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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 25, 20164 counties in Missouri; Doniphan County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2016, 11:42 PM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri; Doniphan County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 min. 2 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: May 25, 2016, 11:42 PM CDT (04:42 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2016, 12:30 AM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Doniphan County, KS, Andrew County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Holt County, MO, Nodaway County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:44 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 26, 12:05 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 N Helena, MO	TREE LIMBS DOWN IN NEIGHBORS YARD. LARGEST WAS 2 FEET IN DIAMETER. ESTIMATED WIND SPEED 50 TO 60 MPH.
May 26, 12:10 AM CDT	HAIL 0.88	Savannah, MO

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

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 25, 11:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 141 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: 1565 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -119 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1239 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 11.3

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The text

As transmitted.

329 
WUUS53 KEAX 260442
SVREAX
KSC043-MOC003-063-087-147-260530-
/O.NEW.KEAX.SV.W.0071.160526T0442Z-160526T0530Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1142 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL DONIPHAN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  ANDREW COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
  NORTHWESTERN DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
  SOUTHEASTERN NODAWAY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
  SOUTHEASTERN HOLT COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 1142 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OREGON...OR
  12 MILES WEST OF SAVANNAH...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SAVANNAH...OREGON...UNION STAR...AMAZONIA...FILLMORE...BARNARD...
  CONCEPTION JUNCTION...BOLCKOW...ROSENDALE...GUILFORD...CLYDE...
  REA AND CONCEPTION.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 57 AND 77.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 4010 9460 4004 9460 4004 9458 3993 9454
      3985 9509 4009 9518 4031 9468
TIME...MOT...LOC 0442Z 255DEG 34KT 3997 9506 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JULY

3 follow-up statements

440 
WWUS53 KEAX 260508
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1208 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

KSC043-MOC087-260517-
/O.CAN.KEAX.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-160526T0530Z/
DONIPHAN KS-HOLT MO-
1208 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL DONIPHAN AND
SOUTHEASTERN HOLT COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...AND NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 4010 9460 4004 9460 4004 9458 3993 9454
      3988 9493 3990 9494 3990 9498 4011 9503
      4028 9467
TIME...MOT...LOC 0507Z 255DEG 34KT 4003 9475 

$$

MOC003-063-147-260530-
/O.CON.KEAX.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-160526T0530Z/
ANDREW MO-DEKALB MO-NODAWAY MO-
1208 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
FOR ANDREW...NORTHWESTERN DEKALB AND SOUTHEASTERN NODAWAY COUNTIES...

AT 1207 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST
OF SAVANNAH...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SAVANNAH...UNION STAR...AMAZONIA...FILLMORE...BARNARD...
CONCEPTION JUNCTION...BOLCKOW...ROSENDALE...GUILFORD...CLYDE...
REA AND CONCEPTION.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 57 AND 66.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4010 9460 4004 9460 4004 9458 3993 9454
      3988 9493 3990 9494 3990 9498 4011 9503
      4028 9467
TIME...MOT...LOC 0507Z 255DEG 34KT 4003 9475 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JULY

201 
WWUS53 KEAX 260522
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1222 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

MOC147-260529-
/O.CAN.KEAX.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-160526T0530Z/
NODAWAY MO-
1222 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NODAWAY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...AND NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 4004 9460 4004 9458 3993 9454 3988 9493
      3990 9494 4000 9484 4005 9469
TIME...MOT...LOC 0519Z 261DEG 30KT 3994 9470 

$$

MOC003-063-260530-
/O.CON.KEAX.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-160526T0530Z/
ANDREW MO-DEKALB MO-
1222 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ANDREW AND NORTHWESTERN DEKALB COUNTIES...

AT 1219 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR UNION STAR...
OR 7 MILES EAST OF SAVANNAH...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. AT 1210 AM NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS
         REPORTED IN SAVANNAH. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SAVANNAH...UNION STAR AND AMAZONIA. 

