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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Kansas City, MO

August 12, 2021Cass County, Jackson County, Missouri; Johnson County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2021, 5:18 PM CDT for Cass County, Jackson County, Missouri; Johnson County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 min. 3 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
Aug 12, 2021, 5:18 PM CDT (22:18 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2021, 5:45 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 Johnson County, KS, Cass County, MO, Jackson County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Aug 12, 5:20 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Olathe, KSQUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL
Aug 12, 5:38 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 58Johnson Co Arpt, KS
Aug 12, 5:38 PM CDTHAIL 1Johnson Co Arpt, KS

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

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 77 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.

723 
WUUS53 KEAX 122218
SVREAX
KSC091-MOC037-095-122245-
/O.NEW.KEAX.SV.W.0111.210812T2218Z-210812T2245Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Johnson County in east central Kansas...
  Northwestern Cass County in west central Missouri...
  Southwestern Jackson County in west central Missouri...

* Until 545 PM CDT.

* At 517 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Olathe,
  moving east at 25 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...
  Overland Park, Olathe, Lenexa, Leawood, Grandview, Belton, Gardner,
  Stanley, Clare and Lackmans.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 35 in Kansas between mile markers 211 and 223.
 Interstate 470 near mile marker 0.
 Interstate 435 between mile markers 0 and 2, and between mile
markers 72 and 83.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3882 9496 3896 9482 3894 9454 3876 9455
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 279DEG 21KT 3887 9477 

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, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGrundy, Linn, Livingston27 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, 5:22 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.