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Special Weather Statement, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this special weather statement at May 19, 2018, 7:13 AM CDT for Bates County, Missouri. It was in force for 47 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
- May 19, 2018, 7:13 AM CDT (12:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2018, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
County Bates County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 1840 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1017 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 May 19, 6:54 AM CDT, 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 19, 6:54 AM CDT, 19 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO 458 AM CDT Sat May 19 2018 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-201000- 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- 458 AM CDT Sat May 19 2018 This hazardous weather outlook is for northwest...north central and west central Missouri...as well as extreme eastern Kansas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Morning storms will continue to weakened this morning, but gusty winds and small hail will be possible with strong activity. Severe potential increases this afternoon with large hail, damaging winds, and a few isolated tornadoes possible. As storms merge later this evening and overnight, the severe weather threat will transition to more of a wind threat. Greatest threat for severe weather will be across eastern Kansas and western Missouri. More detailed information can be accessed at... https://www.weather.gov/eax/hwo .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday Severe threat will decrease by Sunday morning as overnight system moves east and weakens. Storms may redevelop by Sunday afternoon and a few strong storms likely across east-central Missouri. Periodic rain and thunderstorm chances will continue through much of the upcoming week. More detailed information can be accessed at... https://www.weather.gov/eax/hwo
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 19, 7:13 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 3:45 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | EAX | Adair, Cooper, Howard, Macon, Randolph, Schuyler | 5 hr |
| May 19, 7:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Henry | 34 min |
| May 19, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Henry | 37 min |
| May 19, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry | 48 min |
| May 19, 5:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Bates | 43 min |
| May 19, 6:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Cooper, Pettis | 46 min |
| May 19, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn | 51 min |
| May 19, 5:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Johnson | 40 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Missouri, 2018Every special weather statement in 2018
Sources
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.