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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 217, NWS Kansas City, MO

August 12, 2019Pettis County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2019, 11:52 PM CDT for Pettis County, Missouri. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 12, 2019, 11:52 PM CDT (04:52 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2019, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Pettis County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:52 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 206 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 2019-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2728 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2019-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 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
2728 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1417 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
7.1

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 12, 6:49 PM CDT, 5 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 6:49 PM CDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 12, 4:38 AM CDT, 19 hours 14 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
438 AM CDT Mon Aug 12 2019

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-130945-
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-
438 AM CDT Mon Aug 12 2019

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

 Strong storms Monday morning will give way to hot and humid
 conditions later this afternoon. Heat indices could climb into the
 105 to 110 range, especially along and south of I-70.

 Severe storms are possible late this afternoon into the overnight.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

 No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 10:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXPettis32 min
Aug 12, 10:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCooper49 min
Aug 12, 11:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXPettis49 min
Aug 12, 11:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXPettis44 min
Aug 13, 12:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXPettis32 min
Aug 13, 12:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXBates45 min
Aug 13, 12:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXHenry48 min
Aug 13, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry30 min
Aug 13, 12:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXLinn39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2019Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2019

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.