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Special Weather Statement, NWS Kansas City, MO

August 10, 2017Linn County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2017, 8:39 PM CDT for Linn 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

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 10, 2017, 8:39 PM CDT (01:39 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2017, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO

County Linn County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 189 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2017-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1344 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2017-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1344 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1104 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.7

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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 Aug 10, 6:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 6:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 10, 5:28 AM CDT, 15 hours 11 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
528 AM CDT Thu Aug 10 2017

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-111030-
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-
528 AM CDT Thu Aug 10 2017

This hazardous weather outlook is for northwest...north central and
west central Missouri...as well as extreme eastern Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Isolated thunderstorms are possible this morning across the area,
with another round of thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. A few
strong storms will be possible will be possible this afternoon and
evening.

More detailed information can be accessed at...
https://www.weather.gov/eax/hwo

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

Off and on storm chances will resume by the late week and into the
weekend. No severe weather or flash flooding is expected.

More detailed information can be accessed at...
https://www.weather.gov/eax/hwo

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 10, 5:39 PM CDT, 3 hours before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
539 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2017

KSZ102-102330-
Doniphan KS-
539 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DONIPHAN COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM
CDT...

At 538 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Denton, or near Highland, moving southeast at 5 mph.

Half inch hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Wathena, Highland, Troy, Denton, Doniphan, Severance, Leona, Fanning
and Bendena.

LAT...LON 3981 9534 3989 9529 3989 9514 3986 9509
      3987 9503 3985 9494 3978 9494 3973 9497
      3969 9497 3967 9502 3962 9506 3962 9510
      3965 9512 3965 9534
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 312DEG 6KT 3979 9529

CDB
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 6:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
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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.