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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 20, 2021Cass County, Jackson County, Johnson County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2021, 9:29 PM CDT for Cass County, Jackson County, Johnson County, Missouri. It was in force for 20 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
Jun 20, 2021, 9:29 PM CDT (02:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2021, 9:49 PM CDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cass County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 3 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:32 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
Jun 20, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 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 00:00Z on 2021-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2316 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 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
2316 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2228 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
8.8

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The text

As transmitted.

717 
WUUS53 KEAX 210229
SVREAX
MOC037-095-101-210300-
/O.NEW.KEAX.SV.W.0049.210621T0229Z-210621T0300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
929 PM CDT Sun Jun 20 2021

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Cass County in west central Missouri...
  Southeastern Jackson County in west central Missouri...
  West central Johnson County in west central Missouri...

* Until 1000 PM CDT.

* At 929 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Greenwood,
  moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Pleasant Hill and Baldwin Park around 935 PM CDT.
  Lone Jack around 940 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3879 9444 3890 9437 3892 9411 3891 9410
      3879 9406 3869 9418
TIME...MOT...LOC 0229Z 287DEG 36KT 3884 9433 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Blair
1 follow-up statement
841 
WWUS53 KEAX 210249
SVSEAX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
949 PM CDT Sun Jun 20 2021

MOC037-095-101-210258-
/O.CAN.KEAX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-210621T0300Z/
Cass MO-Jackson MO-Johnson MO-
949 PM CDT Sun Jun 20 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CASS...
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON AND WEST 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.  However gusty winds are
still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
west central Missouri.

LAT...LON 3879 9444 3890 9437 3892 9411 3891 9410
      3879 9406 3869 9418
TIME...MOT...LOC 0246Z 287DEG 36KT 3878 9409 

$$

Blair

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGrundy, Harrison, Mercer, Putnam, Sullivan45 min
Jun 20, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Clinton, Platte33 min
Jun 20, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAdair, Linn, Macon, Sullivan44 min
Jun 20, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAdair, Macon36 min
Jun 20, 8:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXLivingston21 min
Jun 20, 9:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJackson28 min
Jun 20, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Howard33 min
Jun 20, 11:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXBates25 min
Jun 21, 5:19 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXHoward9 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.