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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 255, NWS Kansas City, MO

August 20, 2019Caldwell County, Clinton County, Ray County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 20, 2019, 3:39 PM CDT for Caldwell County, Clinton County, Ray County, Missouri. 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 20, 2019, 3:39 PM CDT (20:39 UTC)
Expired
Aug 20, 2019, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Caldwell County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Ray County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 2019-08-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1838 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 12:00Z on 2019-08-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -33 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
1838 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-356 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1733 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 20, 3:35 PM CDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 3:35 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 20, 5:24 AM CDT, 10 hours 15 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
524 AM CDT Tue Aug 20 2019

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-211030-
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-
524 AM CDT Tue Aug 20 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

Very hot and humid conditions are expected this afternoon, with
dangerous heat indices developing.

Thunderstorms are expected this morning across northeast Missouri, a
few may be severe with strong winds.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

Periodic chances for thunderstorms will continue Wednesday morning
through Thursday. A few of these storms may be strong to occasionally
severe.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 20, 12:27 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
1227 PM CDT Tue Aug 20 2019

MOZ013-021-022-201800-
Clinton MO-De Kalb MO-Caldwell MO-
1227 PM CDT Tue Aug 20 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN CLINTON...NORTHWESTERN
CALDWELL AND SOUTHEASTERN DEKALB COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM CDT...

At 1227 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Osborn, or near Cameron, moving southeast at 20 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Cameron, Osborn and Turney.

This includes Interstate 35 in Missouri between mile markers 43 and
55.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3968 9452 3983 9444 3973 9404 3955 9416
TIME...MOT...LOC 1727Z 299DEG 19KT 3971 9435

Pietrycha
Special weather statement, Aug 20, 1:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 20, 7:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXPutnam, Schuyler53 min
Aug 20, 7:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAdair, Putnam, Schuyler, Sullivan44 min
Aug 20, 8:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXNodaway27 min
Aug 20, 8:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAdair, Putnam, Schuyler34 min
Aug 20, 8:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXGentry, Harrison36 min
Aug 20, 10:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXDeKalb24 min
Aug 20, 10:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXMacon35 min
Aug 20, 11:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXAndrew35 min
Aug 20, 11:21 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXAndrew, Holt3 hr
Aug 20, 12:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXAndrew30 min
Aug 20, 12:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Holt36 min
Aug 20, 12:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXClinton33 min
Aug 20, 12:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan, Holt3 hr
Aug 20, 12:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan, Holt3 hr
Aug 20, 12:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan12 min
Aug 20, 1:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXClinton44 min
Aug 20, 1:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXBuchanan41 min
Aug 20, 1:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXClinton32 min
Aug 20, 2:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCaldwell24 min
Aug 20, 3:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXClinton30 min
Aug 20, 11:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXDoniphan35 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.