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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 13, 2016Holt County, Missouri; Atchison County, Doniphan County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2016, 9:39 AM CDT for Holt County, Missouri; Atchison County, Doniphan County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 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: Jul 13, 2016, 9:39 AM CDT (14:39 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2016, 10:15 AM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Holt County, MO

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:44 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 13, 8:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 77 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: 1665 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -200 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1180 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 304 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 265 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.6

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The text

As transmitted.

294 
WUUS53 KEAX 131439
SVREAX
KSC005-043-MOC087-131515-
/O.NEW.KEAX.SV.W.0166.160713T1439Z-160713T1515Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
939 AM CDT WED JUL 13 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DONIPHAN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  ATCHISON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN HOLT COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 1015 AM CDT

* AT 938 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM FAIRVIEW TO NEAR WHITING TO NEAR HOYT...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

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

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO 
           MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ATCHISON...HIGHLAND...TROY...OREGON...NORTONVILLE...EFFINGHAM...
  LANCASTER...FOREST CITY...WHITE CLOUD...MUSCOTAH...DENTON...
  DONIPHAN...SEVERANCE...FARMINGTON...HURON...LEONA...BENDENA...
  FANNING...POTTER AND ARRINGTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3965 9556 3965 9534 3999 9534 4002 9511
      3958 9506 3958 9509 3956 9511 3954 9511
      3951 9507 3946 9508 3941 9516 3942 9557
TIME...MOT...LOC 1438Z 242DEG 35KT 3984 9572 3953 9565 3920 9571 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

WELSH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 2:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Randolph	51 min
Jul 13, 2:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Chariton	46 min
Jul 13, 3:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Bates	52 min
Jul 13, 8:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Saline	3 days
Jul 13, 10:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	28 min
Jul 13, 10:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	35 min
Jul 13, 10:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Cass, Clay, Clinton, DeKalb, Jackson and 1 more	34 min
Jul 13, 11:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass, Clay, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Ray	25 min
Jul 13, 11:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Cass, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis and 2 more	48 min
Jul 13, 11:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Johnson, Lafayette and 3 more	62 min
Jul 13, 12:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Lafayette, Saline	6 hr
Jul 13, 12:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Randolph	6 hr
Jul 13, 12:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Cooper, Pettis	6 hr
Jul 13, 12:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Randolph	32 min
Jul 13, 2:27 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll	45 hr
Jul 13, 3:13 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper	54 hr
Jul 13, 3:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Howard	41 hr
Jul 13, 6:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Randolph	6 hr
Jul 13, 4:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Linn	49 min
Jul 13, 10:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami	25 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.