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Freeze Warning 5, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 21, 202137 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this freeze warning at Apr 21, 2021, 3:33 AM CDT for 37 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 22, 2021, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 21, 2021, 3:33 AM CDT (08:33 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 22, 2021, 12:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 22, 2021, 8:55 AM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
All 44 counties

Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Adair County, MO, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Bates County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Henry County, MO, Holt County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:32 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 2021-04-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 2021-04-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1890 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

319 
WWUS73 KEAX 210833
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
333 AM CDT Wed Apr 21 2021

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-211645-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FZ.W.0005.210422T0500Z-210422T1400Z/
/O.CON.KEAX.FZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210421T1400Z/
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-
Including the cities of Atchison, Paola, Osawatomie, Louisburg, 
Pleasanton, La Cygne, Mound City, Wathena, Elwood, Troy, 
Highland, Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Lansing, 
Kansas City Kansas, Overland Park, Stanley, Olathe, Shawnee, 
Lenexa, Tarkio, Rock Port, Fairfax, Maryville, Grant City, 
Albany, Stanberry, King City, Bethany, Princeton, Mercer, 
Unionville, Lancaster, Queen City, Greentop, Downing, Glenwood, 
Oregon, Maitland, Forest City, Craig, Savannah, 
Country Club Villa, Maysville, Stewartsville, Osborn, Union Star,
Clarksdale, Gallatin, Jamesport, Trenton, Milan, Green City, 
Kirksville, St. Joseph Airport, St. Joseph, Cameron, Plattsburg, 
Lathrop, Hamilton, Braymer, Polo, Breckenridge, Chillicothe, 
Brookfield, Marceline, Macon, La Plata, Parkville, Platte City, 
Riverside, Weatherby Lake, Weston, Gladstone, Liberty, 
Excelsior Springs, Richmond, Lawson, Carrollton, Salisbury, 
Brunswick, Keytesville, Moberly, Kansas City, Independence, 
Odessa, Higginsville, Lexington, Concordia, Marshall, Fayette, 
Glasgow, New Franklin, Belton, Raymore, Harrisonville, 
Pleasant Hill, Warrensburg, Sedalia, Boonville, Butler, Adrian, 
Rich Hill, Clinton, and Windsor
333 AM CDT Wed Apr 21 2021

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING...
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CDT
THURSDAY...

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures around 29 degrees expected both
  Wednesday morning and Thursday morning.

* WHERE...Portions of east central and northeast Kansas and 
  central, north central, northeast, northwest and west central 
  Missouri.

* WHEN...For the first Freeze Warning, until 9 AM CDT this 
  morning. For the second Freeze Warning, from midnight tonight 
  to 9 AM CDT Thursday.

* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other 
  sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor 
  plumbing.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent
freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should
be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have
in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above-
ground pipes to protect them from freezing.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
255 
WWUS73 KEAX 211324
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
824 AM CDT Wed Apr 21 2021

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-212130-
/O.CAN.KEAX.FZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210421T1400Z/
/O.CON.KEAX.FZ.W.0005.210422T0500Z-210422T1400Z/
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-
Including the cities of Atchison, Paola, Osawatomie, Louisburg, 
Pleasanton, La Cygne, Mound City, Wathena, Elwood, Troy, 
Highland, Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Lansing, 
Kansas City Kansas, Overland Park, Stanley, Olathe, Shawnee, 
Lenexa, Tarkio, Rock Port, Fairfax, Maryville, Grant City, 
Albany, Stanberry, King City, Bethany, Princeton, Mercer, 
Unionville, Lancaster, Queen City, Greentop, Downing, Glenwood, 
Oregon, Maitland, Forest City, Craig, Savannah, 
Country Club Villa, Maysville, Stewartsville, Osborn, Union Star,
Clarksdale, Gallatin, Jamesport, Trenton, Milan, Green City, 
Kirksville, St. Joseph Airport, St. Joseph, Cameron, Plattsburg, 
Lathrop, Hamilton, Braymer, Polo, Breckenridge, Chillicothe, 
Brookfield, Marceline, Macon, La Plata, Parkville, Platte City, 
Riverside, Weatherby Lake, Weston, Gladstone, Liberty, 
Excelsior Springs, Richmond, Lawson, Carrollton, Salisbury, 
Brunswick, Keytesville, Moberly, Kansas City, Independence, 
Odessa, Higginsville, Lexington, Concordia, Marshall, Fayette, 
Glasgow, New Franklin, Belton, Raymore, Harrisonville, 
Pleasant Hill, Warrensburg, Sedalia, Boonville, Butler, Adrian, 
Rich Hill, Clinton, and Windsor
824 AM CDT Wed Apr 21 2021

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM
CDT THURSDAY...
...FREEZE WARNING THIS MORNING IS CANCELLED...

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures of 28 to 31 degrees expected Thursday
  morning.

* WHERE...Portions of east central and northeast Kansas and 
  central, north central, northeast, northwest and west central 
  Missouri.

* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM CDT Thursday.

* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other 
  sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor 
  plumbing.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent
freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should
be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have
in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above-
ground pipes to protect them from freezing.

