Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 26, 2016Johnson County, Kansas; Cass County, Jackson County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2016, 3:16 PM CDT for Johnson County, Kansas; Cass County, Jackson County, Missouri. It was in force for 44 min. 6 reports 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: Jun 26, 2016, 3:16 PM CDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 2016, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Johnson County, KS, Cass County, MO, Jackson County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 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
Jun 26, 3:20 PM CDT	HAIL 1	2 Sse Stanley, KS
Jun 26, 3:25 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	4 Nw Stillwell, KS
Jun 26, 3:29 PM CDT	HAIL 2.5	3 Ssw Stanley, KS	CORRECTED LOCATION...FROM SOCIAL MEDIA PHOTO
Jun 26, 3:40 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	1 Se Stanley, KS	FEW HAILSTONES...LARGEST AROUND 1.25 INCHES.
Jun 26, 3:50 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	2 Sw Stanley, KS	ESTIMATED FROM SOCIAL MEDIA PHOTO...NEAR BLUE VALLEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL
Jun 26, 4:05 PM CDT	HAIL 2	1 S Stanley, KS	REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA...SIZE ESTIMATED FROM PHOTO...OCCURRED AT 159TH AND METCALF

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 6 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 4 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 93 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: 36 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -327 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1425 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

115 
WUUS53 KEAX 262016
SVREAX
KSC091-MOC037-095-262100-
/O.NEW.KEAX.SV.W.0138.160626T2016Z-160626T2100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
316 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN CASS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 315 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BELTON...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KANSAS CITY...OVERLAND PARK...LEE'S SUMMIT...LEAWOOD...GRANDVIEW...
  BELTON...RAYMORE...LAKE WINNEBAGO...STANLEY AND STILLWELL.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 470 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 3.
 INTERSTATE 435 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 70 AND 72.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3874 9461 3874 9471 3880 9477 3897 9451
      3882 9435 3873 9461
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 234DEG 14KT 3880 9464 

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

GITRO

1 follow-up statement

537 
WWUS53 KEAX 262027
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
327 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

KSC091-MOC037-095-262100-
/O.CON.KEAX.SV.W.0138.000000T0000Z-160626T2100Z/
JOHNSON KS-CASS MO-JACKSON MO-
327 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON...NORTHWESTERN CASS AND SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON
COUNTIES...

AT 327 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF
BELTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KANSAS CITY...OVERLAND PARK...LEE'S SUMMIT...LEAWOOD...GRANDVIEW...
BELTON...RAYMORE...LAKE WINNEBAGO...STANLEY AND STILLWELL.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 470 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 3.
 INTERSTATE 435 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 70 AND 72.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3874 9461 3874 9471 3880 9477 3897 9451
      3882 9435 3873 9461
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 226DEG 10KT 3881 9466 

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

GITRO

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 26, 12:14 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 12:14 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
1214 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

.Discussion...
Issued at 305 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

Cold front over eastern Nebraska/western Iowa will drop down toward
the I-70 corridor by this evening. A loss of organized convergence
along the front has caused a lot of the shower and thunderstorm
activity to weaken across northern MO early this morning, and this
lack of forcing will continue through the day as the front pushes
south. This combined with only weak/moderate instability and weak
shear will act against widespread organized storms later today,
although the presence of a convective outflow boundary from overnight
storms combined with a lack of convective inhibition and a weak wave
moving out of central KS could still allow scattered convection to
develop across areas from central KS into central MO throughout the
day. Precipitable water values remain high, up to 2 inches, so
locally heavy rain remains a possibility with any storms that
develop. However, the lack of organized forcing and wind shear will
act against widespread storm development so a lot of areas are likely
to miss out on much-needed rainfall with this system.

Despite the passage of the weak cold front today and tonight, 850 hPa
temps will remain near 20 C which will still support highs near 90
degrees both today and Monday. However, by Tuesday an upper level
ridge will deepen to the west, putting the area in northwesterly flow
aloft. This will allow a cooler and drier airmass to settle in from
the north so that highs Tuesday through Friday will only be in the
lower to middle 80s with relatively comfortable dewpoints in the
upper 50s and lower 60s.

