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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Kansas City, MO

August 12, 2021Johnson County, Leavenworth County, Wyandotte County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2021, 9:36 PM CDT for Johnson County, Leavenworth County, Wyandotte County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 min. 2 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, 9:36 PM CDT (02:36 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2021, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:35 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, 9:45 PM CDTHAIL 1.57 W Bonner Springs, KS
Aug 12, 9:54 PM CDTHAIL 1.25Edwardsville, 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 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 52 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.

459 
WUUS53 KEAX 130236
SVREAX
KSC091-103-209-130300-
/O.NEW.KEAX.SV.W.0119.210813T0236Z-210813T0300Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Wyandotte County in northeastern Kansas...
  Southwestern Leavenworth County in northeastern Kansas...
  Northwestern Johnson County in east central Kansas...

* Until 1000 PM CDT.

* At 935 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over De Soto,
  moving east at 20 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...
  Olathe, Shawnee, Lenexa, Bonner Springs, De Soto, Tonganoxie,
  Basehor, Edwardsville, Kansas City, Linwood, Holliday, Clearview
  City and Maywood.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 410 and 413.
 Interstate 435 between mile markers 10 and 14.
 Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 211 and 226.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3914 9509 3914 9477 3885 9485 3887 9506
      3898 9506 3899 9507 3898 9509 3896 9508
      3896 9509 3897 9511 3897 9513
TIME...MOT...LOC 0235Z 271DEG 19KT 3899 9499 

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, 7:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXWyandotte28 min
Aug 12, 8:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJohnson, Wyandotte27 min
Aug 12, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Wyandotte29 min
Aug 12, 8:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJohnson30 min
Aug 12, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson24 min
Aug 12, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Miami31 min
Aug 12, 9:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson23 min
Aug 12, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte20 min
Aug 12, 10:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXJohnson4 hr
Aug 12, 10:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJohnson29 min
Aug 12, 11:39 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXJohnson4 hr
Aug 12, 11:39 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXJohnson8 hr
Aug 12, 11:39 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXJohnson18 hr
Aug 12, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn, Miami33 min
Aug 13, 12:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXAtchison33 min
Aug 13, 1:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXJohnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte6 hr
Aug 13, 5:49 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXLinn, Miami12 hr
Aug 13, 7:39 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXJohnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte10 hr

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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.