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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Kansas City, MO

February 28, 2017Johnson County, Pettis County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 28, 2017, 9:46 PM CST for Johnson County, Pettis County, Missouri. It was in force for 44 min. 6 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
Feb 28, 2017, 9:46 PM CST (03:46 UTC)
Expired
Feb 28, 2017, 10:30 PM CST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Johnson County, MO, Pettis County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:49 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
Feb 28, 9:49 PM CSTHAIL 1.253 E Knob Noster, MO
Feb 28, 9:49 PM CSTHAIL 1.253 E Knob Noster, MO
Feb 28, 10:22 PM CSTHAIL 1.255 N Green Ridge, MOREPORT VIA TWITTER OF HAIL SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN QUARTER.
Feb 28, 10:26 PM CSTHAIL 0.884 N Green Ridge, MO.
Feb 28, 10:26 PM CSTHAIL 14 N Green Ridge, MO.
Feb 28, 10:35 PM CSTHAIL 13 Wnw Sedalia, MOQUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED VIA FACEBOOK.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 28, 6:23 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 208 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 2017-03-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 2017-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156175Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2351 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
80 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

435 
WUUS53 KEAX 010346
SVREAX
MOC101-159-010430-
/O.NEW.KEAX.SV.W.0013.170301T0346Z-170301T0430Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
946 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2017

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Pettis County in central Missouri...
  East central Johnson County in west central Missouri...

* Until 1030 PM CST

* At 946 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Knob Noster,
  moving east at 50 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...
  Sedalia, Knob Noster, Whiteman Air Force Base, La Monte, Whiteman
  Afb, Hughesville and Sedalia Memorial Arpt.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

A tornado watch remains in effect until 100 AM CST for central and
west central Missouri.

LAT...LON 3869 9306 3865 9361 3883 9366 3893 9308
      3893 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0346Z 256DEG 44KT 3877 9354 

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

CDB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 28, 6:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Lafayette, Ray25 min
Feb 28, 6:30 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEAXRay30 min
Feb 28, 6:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Lafayette, Saline38 min
Feb 28, 7:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Howard, Randolph, Saline51 min
Feb 28, 7:39 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJohnson36 min
Feb 28, 7:49 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCass26 min
Feb 28, 7:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Lafayette23 min
Feb 28, 8:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLafayette, Saline15 min
Feb 28, 8:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Cass29 min
Feb 28, 8:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Johnson24 min
Feb 28, 9:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Cass, Johnson35 min
Feb 28, 9:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson23 min
Feb 28, 9:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Henry, Johnson29 min
Feb 28, 9:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry, Johnson46 min
Feb 28, 9:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates42 min
Feb 28, 9:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry, Johnson48 min
Feb 28, 10:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry36 min
Feb 28, 10:31 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCooper29 min
Feb 28, 10:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Pettis51 min
Feb 28, 10:48 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEAXPettis27 min
Feb 28, 11:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry, Pettis31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.