Northwest upper flow should support increasing rain chances as early
as Wednesday and Wednesday night and continuing into the weekend as
several embedded disturbances drop into the region. However,
Wednesday's rain chances continue to shift west due to the presence
of low-level ridging over the Mississippi and Ohio River Valleys.
This ridging will shift east later in the week which should allow the
storm track to shift further east into our area.

&&

.Aviation...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Monday Afternoon)
Issued at 1210 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

Cold front is slowing sagging southward across the area with
scattered t-storms developing along and ahead of it. If a t-storm
passes over a terminal...could see vsby briefly dropping to 3SM or
lower. Storms will begin to die off between a 22-23Z time-frame.
Winds will gradually become more easterly overnight but will remain
light as surface high pressure slides into the region.

&&

.EAX Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
KS...None.
MO...None.
&&

Discussion...Hawblitzel
Aviation...PMM

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 5:19 AM CDT, 9 hours 57 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
519 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-271030-
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-
519 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TODAY.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

 NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 26, 12:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1241 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1230 PM     HAIL             6 SW ODESSA             38.95N 94.04W
06/26/2016  E1.00 INCH       LAFAYETTE          MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

PMURRAY

Local storm report, Jun 26, 12:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1243 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1230 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 SW ODESSA             38.95N 94.04W
06/26/2016                   LAFAYETTE          MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LIMBS BLOWN OFF TREES. LAWN FURNITURE BLOWN OFF PORCH.
            POWER OUT AT SPOTTERS LOCATION.

&&

PMURRAY

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 1:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
105 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

MOZ038-044-261845-
JOHNSON MO-LAFAYETTE MO-
105 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE AND
NORTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM CDT...

AT 104 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES
SOUTH OF MAYVIEW...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ODESSA...MOVING EAST AT 15
MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HIGGINSVILLE...CONCORDIA...AULLVILLE AND FAYETTEVILLE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 46 AND
59.

LAT...LON 3885 9386 3904 9379 3903 9353 3876 9363
TIME...MOT...LOC 1804Z 281DEG 12KT 3894 9380

GITRO

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 1:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
135 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

MOZ044-045-261900-
PETTIS MO-JOHNSON MO-
135 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN PETTIS AND EAST CENTRAL
JOHNSON COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT...

AT 135 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
LA MONTE...OR NEAR KNOB NOSTER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SEDALIA...KNOB NOSTER...LA MONTE...WHITEMAN AFB AND HUGHESVILLE.

LAT...LON 3876 9358 3888 9351 3884 9315 3862 9327
TIME...MOT...LOC 1835Z 289DEG 28KT 3880 9347

GITRO

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 2:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
201 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

MOZ039-045-261930-
PETTIS MO-SALINE MO-
201 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN PETTIS AND SOUTHWESTERN
SALINE COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM CDT...

AT 201 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
HOUSTONIA...OR NEAR SWEET SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SWEET SPRINGS...LA MONTE...HOUSTONIA AND HUGHESVILLE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 66 AND
77.

LAT...LON 3877 9342 3888 9350 3894 9350 3907 9328
      3885 9313
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 241DEG 20KT 3889 9337

GITRO

Local storm report, Jun 26, 2:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
208 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0200 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 N LA MONTE            38.79N 93.42W
06/26/2016                   PETTIS             MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LARGE TREE LIMB DOWN ON ROUTE 127. BLOCKING RIGHT LANE.

&&

32

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 26, 3:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Johnson	3 hr
Jun 26, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson	17 min
Jun 26, 4:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Johnson	35 min
Jun 26, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson	29 min
Jun 26, 5:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Johnson	30 min
Jun 25, 11:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Atchison	52 min
Jun 26, 12:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Atchison	45 min
Jun 26, 12:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Nodaway	48 min
Jun 26, 12:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Lafayette	51 min
Jun 26, 1:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Johnson	40 min
Jun 26, 1:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Pettis	25 min
Jun 26, 2:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Pettis	29 min
Jun 26, 2:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Cooper, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline	3 hr
Jun 26, 3:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Cass	3 hr
Jun 26, 4:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Bates	3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2016 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2016 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016

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.