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High Wind Warning 1, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 30, 20176 counties in Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this high wind warning at Apr 30, 2017, 12:49 AM CDT for 6 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 69 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 30, 2017, 12:49 AM CDT (05:49 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 2017, 1:58 AM CDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO

Counties Cass County, MO, Clay County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Ray County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:50 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 30, 12:50 AM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 50Lees Summit, MONWS EMPLOYEE ESTIMATED 50 MPH WINDS WITH TREE BRANCHES COMING DOWN
Apr 30, 12:50 AM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 55Pleasant Hill, MOESTIMATED 50 TO 55 MPH WINDS OBSERVED AT THE NWS OFFICE
Apr 30, 12:55 AM CDTNON-TSTM WND DMGPleasant Hill, MOMULTIPLE REPORTS OF TREE LIMBS SNAPPED AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS THE CITY OF PLEASANT HILL. ONE TREE LIMB FELL THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE LOCAL DRUG STORE.
Apr 30, 1:10 AM CDTNON-TSTM WND DMGNapoleon, MOMULTIPLE REPORTS OF TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE OVER EASTERN JACKSON AND WESTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTIES FROM WIND GUSTS ASSOCIATED WITH A WAKE LOW. NEARLY 8000 RESIDENTS WITHOUT POWER FROM THE KC METRO-EAST.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 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 00:00Z on 2017-04-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 105 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2017-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 429 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
105 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
440 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
429 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
415 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

167 
WWUS73 KEAX 300549
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
1249 AM CDT Sun Apr 30 2017


MOZ029-030-037-038-043-044-300700-
/O.NEW.KEAX.HW.W.0001.170430T0549Z-170430T0700Z/
Clay-Ray-Jackson-Lafayette-Cass-Johnson MO-
Including the cities of Gladstone, Liberty, Excelsior Springs, 
Richmond, Lawson, Kansas City, Independence, Odessa, 
Higginsville, Lexington, Concordia, Belton, Raymore, 
Harrisonville, Pleasant Hill, and Warrensburg
1249 AM CDT Sun Apr 30 2017

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT EARLY THIS
MORNING...

The National Weather Service in Kansas City/Pleasant Hill has
issued a High Wind Warning, which is in effect until 2 AM CDT
early this morning. 

* TIMING...A wake low will bring severe winds on the backside of
  the departing precipitation through the next 1-2 hours.

* WINDS...Winds up to 60 mph.

* IMPACTS...Damage to trees and power lines possible. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A High Wind Warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected
or occurring. Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 mph or gusts
of 58 mph or more can lead to property damage.

&&

$$

Blair
1 follow-up statement
912 
WWUS73 KEAX 300658
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
158 AM CDT Sun Apr 30 2017

MOZ029-030-037-038-043-044-300800-
/O.CAN.KEAX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170430T0700Z/
Clay-Ray-Jackson-Lafayette-Cass-Johnson MO-
Including the cities of Gladstone, Liberty, Excelsior Springs, 
Richmond, Lawson, Kansas City, Independence, Odessa, 
Higginsville, Lexington, Concordia, Belton, Raymore, 
Harrisonville, Pleasant Hill, and Warrensburg
158 AM CDT Sun Apr 30 2017

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

The National Weather Service in Kansas City/Pleasant Hill has
cancelled the High Wind Warning. 

The corridor of severe winds associated with a small low pressure
system has moved east of the area, with wind gusts gradually
relaxing.  

$$

MOZ031-032-039-300800-
/O.NEW.KEAX.HW.W.0002.170430T0658Z-170430T0800Z/
Carroll-Chariton-Saline-
Including the cities of Carrollton, Salisbury, Brunswick, 
Keytesville, and Marshall
158 AM CDT Sun Apr 30 2017

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT EARLY THIS
MORNING...

The National Weather Service in Kansas City/Pleasant Hill has
issued a High Wind Warning, which is in effect until 3 AM CDT
early this morning. 

* TIMING...A small low pressure system on the backside of the
  departing precipitation will bring severe wind speeds during the
  next hour. 

* WINDS...Wind gusts up to 60 mph.

* IMPACTS...Damage to trees and power lines possible.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A High Wind Warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected
or occurring. Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 mph or gusts
of 58 mph or more can lead to property damage.

&&

$$

Blair

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 9:23 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXJackson9 hr
Apr 29, 11:21 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXJackson29 hr
Apr 30, 1:20 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXBates, Cass, Cooper, Henry, Johnson, Pettis60 hr
Apr 30, 1:58 AM CDTHigh Wind WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Saline57 min
Apr 30, 4:12 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXChariton, Howard, Macon, Randolph, Saline57 hr
Apr 30, 6:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJohnson31 min
Apr 30, 6:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson15 min

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in Missouri, 2017Every high wind warning in 2017

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.