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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 118, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2020, 4:11 AM CDT for 7 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 49 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
- Jun 5, 2020, 4:11 AM CDT (09:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2020, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Cass County, MO, Clay County, MO, Henry County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Ray County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 3168 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1308 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
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 Jun 5, 1:26 AM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 1:26 AM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO 126 AM CDT Fri Jun 5 2020 .Discussion... Issued at 125 AM CDT FRI JUN 5 2020 It appears eastern KS and western MO may end up having another MCS impact the area tonight, without the complication of a westward moving MCS over central MO this time. Current radar and satellite observations indicate there are two strong echos over northern KS and eastern NE currently. The northern storm appears to be trying to form a MCV or possibly a book end vortex as it moves east. This storm appears to be weakening, but the storms over north KS and southern NE are indicating signs of strengthening with cooling tops on IR and some linear organization starting to develop. There is a gap between these two areas of storms that is trying to develop as well. An mesoscale analysis shows a large area of MUCAPE (4000+ J/kg) with the MUCAPE gradient running right down the Missouri River into KC Metro. MCSs tend to move down that gradient and forward propagating Corfidi vectors also indicate a movement to the SSE. The cold pool appears to be developing currently, so a SSE propagation will be likely in the next hour. This will put the northern storms motion down into our area on the east side of the MO River and the southern storms motion to the west side of the MO River. How far west will be the main challenge on predicting the level of impact to our area. The development between these two features currently lead us to believe a line of storms will develop in the next hour or two which will propagate as one MCS through our region with the MO River being the main corridor. If that middle sections does not develop, then the main impacts may shift slightly east and more into Topeka's area of responsibility. The main impacts of this MCS will be damaging winds with a history of near 70 mph from some of these storms before they organized. High DCAPE (1400+ J/kg), strong mid- level lapse rates, plenty of MUCAPE, and favorable effective and 0- 3km shear values all point towards an intensification of this line as it moves south. Mesovortices once again will not be out of the question with the favorable low level shear available and mixing at the surface of SE winds ahead of this line. 0-3km shear really strengthens around 3-4AM CDT just before the line hits the KC Metro so people will need to be prepared for quick spin-ups and less lead time for tornado warnings than we typically are able to do for more supercell like storms. These storms will move through quickly with rain out of the region by sunrise and cloud coverage clearing out shortly after that. This cold pool that develops may actually help the area from getting quite as hot as it would have and high temperatures have been dropped a degree or two from the previous forecast to account for the cooler start. Either way, it will still be one of the hottest days of the year with highs in the lower 90s and heat indices in the low 100s. Any outdoor activities today will be oppressive with heat and humidity and hydration, shade, and breaks will be necessary as most of us our not acclimated to the heat just yet. Warmer air will advect into the area in the lower levels stopping at a stationary like boundary over northern Missouri. Soundings indicate this warmer air will build a strong capping inversion over most of our area up to that boundary, but not quite up into NE Missouri. This will allow for the possibility of storms developing Friday PM up near the Kirksville area. Most of our region will be in a SPC Marginal area, but the focus will be more to the north and east. These storms will have high MLCAPE and low shear, resulting in more of a free convection type storm with wet microbursts and large hail being the main threat if they can realize the CAPE. NAMnest shows storms forming over IA with another MCS tonight, but seems to be the outlier and may be further east tomorrow night for impacts than over our area. Higher pressure and easterly winds will build into the area on Saturday, keeping us slightly cooler, especially over north central MO. Upper level ridging that builds in Saturday will continue into Sunday, keeping us dry, but also hot and humid with heat indices in the low to mid 90s. Tropical Storm Cristobal will make landfall sometime Sunday afternoon into the evening. The track of this system will make a huge difference in what our area sees going into Tuesday and and Wednesday. The current NHC track has it going more into eastern Missouri, but with a wide range of possibilities over the entire state. With all the rain we have gotten in central Missouri this could play out to be a major flooding event if we get that tropical moisture to develop along a incoming cold front Tuesday evening. This will need to be monitored closely as we get into the weekend. && .Aviation...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Friday Night) Issued at 1218 AM CDT FRI JUN 5 2020 The main impact tonight will be very similar to last night with a complex of thunderstorms expected to push through eastern Kansas and western Missouri in the next few hours. These storms will likely produce strong to severe winds, lowered visibility in heavy rain, lightning, and hail. This will only impact the terminals for a few hours with some trailing rain likely for an hour or two before clearing out. Once the clouds and storms push off to the south, VFR conditions and no hazards are expected through the end of the period. && .EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. MO...NONE. && Update...CDB Discussion...Barham Aviation...Barham
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 5:22 AM CDT, 22 hours 49 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO 522 AM CDT Thu Jun 4 2020 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-051030- 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- 522 AM CDT Thu Jun 4 2020 This hazardous weather outlook is for northwest...north central and west central Missouri...as well as extreme eastern Kansas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Storms will return to the area overnight tonight across northern Missouri. These storms could be strong to severe with damaging wind being the main threat. More detailed information can be accessed at... https://www.weather.gov/eax/hwo .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday Friday we are looking for temperatures to climb into the lower 90s with heat indices near 100 across most of the area. Late Friday afternoon into the event another round of isolated strong to severe thunderstorms is possible over western and northern Missouri. Large hail and damaging winds will be possible with these storms. The pattern settles down until Monday night into Tuesday when the remnants of a tropical system may move into the area creating a flooding hazard for our region on Tuesday. More detailed information can be accessed at... https://www.weather.gov/eax/hwo
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 5, 2:25 AM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
225 AM CDT FRI JUN 5 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0223 AM TSTM WND DMG MARYVILLE 40.35N 94.87W
06/05/2020 NODAWAY MO PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT VIA TWITTER OF NUMEROUS TREE
BRANCHES DOWN IN MARYVILLE AND TRASH CANS
BLOWN AROUND STREETS.
