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Special Weather Statement, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 26, 2016Atchison County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this special weather statement at Apr 26, 2016, 5:09 PM CDT for Atchison 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

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The facts

Issued: Apr 26, 2016, 5:09 PM CDT (22:09 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2016, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO

County Atchison County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 72 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.

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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: 1934 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 628 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 268 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 330 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.7
Supercell composite: 22.6

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The text

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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 Apr 26, 4:32 PM CDT, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 4:32 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 5:34 AM CDT, 11 hours 35 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
534 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-271045-
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-
534 AM CDT TUE APR 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

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MORNING THUNDERSTORMS
COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. A SECOND ROUND OF POTENTIALLY SEVERE
WEATHER IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE
PRIMARY THREATS AS WELL AS LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY WITH ANOTHER THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS.
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE
WEEKEND.

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 26, 11:29 AM CDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1129 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

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

1028 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 N SEDALIA             38.72N 93.23W
04/26/2016                   PETTIS             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE FROM THE NORTH SIDE OF SEDALIA TO
            NEAR THE SEDALIA AIRPORT. A ROOF WAS RIPPED OFF A
            BUSINESS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SEDALIA...4 POWER POLES
            WERE SNAPPED A LITTLE FURTHER EAST...HIGHWAY SIGNS DOWN
            AT US765 AND MO 765 AND A BARN DOWN ON GRIESSEN RD N OF
            THE AIRPORT. ACCORDING TO THE RADAR IT LIKELY OCCURRED
            BETWEEN 1028 AND 1035 AM CDT.

&&

ABAILEY

Local storm report, Apr 26, 11:56 AM CDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1156 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

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

0647 AM     HAIL             ST JOSEPH               39.76N 94.85W
04/26/2016  E1.00 INCH       BUCHANAN           MO   BROADCAST MEDIA

0649 AM     HAIL             ST JOSEPH               39.76N 94.85W
04/26/2016  E1.00 INCH       BUCHANAN           MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

0703 AM     HAIL             LANCASTER               39.57N 95.30W
04/26/2016  M1.75 INCH       ATCHISON           KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PEA TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED

0710 AM     HAIL             LANCASTER               39.57N 95.30W
04/26/2016  M2.25 INCH       ATCHISON           KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            2.25 INCH HAIL REPORTED.

0719 AM     HAIL             1 WNW EDWARDSVILLE      39.08N 94.84W
04/26/2016  M1.50 INCH       WYANDOTTE          KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

0720 AM     HAIL             3 WNW PARKVILLE         39.21N 94.73W
04/26/2016  M1.00 INCH       PLATTE             MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

0735 AM     HAIL             5 NE WEATHERBY LAKE     39.29N 94.63W
04/26/2016  E1.00 INCH       PLATTE             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0739 AM     HAIL             WEATHERBY LAKE          39.24N 94.70W
04/26/2016  M1.00 INCH       PLATTE             MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL.

0745 AM     HAIL             RIVERSIDE               39.17N 94.63W
04/26/2016  E0.75 INCH       PLATTE             MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

0747 AM     HAIL             EDGERTON                39.51N 94.63W
04/26/2016  E1.25 INCH       PLATTE             MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

0750 AM     HAIL             1 N TRIMBLE             39.49N 94.56W
04/26/2016  E1.00 INCH       CLINTON            MO   AMATEUR RADIO

0807 AM     HAIL             10 SE PLATTE CITY       39.26N 94.65W
04/26/2016  E1.25 INCH       PLATTE             MO   NWS EMPLOYEE

0809 AM     HAIL             PLATTSBURG              39.56N 94.46W
04/26/2016  M1.00 INCH       CLINTON            MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PEA TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL, VERY HEAVY ON GROUND.

0812 AM     TSTM WND GST     ST JOSEPH               39.76N 94.85W
04/26/2016  M59.00 MPH       BUCHANAN           MO   ASOS

0820 AM     TSTM WND DMG     RUSHVILLE               39.59N 95.02W
04/26/2016                   BUCHANAN           MO   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            A FEW POWERLINES DOWN NEAR RUSHVILLE

0822 AM     HAIL             BLUE SPRINGS            39.02N 94.28W
04/26/2016  M1.00 INCH       JACKSON            MO   NWS EMPLOYEE

            PENNY TO QUARTER SIZE.

0837 AM     TSTM WND DMG     SMITHVILLE              39.39N 94.58W
04/26/2016                   CLAY               MO   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            DOCK COLLAPSE ON SMITHVILLE LAKE

0842 AM     HAIL             LIBERTY                 39.25N 94.42W
04/26/2016  M1.50 INCH       CLAY               MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER TO PING PONG SIZE HAIL, REALLY FLAT THOUGH. 150
            HWY AND 291 INTERSECTION.

0842 AM     HAIL             5 N BLUE SPRINGS        39.09N 94.28W
04/26/2016  E1.75 INCH       JACKSON            MO   PUBLIC

            REPORTED AT LAKE CITY AMMUNITION PLANT

0844 AM     TSTM WND GST     TRIMBLE                 39.47N 94.56W
04/26/2016  E60.00 MPH       CLINTON            MO   AMATEUR RADIO

            ALSO QUARTER SIZED HAIL WITH WIND

0847 AM     HAIL             LEE'S SUMMIT            38.91N 94.38W
04/26/2016  M1.00 INCH       JACKSON            MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            50TH AND TODD GEORGE RD, PEA TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

0900 AM     HAIL             3 SE INDEPENDENCE       39.06N 94.31W
04/26/2016  E1.25 INCH       JACKSON            MO   PUBLIC

0904 AM     TSTM WND DMG     INDEPENDENCE            39.09N 94.35W
04/26/2016                   JACKSON            MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POWER LINE DOWN AT 39TH AND GUDGEL

0907 AM     HAIL             RICHMOND                39.28N 93.97W
04/26/2016  M1.00 INCH       RAY                MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PEAS SIZE TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL, STILL COMING DOWN.

