, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb45 min
May 26, 3:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, DeKalb, Platte6 hr
May 26, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXClay, Platte30 min
May 26, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Ray43 min
May 26, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Henry, Johnson41 min
May 26, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb41 min
May 26, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Clinton, Platte48 min
May 26, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Lafayette, Ray35 min
May 26, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry, Johnson, Pettis31 min
May 26, 4:45 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXJackson6 hr
May 26, 4:47 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXCass, Henry, Johnson6 hr
May 26, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPlatte34 min
May 26, 5:00 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXJohnson, Pettis30 min
May 26, 5:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCaldwell, Clay, Daviess, Jackson, Lafayette, Platte and 1 more6 hr
May 26, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Carroll, Ray23 min
May 26, 5:14 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXClay, Platte40 hr
May 26, 5:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXJohnson, Pettis, Saline6 hr
May 26, 5:22 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXAtchison23 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.