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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 11, 2020Andrew County, Buchanan County, DeKalb County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 2020, 9:07 PM CDT for Andrew County, Buchanan County, DeKalb County, Missouri. It was in force for 38 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 11, 2020, 9:07 PM CDT (02:07 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 2020, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Andrew County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, DeKalb County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:10 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 11, 9:31 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Clarksdale, MO
Apr 11, 9:39 PM CDTHAIL 1Maysville, MO

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 11, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 2020-04-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 934 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2020-04-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 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
934 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2123 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

As transmitted.

612 
WUUS53 KEAX 120207
SVREAX
MOC003-021-063-120245-
/O.NEW.KEAX.SV.W.0021.200412T0207Z-200412T0245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
907 PM CDT Sat Apr 11 2020

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Buchanan County in northwestern Missouri...
  Southeastern Andrew County in northwestern Missouri...
  Northwestern DeKalb County in northwestern Missouri...

* Until 945 PM CDT.

* At 906 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near St. Joseph,
  moving northeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  St. Joseph, Maysville, Union Star, Clarksdale, Easton, Cosby, Amity
  and Helena.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4004 9444 4002 9439 3990 9429 3975 9454
      3975 9460 3971 9460 3965 9469 3974 9479
      4004 9461
TIME...MOT...LOC 0206Z 224DEG 32KT 3977 9472 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

Leighton
1 follow-up statement
474 
WWUS53 KEAX 120223
SVSEAX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
923 PM CDT Sat Apr 11 2020

MOC003-021-063-120245-
/O.CON.KEAX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-200412T0245Z/
Buchanan MO-Andrew MO-DeKalb MO-
923 PM CDT Sat Apr 11 2020

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN BUCHANAN...SOUTHEASTERN ANDREW AND NORTHWESTERN
DEKALB COUNTIES...

At 922 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Clarksdale, or
9 miles southwest of Maysville, moving northeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Golf ball size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect damage 
         to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.

Locations impacted include...
Maysville, Union Star, Clarksdale, Easton, Cosby, Amity and Helena. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4004 9444 4002 9439 3990 9429 3975 9454
      3975 9460 3971 9460 3969 9463 3975 9472
      4004 9461
TIME...MOT...LOC 0222Z 239DEG 38KT 3983 9453 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

Leighton

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 7:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXPlatte42 min
Apr 11, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Platte36 min
Apr 11, 8:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXPlatte43 min
Apr 11, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, Platte46 min
Apr 11, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, Clinton, DeKalb36 min
Apr 11, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan31 min
Apr 11, 9:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXWorth41 min
Apr 11, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDaviess, DeKalb, Harrison35 min
Apr 11, 9:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHarrison, Worth38 min
Apr 12, 1:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJackson46 min
Apr 12, 4:09 AM CDTFreeze WarningEAXAndrew, Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll and 19 more30 hr
Apr 12, 4:09 AM CDTWind AdvisoryEAXAdair, Andrew, Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell and 31 more24 hr
Apr 12, 12:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXBates, Cass50 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.