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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 11, 20215 counties in Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2021, 3:37 PM CDT for 5 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 38 min. 5 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
Jun 11, 2021, 3:37 PM CDT (20:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2021, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Cass County, MO, Clay County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Ray County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 11, 3:49 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 70Independence, MODELAYED REPORT. ESTIMATED 65 TO 70 MPH WINDS IN INDEPENDENCE.
Jun 11, 3:58 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGGrain Valley, MODELAYED REPORT. TEN INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN IN GRAIN VALLEY.
Jun 11, 4:00 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 75Lee'S Summit, MOSMALL TREE DEBRIS ON GROUND.
Jun 11, 4:05 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 65Independence, MOSOCIAL MEDIA REPORT, NO MAJOR DAMAGE, SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES.
Jun 11, 4:10 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 602 W Raymore, MO

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

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 11, 12:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 122 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 2021-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2135 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 2021-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
2135 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-160 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1019 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-1.2

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The text

As transmitted.

672 
WUUS53 KEAX 112037
SVREAX
MOC037-047-095-107-177-112115-
/O.NEW.KEAX.SV.W.0027.210611T2037Z-210611T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
337 PM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  North central Cass County in west central Missouri...
  Southeastern Clay County in west central Missouri...
  Southwestern Ray County in west central Missouri...
  Southwestern Lafayette County in west central Missouri...
  Jackson County in west central Missouri...

* Until 415 PM CDT.

* At 337 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Crystal Lakes to near Sibley to near Sugar
  Creek, moving south at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable 
           tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
           roofs, and outbuildings.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Independence, Lee's Summit, Raytown, Buckner, Lake Tapawingo and 
  Levasy around 345 PM CDT.
  Blue Springs around 350 PM CDT.
  Grain Valley, Lake Lotawana and Henrietta around 355 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Raymore, Greenwood, Lake Winnebago, Wellington, Pleasant Hill, Lone
Jack and Odessa.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 70 in Missouri between mile markers 8 and 36.
 Interstate 470 between mile markers 0 and 16.
 Interstate 435 near mile marker 62, and between mile markers 64 and
73.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3884 9461 3888 9461 3924 9437 3921 9416
      3938 9405 3932 9392 3908 9393 3892 9405
      3891 9411 3881 9413
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 350DEG 42KT 3941 9411 3922 9423 3910 9440 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

PP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 12:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXAtchison41 min
Jun 11, 12:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison, Holt21 min
Jun 11, 1:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHolt29 min
Jun 11, 1:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan, Holt34 min
Jun 11, 2:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan, DeKalb, Holt, Platte63 min
Jun 11, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, DeKalb, Platte46 min
Jun 11, 2:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Lafayette, Ray41 min
Jun 11, 2:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Clinton, Jackson, Platte68 min
Jun 11, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Ray34 min
Jun 11, 3:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXLafayette47 min
Jun 11, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Clinton, Jackson, Ray14 min
Jun 11, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Clay, Jackson31 min
Jun 11, 4:02 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXPlatte4 hr
Jun 11, 4:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXPettis38 min
Jun 11, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Clay, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Ray46 min
Jun 11, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline35 min
Jun 11, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry, Johnson, Pettis33 min
Jun 11, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline37 min
Jun 11, 5:58 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXJackson81 min

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.