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 57 AND 60.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4004 9460 4004 9458 3993 9454 3988 9493
      3990 9494 4000 9484 4005 9469
TIME...MOT...LOC 0519Z 261DEG 30KT 3994 9470 

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

JULY

126 
WWUS53 KEAX 260529
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1229 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

MOC003-063-260539-
/O.EXP.KEAX.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-160526T0530Z/
ANDREW MO-DEKALB MO-
1229 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ANDREW AND
NORTHWESTERN DEKALB COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1230 AM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...AND NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 4004 9460 4004 9458 3993 9454 3988 9493
      3990 9494 4000 9484 4005 9469
TIME...MOT...LOC 0528Z 255DEG 34KT 3994 9470 

$$

JULY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 11:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Holt, Nodaway	45 min
May 25, 11:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Nodaway	35 min
May 25, 11:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Atchison	43 min
May 25, 11:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison, Nodaway	26 min
May 26, 12:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, DeKalb	47 min
May 26, 1:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Clay, Jackson	34 min
May 26, 1:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Adair	38 min
May 26, 3:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Platte	42 min
May 26, 3:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Clay	46 min
May 26, 8:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Platte	31 min
May 26, 9:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Ray	43 min
May 26, 10:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan	6 days
May 26, 10:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Ray	7 days
May 26, 10:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Jackson, Lafayette, Ray	13 days
May 26, 10:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Lafayette, Saline	15 days
May 26, 10:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Saline	15 days
May 26, 10:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Ray	15 min
May 26, 10:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	45 min
May 26, 10:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cass, Henry, Johnson	3 days
May 26, 10:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Saline	5 days
May 26, 10:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass, Henry	4 days
May 26, 10:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson	38 min
May 26, 10:36 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Buchanan	4 days
May 26, 10:36 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	5 days
May 26, 10:36 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	5 days
May 26, 10:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Jackson, Ray	49 min
May 26, 10:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan	48 min
May 26, 11:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Lafayette, Ray	42 min
May 26, 11:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan	23 min
May 26, 11:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Holt	49 min
May 26, 12:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Lafayette	45 min
May 26, 12:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Holt	27 min
May 26, 12:15 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Lafayette, Saline	3 hr
May 26, 12:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Saline	41 min
May 26, 12:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Platte	49 min
May 26, 12:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Platte	30 min
May 26, 12:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Saline	40 min
May 26, 1:05 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	EAX	Andrew, Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Cass and 13 more	38 hr
May 26, 1:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Gentry, Worth	10 min
May 26, 1:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Platte, Ray	49 min
May 26, 1:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Randolph, Saline	19 min
May 26, 1:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Saline	45 min
May 26, 1:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cooper, Saline	38 min
May 26, 1:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Jackson, Ray	34 min
May 26, 1:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Saline	2 hr
May 26, 1:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Nodaway	48 min
May 26, 1:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison, Holt, Nodaway, Worth	30 min
May 26, 2:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Lafayette, Ray	39 min
May 26, 2:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison	20 min
May 26, 2:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Daviess, Gentry	68 hr
May 26, 2:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Daviess, Livingston	3 days
May 26, 2:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Linn, Livingston	4 days
May 26, 2:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston	5 days
May 26, 2:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton	5 days
May 26, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	33 min
May 26, 2:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, Daviess and 2 more	49 min
May 26, 3:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Henry	32 min
May 26, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Platte	31 min
May 26, 3:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Jackson	35 min
May 26, 3:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Platte	28 min
May 26, 3:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Lafayette	26 min
May 26, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb	45 min
May 26, 3:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, DeKalb, Platte	6 hr
May 26, 4:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Clay, Platte	30 min
May 26, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Ray	43 min
May 26, 4:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass, Henry, Johnson	41 min
May 26, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb	41 min
May 26, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Clinton, Platte	48 min
May 26, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Lafayette, Ray	35 min
May 26, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Henry, Johnson, Pettis	31 min
May 26, 4:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Jackson	6 hr
May 26, 4:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Cass, Henry, Johnson	6 hr
May 26, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Platte	34 min
May 26, 5:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Johnson, Pettis	30 min
May 26, 5:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Clay, Daviess, Jackson, Lafayette, Platte and 1 more	6 hr
May 26, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Ray	23 min
May 26, 5:14 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Platte	40 hr
May 26, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Ray	30 min
May 26, 5:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Johnson, Pettis, Saline	6 hr
May 26, 5:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Atchison	23 min

Nearby

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.