&&

$$
882 
WWUS73 KEAX 211943
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
243 PM CDT Wed Apr 21 2021

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-221000-
/O.CON.KEAX.FZ.W.0005.210422T0500Z-210422T1400Z/
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-
Including the cities of Atchison, Paola, Osawatomie, Louisburg, 
Pleasanton, La Cygne, Mound City, Wathena, Elwood, Troy, 
Highland, Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Lansing, 
Kansas City Kansas, Overland Park, Stanley, Olathe, Shawnee, 
Lenexa, Tarkio, Rock Port, Fairfax, Maryville, Grant City, 
Albany, Stanberry, King City, Bethany, Princeton, Mercer, 
Unionville, Lancaster, Queen City, Greentop, Downing, Glenwood, 
Oregon, Maitland, Forest City, Craig, Savannah, 
Country Club Villa, Maysville, Stewartsville, Osborn, Union Star,
Clarksdale, Gallatin, Jamesport, Trenton, Milan, Green City, 
Kirksville, St. Joseph Airport, St. Joseph, Cameron, Plattsburg, 
Lathrop, Hamilton, Braymer, Polo, Breckenridge, Chillicothe, 
Brookfield, Marceline, Macon, La Plata, Parkville, Platte City, 
Riverside, Weatherby Lake, Weston, Gladstone, Liberty, 
Excelsior Springs, Richmond, Lawson, Carrollton, Salisbury, 
Brunswick, Keytesville, Moberly, Kansas City, Independence, 
Odessa, Higginsville, Lexington, Concordia, Marshall, Fayette, 
Glasgow, New Franklin, Belton, Raymore, Harrisonville, 
Pleasant Hill, Warrensburg, Sedalia, Boonville, Butler, Adrian, 
Rich Hill, Clinton, and Windsor
243 PM CDT Wed Apr 21 2021

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM
CDT THURSDAY...

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures of 28 to 31 degrees expected 
  Thursday morning.

* WHERE...Portions of east central and northeast Kansas and 
  central, north central, northeast, northwest and west central 
  Missouri.

* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM CDT Thursday.

* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other 
  sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor 
  plumbing.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent
freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should
be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have
in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above-
ground pipes to protect them from freezing.

&&

$$
325 
WWUS73 KEAX 220841
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
341 AM CDT Thu Apr 22 2021

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-221400-
/O.CON.KEAX.FZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210422T1400Z/
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-
Including the cities of Atchison, Paola, Osawatomie, Louisburg, 
Pleasanton, La Cygne, Mound City, Wathena, Elwood, Troy, 
Highland, Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Lansing, 
Kansas City Kansas, Overland Park, Stanley, Olathe, Shawnee, 
Lenexa, Tarkio, Rock Port, Fairfax, Maryville, Grant City, 
Albany, Stanberry, King City, Bethany, Princeton, Mercer, 
Unionville, Lancaster, Queen City, Greentop, Downing, Glenwood, 
Oregon, Maitland, Forest City, Craig, Savannah, 
Country Club Villa, Maysville, Stewartsville, Osborn, Union Star,
Clarksdale, Gallatin, Jamesport, Trenton, Milan, Green City, 
Kirksville, St. Joseph Airport, St. Joseph, Cameron, Plattsburg, 
Lathrop, Hamilton, Braymer, Polo, Breckenridge, Chillicothe, 
Brookfield, Marceline, Macon, La Plata, Parkville, Platte City, 
Riverside, Weatherby Lake, Weston, Gladstone, Liberty, 
Excelsior Springs, Richmond, Lawson, Carrollton, Salisbury, 
Brunswick, Keytesville, Moberly, Kansas City, Independence, 
Odessa, Higginsville, Lexington, Concordia, Marshall, Fayette, 
Glasgow, New Franklin, Belton, Raymore, Harrisonville, 
Pleasant Hill, Warrensburg, Sedalia, Boonville, Butler, Adrian, 
Rich Hill, Clinton, and Windsor
341 AM CDT Thu Apr 22 2021

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures of 28 to 31 degrees expected 
  Thursday morning.

* WHERE...Portions of east central and northeast Kansas and 
  central, north central, northeast, northwest and west central 
  Missouri.

* WHEN...Through 9 AM CDT Thursday.

* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other
  sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor
  plumbing.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent
freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should
be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have
in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above-
ground pipes to protect them from freezing.

&&

$$
126 
WWUS73 KEAX 221355
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
855 AM CDT Thu Apr 22 2021

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-221500-
/O.CAN.KEAX.FZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210422T1400Z/
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-
Including the cities of Atchison, Paola, Osawatomie, Louisburg, 
Pleasanton, La Cygne, Mound City, Wathena, Elwood, Troy, 
Highland, Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Lansing, 
Kansas City Kansas, Overland Park, Stanley, Olathe, Shawnee, 
Lenexa, Tarkio, Rock Port, Fairfax, Maryville, Grant City, 
Albany, Stanberry, King City, Bethany, Princeton, Mercer, 
Unionville, Lancaster, Queen City, Greentop, Downing, Glenwood, 
Oregon, Maitland, Forest City, Craig, Savannah, 
Country Club Villa, Maysville, Stewartsville, Osborn, Union Star,
Clarksdale, Gallatin, Jamesport, Trenton, Milan, Green City, 
Kirksville, St. Joseph Airport, St. Joseph, Cameron, Plattsburg, 
Lathrop, Hamilton, Braymer, Polo, Breckenridge, Chillicothe, 
Brookfield, Marceline, Macon, La Plata, Parkville, Platte City, 
Riverside, Weatherby Lake, Weston, Gladstone, Liberty, 
Excelsior Springs, Richmond, Lawson, Carrollton, Salisbury, 
Brunswick, Keytesville, Moberly, Kansas City, Independence, 
Odessa, Higginsville, Lexington, Concordia, Marshall, Fayette, 
Glasgow, New Franklin, Belton, Raymore, Harrisonville, 
Pleasant Hill, Warrensburg, Sedalia, Boonville, Butler, Adrian, 
Rich Hill, Clinton, and Windsor
855 AM CDT Thu Apr 22 2021

...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

With full sunshine, temperatures have quickly warmed above 
freezing into the middle to upper 30s. Therefore, the freeze 
warning has been cancelled. 

$$

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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.