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Special Weather Statement, NWS Kansas City, MO

September 28, 2019Miami County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this special weather statement at Sep 28, 2019, 3:00 PM CDT for Miami County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 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
Sep 28, 2019, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)
Expired
Sep 28, 2019, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO

County Miami County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 74 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 2019-09-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2019-09-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
524 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
289 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.4

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The text

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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.

NWS Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Sep 28, 12:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 28, 12:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 28, 4:19 AM CDT, 10 hours 41 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
419 AM CDT Sat Sep 28 2019

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-290930-
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-
419 AM CDT Sat Sep 28 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

 Additional severe storms are expected this afternoon and evening,
 initially developing across eastern Kansas and western Missouri
 before expanding to the east. Large hail is the primary concern,
 while strong to damaging winds and an isolated tornado or two is
 also possible. Given the recently saturated surface, flash flooding
 is also possible where storms develop. The severe window will taper
 off late Saturday evening, though sub-severe storms will persist
 through Saturday night into Sunday morning.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

 Hazardous weather is expected at this time.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 28, 3:00 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
300 PM CDT Sat Sep 28 2019

KSZ057-282030-
Miami KS-
300 PM CDT Sat Sep 28 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN MIAMI COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM
CDT...

At 300 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Greeley, or 9 miles northeast of Garnett, moving north at 30 mph.

Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Paola, Spring Hill, Osawatomie, Hillsdale, Wagstaff, Beagle and
Chiles.

This includes Interstate 35 in Kansas near mile marker 200.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 3857 9507 3873 9506 3874 9472 3839 9496
      3839 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 201DEG 25KT 3837 9511

CDB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 27, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Daviess, Livingston39 min
Sep 27, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMercer, Putnam50 min
Sep 27, 7:13 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXClay, Ray16 hr
Sep 27, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Daviess, Grundy, Linn, Livingston, Sullivan52 min
Sep 27, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Clay, Clinton, Platte, Ray48 min
Sep 27, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPutnam, Sullivan42 min
Sep 27, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAdair, Linn, Macon, Putnam, Schuyler, Sullivan47 min
Sep 27, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDaviess, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer, Sullivan37 min
Sep 27, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Ray48 min
Sep 27, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston37 min
Sep 27, 8:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXClay, Ray3 hr
Sep 27, 9:00 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXPlatte20 days
Sep 27, 9:03 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXClay, Platte5 hr
Sep 27, 9:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXChariton26 min
Sep 27, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Ray46 min
Sep 27, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson41 min
Sep 27, 9:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXHarrison22 min
Sep 27, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Macon, Randolph47 min
Sep 27, 9:42 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXClay, Clinton, Platte12 hr
Sep 27, 9:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJackson34 min
Sep 27, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson, Lafayette, Ray34 min
Sep 27, 10:12 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXRay57 hr
Sep 27, 10:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXJackson4 hr
Sep 27, 11:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXChariton, Howard, Randolph, Saline38 min
Sep 27, 11:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXDeKalb49 min
Sep 27, 11:47 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXJackson6 hr
Sep 28, 5:45 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll47 hr
Sep 28, 7:49 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston9 days
Sep 28, 7:49 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton16 days
Sep 28, 4:35 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXPlatte115 min
Sep 28, 4:48 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXCass3 hr
Sep 28, 6:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCass4 hr
Sep 27, 8:28 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXAtchison, Leavenworth11 hr
Sep 27, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte58 min
Sep 27, 10:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJohnson41 min
Sep 27, 11:47 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXJohnson6 hr
Sep 28, 1:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJohnson51 min
Sep 28, 3:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXMiami26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.