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Special Weather Statement, NWS Kansas City, MO

August 6, 2018Chariton County, Linn County, Saline County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2018, 10:25 PM CDT for Chariton County, Linn County, Saline County, Missouri. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Aug 6, 2018, 10:25 PM CDT (03:25 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2018, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO

Counties Chariton County, MO, Linn County, MO, Saline County, MO

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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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 6, 9:30 PM CDT, 55 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 9:35 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
935 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2018

KSZ057-104-105-MOZ037-043-070315-
Johnson KS-Wyandotte KS-Miami KS-Cass MO-Jackson MO-
935 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL WYANDOTTE...MIAMI...
JOHNSON...WESTERN CASS AND SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 1015
PM CDT...

At 935 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Wellsville, or near Edgerton, moving northeast at 35 mph.

Dime size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Kansas City, Overland Park, Olathe, Shawnee, Lenexa, Leawood,
Grandview, Belton, Prairie Village, Gardner, Merriam, Mission, De
Soto, Paola, Spring Hill, Osawatomie, Louisburg, Fairway, Mission
Hills and Edgerton.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 35 in Missouri between mile markers 0 and 1.
 Interstate 35 in Kansas between mile markers 200 and 235.
 Interstate 635 between mile markers 0 and 1.
 Interstate 435 between mile markers 0 and 6, and between mile
markers 73 and 83.

LAT...LON 3894 9506 3909 9458 3851 9449 3847 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 0235Z 242DEG 30KT 3870 9503

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 9:43 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 9:52 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 6, 10:03 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 10:25 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
1025 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2018

MOZ023-024-031-032-038-039-070400-
Carroll MO-Saline MO-Chariton MO-Lafayette MO-Livingston MO-Linn MO-
1025 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHARITON...LINN...CENTRAL
CARROLL...SALINE...EASTERN LAFAYETTE AND EASTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTIES
UNTIL 1100 PM CDT...

At 1025 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 9 miles north of Wheeling to near Bosworth to
near Corder. Movement was east at 35 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Marshall, Higginsville, Brookfield, Carrollton, Concordia, Marceline,
Slater, Sweet Springs, Brunswick, Waverly, Keytesville, Meadville,
Hale, Corder, Alma, Laclede, Bosworth, Linneus, Wheeling and Malta
Bend.

This includes Interstate 70 in Missouri between mile markers 53 and
77.

LAT...LON 3896 9320 3893 9361 3905 9375 3950 9340
      3995 9350 4004 9306 4004 9295 3940 9283
TIME...MOT...LOC 0325Z 270DEG 29KT 3992 9340 3951 9324 3915 9367

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 6, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison, Nodaway	30 min
Aug 6, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Gentry, Nodaway, Worth	31 min
Aug 6, 7:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Holt	49 min
Aug 6, 7:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Mercer	37 min
Aug 6, 7:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Gentry, Worth	31 min
Aug 6, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Mercer, Putnam, Sullivan	28 min
Aug 6, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Gentry, Harrison, Worth	35 min
Aug 6, 8:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Buchanan	33 min
Aug 6, 8:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan	27 min
Aug 6, 8:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Mercer, Putnam, Schuyler	49 min
Aug 6, 9:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Ray	51 min
Aug 6, 9:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Clay, Ray	26 min
Aug 6, 9:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Livingston	47 min
Aug 6, 9:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Ray	38 min
Aug 6, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Linn, Macon and 3 more	32 min
Aug 6, 11:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Howard, Macon, Randolph	47 min
Aug 6, 11:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Howard, Randolph	27 min
Aug 6, 11:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Randolph	16 min
Aug 6, 9:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Johnson, Miami	40 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.