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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Kansas City, MO

August 12, 20214 counties in Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2021, 8:53 PM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 15 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, 8:53 PM CDT (01:53 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2021, 9:08 PM CDT
In force
15 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Ray County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 12, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 2021-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4214 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 2021-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
4214 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1420 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.4

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The text

As transmitted.

690 
WUUS53 KEAX 130153
SVREAX
MOC095-101-107-177-130230-
/O.NEW.KEAX.SV.W.0116.210813T0153Z-210813T0230Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Ray County in west central Missouri...
  Lafayette County in west central Missouri...
  Northeastern Jackson County in west central Missouri...
  North central Johnson County in west central Missouri...

* Until 930 PM CDT.

* At 852 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Grain Valley,
  moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  Independence, Lee's Summit, Blue Springs, Grain Valley, Oak Grove,
  Odessa, Higginsville, Lexington, Buckner, Lake Lotawana,
  Wellington, Lake Tapawingo, Sibley, Mayview, Levasy, Lake
  Lafayette, Napoleon, Bates City, Dover and Aullville.

This includes Interstate 70 in Missouri between mile markers 18 and
52.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3895 9435 3916 9429 3921 9376 3921 9371
      3922 9369 3922 9367 3887 9368
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 279DEG 33KT 3904 9413 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH

$$

HB
1 follow-up statement
903 
WWUS53 KEAX 130208
SVSEAX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
908 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021

MOC095-101-107-177-130218-
/O.CAN.KEAX.SV.W.0116.000000T0000Z-210813T0230Z/
Ray MO-Lafayette MO-Jackson MO-Johnson MO-
908 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RAY...
LAFAYETTE...NORTHEASTERN JACKSON AND NORTH CENTRAL JOHNSON COUNTIES
IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3895 9435 3916 9429 3921 9376 3921 9371
      3922 9369 3922 9367 3887 9368
TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 279DEG 33KT 3902 9394 

$$

HB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 8:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJackson29 min
Aug 12, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson29 min
Aug 12, 8:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJackson30 min
Aug 12, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Jackson24 min
Aug 12, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Jackson31 min
Aug 12, 9:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Jackson23 min
Aug 12, 11:39 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXJackson8 hr
Aug 12, 11:39 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXJackson18 hr
Aug 12, 11:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXBates23 min
Aug 12, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates33 min
Aug 13, 5:49 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry12 hr
Aug 13, 9:59 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry12 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.