0910 AM     HAIL             INDEPENDENCE            39.09N 94.35W
04/26/2016  E1.00 INCH       JACKSON            MO   PUBLIC

            VIA TWITTER

0913 AM     HAIL             ODESSA                  39.00N 93.95W
04/26/2016  E1.25 INCH       LAFAYETTE          MO   PUBLIC

            VIA TWITTER

0927 AM     HAIL             COLUMBUS                38.85N 93.88W
04/26/2016  M1.00 INCH       JOHNSON            MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

1011 AM     HAIL             WHITEMAN AFB            38.73N 93.55W
04/26/2016  M1.00 INCH       JOHNSON            MO   OTHER FEDERAL

1028 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 N SEDALIA             38.72N 93.23W
04/26/2016                   PETTIS             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE FROM THE NORTH SIDE OF SEDALIA TO
            NEAR THE SEDALIA AIRPORT. A ROOF WAS RIPPED OFF A
            BUSINESS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SEDALIA...4 POWER POLES
            WERE SNAPPED A LITTLE FURTHER EAST...HIGHWAY SIGNS DOWN
            AT US765 AND MO 765 AND A BARN DOWN ON GRIESSEN RD N OF
            THE AIRPORT. ACCORDING TO THE RADAR IT LIKELY OCCURRED
            BETWEEN 1028 AND 1035 AM CDT.

1032 AM     TSTM WND GST     1 W SEDALIA             38.70N 93.25W
04/26/2016  E60.00 MPH       PETTIS             MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EM REPORTED 50-60 MPH WIND AND HAIL TO DIME SIZED

1041 AM     NON-TSTM WND DMG SEDALIA                 38.70N 93.23W
04/26/2016                   PETTIS             MO   AMATEUR RADIO

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN AT 16TH AND BARRETT STREET

1053 AM     TSTM WND GST     SMITHTON                38.68N 93.09W
04/26/2016  E60.00 MPH       PETTIS             MO   AMATEUR RADIO

            ALSO 1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL

&&

ABAILEY

Special weather statement, Apr 26, 3:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
338 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

KSZ057-060-262130-
MIAMI KS-LINN KS-
338 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN LINN AND
SOUTHWESTERN MIAMI COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM CDT...

AT 338 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
PARKER...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF OSAWATOMIE...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PAOLA...OSAWATOMIE...PARKER...FONTANA AND BEAGLE.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3825 9507 3857 9507 3865 9506 3861 9475
      3819 9488
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 187DEG 27KT 3832 9500

CDB

Special weather statement, Apr 26, 5:09 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
509 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

KSZ025-102-262245-
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN KS-
509 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN DONIPHAN AND WESTERN
ATCHISON COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT...

AT 509 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
VALLEY FALLS...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EFFINGHAM...LANCASTER...MUSCOTAH...FARMINGTON...HURON...LEONA AND
ARRINGTON.

LAT...LON 3965 9557 3965 9534 3979 9534 3979 9528
      3942 9528 3942 9557
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 176DEG 25KT 3940 9548

CDB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 26, 4:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Ray	26 min
Apr 26, 4:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Clay, Platte, Ray	25 min
Apr 26, 5:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Buchanan	25 min
Apr 26, 6:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Holt	30 min
Apr 26, 6:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Buchanan	28 min
Apr 26, 6:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, DeKalb	26 min
Apr 26, 7:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Holt, Platte	49 min
Apr 26, 7:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Platte	33 min
Apr 26, 7:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Carroll	24 min
Apr 26, 7:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Clinton, Platte	35 min
Apr 26, 7:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, Daviess and 4 more	54 min
Apr 26, 8:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Lafayette, Ray	34 min
Apr 26, 8:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Jackson	23 min
Apr 26, 8:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, DeKalb, Jackson and 5 more	46 min
Apr 26, 9:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Clinton, Platte	4 hr
Apr 26, 9:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Cass, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis and 2 more	51 min
Apr 26, 9:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Chariton, Grundy, Linn, Livingston, Sullivan	40 min
Apr 26, 10:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Johnson, Pettis and 1 more	39 min
Apr 26, 10:24 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	9 days
Apr 26, 10:24 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Buchanan	7 days
Apr 26, 10:24 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	8 days
Apr 26, 10:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Linn, Macon, Pettis and 2 more	50 min
Apr 26, 10:47 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Pettis	3 hr
Apr 26, 11:09 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Platte	6 hr
Apr 26, 11:20 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper	3 hr
Apr 26, 12:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Platte	26 hr
Apr 26, 12:06 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Ray	29 hr
Apr 26, 3:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	EAX	Andrew, Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Cass and 14 more	14 hr
Apr 26, 6:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Holt	51 min
Apr 26, 6:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison, Doniphan	24 min
Apr 26, 7:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison	29 min
Apr 26, 3:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Miami	52 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.