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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 14, 2018Chariton County, Howard County, Randolph County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2018, 3:17 PM CDT for Chariton County, Howard County, Randolph County, Missouri. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report 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
May 14, 2018, 3:17 PM CDT (20:17 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2018, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Chariton County, MO, Howard County, MO, Randolph County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
May 14, 3:18 PM CDTHAIL 1Moberly, MOQUARTER SIZED HAIL IN MOBERLY.

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
May 14, 1:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 266 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 12:00Z on 2018-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 747 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2018-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
747 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-212 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1114 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

020 
WUUS53 KEAX 142017
SVREAX
MOC041-089-175-142045-
/O.NEW.KEAX.SV.W.0039.180514T2017Z-180514T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
317 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2018

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Chariton County in north central Missouri...
  Randolph County in north central Missouri...
  Northern Howard County in central Missouri...

* Until 345 PM CDT.

* At 317 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Huntsville,
  moving east at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Moberly, Huntsville, Glasgow, Higbee, Clark, Cairo, Armstrong,
  Renick and Clifton Hill.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3925 9232 3925 9243 3916 9248 3920 9286
      3922 9285 3924 9286 3945 9273 3953 9231
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 263DEG 25KT 3940 9255 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Mell

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 2:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXAtchison36 min
May 14, 12:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJackson30 min
May 14, 12:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Jackson27 min
May 14, 1:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Lafayette, Ray47 min
May 14, 1:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCarroll47 min
May 14, 1:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Johnson, Lafayette24 min
May 14, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Lafayette, Ray51 min
May 14, 2:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLafayette26 min
May 14, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Lafayette, Saline26 min
May 14, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Lafayette35 min
May 14, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Saline32 min
May 14, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Howard, Randolph25 min
May 14, 2:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXChariton, Macon52 min
May 14, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Howard26 min
May 14, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Lafayette, Pettis23 min
May 14, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Pettis31 min
May 14, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Howard33 min
May 14, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper30 min
May 14, 5:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJohnson53 min
May 14, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry, Johnson34 min
May 14, 5:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCooper, Pettis47 min
May 14, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis19 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.