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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Kansas City, MO

March 15, 2021Miami County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 2021, 4:22 PM CDT for Miami County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 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
Mar 15, 2021, 4:22 PM CDT (21:22 UTC)
Expired
Mar 15, 2021, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Miami County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 2021-03-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2021-03-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 126 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
685 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

995 
WUUS53 KEAX 152122
SVREAX
KSC121-152200-
/O.NEW.KEAX.SV.W.0003.210315T2122Z-210315T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
422 PM CDT Mon Mar 15 2021

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Miami County in east central Kansas...

* Until 500 PM CDT.

* At 421 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Paola, moving
  northeast 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...
  Louisburg.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3850 9490 3867 9476 3866 9461 3852 9461
      3847 9479
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 238DEG 16KT 3852 9483 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Blair

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 15, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Miami29 min
Mar 15, 3:55 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXJohnson, Miami35 min
Mar 15, 4:26 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXJohnson34 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.