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Special Weather Statement, NWS Kansas City, MO

August 9, 2020Bates County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2020, 10:21 AM CDT for Bates County, Missouri. It was in force for 54 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
Aug 9, 2020, 10:21 AM CDT (15:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2020, 11:15 AM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO

County Bates County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 2020-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 505 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 12:00Z on 2020-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 310 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
505 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-362 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1569 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
310 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

675 
WWUS83 KEAX 091521
SPSEAX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
1021 AM CDT Sun Aug 9 2020
 
MOZ043-044-053-054-091615-
Bates MO-Cass MO-Johnson MO-Henry MO-
1021 AM CDT Sun Aug 9 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN CASS...NORTHWESTERN
HENRY...NORTHERN BATES AND SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTIES UNTIL 1115
AM CDT...

At 1020 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles southwest of Adrian, moving northeast at 40 mph.

Pea size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Butler, Holden, Adrian, Garden City, Archie, Urich, Creighton,
Chilhowee, Amsterdam, Foster, Blairstown, Passaic, La Tour, Ballard,
Hartwell, Quick City and Worland.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3814 9460 3827 9458 3837 9461 3872 9398
      3860 9382 3833 9383
TIME...MOT...LOC 1520Z 240DEG 36KT 3833 9445 

$$

Kurtz

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 3:34 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryEAXAndrew, Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Cass, Clay and 10 more16 hr
Aug 9, 8:20 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll28 hr

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.