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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 100, NWS Kansas City, MO

August 12, 2021Grundy County, Linn County, Livingston County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2021, 2:18 PM CDT for Grundy County, Linn County, Livingston County, Missouri. It was in force for 27 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 12, 2021, 2:18 PM CDT (19:18 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2021, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Grundy County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 224 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 2021-08-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 951 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 2021-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 141 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
951 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-437 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1729 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
228 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

As transmitted.

036 
WUUS53 KEAX 121918
SVREAX
MOC079-115-117-121945-
/O.NEW.KEAX.SV.W.0100.210812T1918Z-210812T1945Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
218 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Linn County in north central Missouri...
  Southeastern Grundy County in north central Missouri...
  Northern Livingston County in north central Missouri...

* Until 245 PM CDT.

* At 218 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles north of
  Chillicothe, moving east at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Laclede, Linneus, Browning, Chula, Laredo, Purdin and Spring Hill. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3979 9313 3984 9366 4001 9364 4004 9326
      4003 9311
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 273DEG 41KT 3992 9355 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

HB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 4:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXHarrison31 min
Aug 12, 4:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXMercer47 min
Aug 12, 5:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHarrison, Mercer29 min
Aug 12, 6:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXMercer30 min
Aug 12, 8:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXSchuyler8 min
Aug 12, 8:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXSchuyler37 min
Aug 12, 1:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchEAXPutnam, Schuyler6 hr
Aug 12, 1:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXDaviess, Grundy, Sullivan48 min
Aug 12, 1:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXSchuyler30 min
Aug 12, 2:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXPutnam, Schuyler2 hr
Aug 12, 2:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCaldwell, Linn, Livingston29 min
Aug 12, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Carroll, Daviess, Linn, Livingston29 min
Aug 12, 2:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Livingston26 min
Aug 12, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Livingston, Saline32 min
Aug 12, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Platte32 min
Aug 12, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Macon, Randolph31 min
Aug 12, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXRandolph37 min
Aug 12, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Platte34 min
Aug 12, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Lafayette, Ray, Saline36 min
Aug 12, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson, Johnson, Lafayette33 min
Aug 12, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette34 min
Aug 12, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Jackson27 min
Aug 12, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson8 min
Aug 12, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Jackson, Johnson8 min
Aug 12, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Jackson, Johnson32 min
Aug 12, 6:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCass45 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.