Alert archive / Missouri / High Wind Warnings in 2017
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Kansas City, MO
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 12:50 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 50 | Lees Summit, MO | NWS EMPLOYEE ESTIMATED 50 MPH WINDS WITH TREE BRANCHES COMING DOWN |
| Apr 30, 12:50 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 55 | Pleasant Hill, MO | ESTIMATED 50 TO 55 MPH WINDS OBSERVED AT THE NWS OFFICE |
| Apr 30, 12:55 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Pleasant Hill, MO | MULTIPLE 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 CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Napoleon, MO | MULTIPLE 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 9:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Jackson | 9 hr |
| Apr 29, 11:21 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Jackson | 29 hr |
| Apr 30, 1:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Cooper, Henry, Johnson, Pettis | 60 hr |
| Apr 30, 1:58 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Saline | 57 min |
| Apr 30, 4:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Chariton, Howard, Macon, Randolph, Saline | 57 hr |
| Apr 30, 6:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Johnson | 31 min |
| Apr 30, 6:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson | 15 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.