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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Kansas City, MO

March 15, 2021Cooper County, Pettis County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 2021, 6:52 PM CDT for Cooper County, Pettis County, Missouri. It was in force for 23 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, 6:52 PM CDT (23:52 UTC)
Expired: Mar 15, 2021, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Cooper County, MO, Pettis County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 209 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1541 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

350 
WUUS53 KEAX 152352
SVREAX
MOC053-159-160015-
/O.NEW.KEAX.SV.W.0005.210315T2352Z-210316T0015Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Pettis County in central Missouri...
  Southwestern Cooper County in central Missouri...

* Until 715 PM CDT.

* At 652 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Sedalia,
  moving east at 30 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...
  Sedalia, Smithton, Otterville, Sedalia Memorial Arpt and Clifton
  City.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3869 9297 3869 9306 3859 9306 3859 9331
      3878 9328 3881 9295
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 262DEG 24KT 3869 9323 

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

Blair

1 follow-up statement

243 
WWUS53 KEAX 160014
SVSEAX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
714 PM CDT Mon Mar 15 2021

MOC053-159-160023-
/O.EXP.KEAX.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210316T0015Z/
Pettis MO-Cooper MO-
714 PM CDT Mon Mar 15 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PETTIS AND
SOUTHWESTERN COOPER COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM CDT...
                
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 will be allowed to expire.  However small hail
and gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3869 9297 3869 9306 3859 9306 3859 9331
      3878 9328 3881 9295
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 262DEG 24KT 3871 9306 

$$

Blair

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 14, 9:54 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Buchanan	3 days
Mar 15, 8:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison, Holt	4 hr
Mar 15, 8:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan	25 hr
Mar 15, 8:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston	3 days
Mar 15, 9:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Daviess, Gentry	49 hr
Mar 15, 10:08 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper	22 hr
Mar 15, 10:08 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll	4 days
Mar 15, 1:26 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Daviess, Livingston	45 hr
Mar 15, 1:26 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Linn, Livingston	55 hr
Mar 15, 2:16 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	69 hr
Mar 15, 2:16 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	62 hr
Mar 15, 4:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Cass, Jackson	34 min
Mar 15, 4:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Cass	28 min
Mar 15, 5:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Cass, Johnson	38 min
Mar 15, 5:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Cass, Jackson	31 min
Mar 15, 5:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Johnson	37 min
Mar 15, 5:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Pettis	31 min
Mar 15, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Pettis	48 min
Mar 15, 6:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Pettis	33 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.