&&Special weather statement, Jun 5, 2:44 AM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
244 AM CDT Fri Jun 5 2020
KSZ103-050830-
Leavenworth KS-
244 AM CDT Fri Jun 5 2020
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LEAVENWORTH COUNTY UNTIL 330 AM
CDT...
At 243 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong gust front along
a line extending from 6 miles east of Nortonville to near
Williamstown. Movement was east at 30 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible as this gust front moves
east.
Locations impacted include...
Leavenworth, Lansing, De Soto, Tonganoxie, Basehor, Linwood, Easton,
Reno, Fairmount, Fort Leavenworth, Lowemont and Jarbalo.
This includes Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 207 and 222.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 500 AM CDT for
northeastern and east central Kansas...and west central Missouri.
LAT...LON 3942 9518 3942 9497 3938 9493 3939 9490
3900 9492 3898 9495 3900 9502 3899 9503
3900 9519
TIME...MOT...LOC 0743Z 284DEG 28KT 3942 9522 3900 9533
CDBLocal storm report, Jun 5, 3:27 AM CDT, 44 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Jun 5, 3:50 AM CDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
350 AM CDT FRI JUN 5 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0338 AM TSTM WND DMG WEATHERBY LAKE 39.24N 94.70W
06/05/2020 PLATTE MO PUBLIC
SPOTTER REPORTS SEVERAL TREE LIMBS DOWN AND
POWER OUTAGE NEAR WEATHERBY LAKE.
&&Local storm report, Jun 5, 4:02 AM CDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
402 AM CDT FRI JUN 5 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0338 AM TSTM WND GST 7 W RAYTOWN 38.99N 94.59W
06/05/2020 E60 MPH JACKSON MO NWS EMPLOYEE
NWS EMPLOYEE ESTIMATED 60 MPH WIND GUST AND
POWER OUTAGE IN WALDO (KCMO).
&&Local storm report, Jun 5, 4:11 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
411 AM CDT FRI JUN 5 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0351 AM TSTM WND DMG 6 WSW RAYTOWN 38.98N 94.58W
06/05/2020 JACKSON MO FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
KCFD REPORTS OF TWO LARGE TREES DOWN
DAMAGING HOMES, NO EXACT LOCATIONS BUT ONE
ALONG 75TH AND ANOTHER ALONG 85TH STREET.
TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
&&The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 8:30 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Lafayette, Saline | 29 hr |
| Jun 4, 8:30 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard | 49 hr |
| Jun 5, 12:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Atchison | 48 min |
| Jun 5, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison | 30 min |
| Jun 5, 1:22 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston | 25 hr |
| Jun 5, 1:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Holt, Nodaway | 49 min |
| Jun 5, 1:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Atchison, Holt, Nodaway | 48 min |
| Jun 5, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan, DeKalb, Gentry, Holt, Nodaway | 60 min |
| Jun 5, 2:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Platte | 48 min |
| Jun 5, 3:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb and 6 more | 40 min |
| Jun 5, 3:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Jackson | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 3:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette and 2 more | 39 min |
| Jun 5, 3:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb and 4 more | 50 min |
| Jun 5, 4:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Henry | 48 min |
| Jun 5, 4:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Lafayette, Linn, Livingston, Ray and 1 more | 40 min |
| Jun 5, 4:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Henry, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline | 36 min |
| Jun 5, 4:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Chariton, Howard, Randolph, Saline | 78 min |
| Jun 5, 5:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Cooper | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 2:41 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | EAX | Bates, Buchanan, Cass, Clay, Jackson, Platte | 28 hr |
| Jun 5, 2:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Doniphan | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 2:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Leavenworth | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 2:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami, Wyandotte | 39 min |
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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.