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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 30, 2021Harrison County, Mercer County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2021, 10:59 PM CDT for Harrison County, Mercer County, Missouri. It was in force for 46 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
Jul 30, 2021, 10:59 PM CDT (03:59 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 2021, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Harrison County, MO, Mercer County, MO

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:57 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
Jul 30, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 223 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 2021-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1481 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 2021-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 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
1481 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2071 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.2

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The text

As transmitted.

422 
WUUS53 KEAX 310359
SVREAX
MOC081-129-310445-
/O.NEW.KEAX.SV.W.0095.210731T0359Z-210731T0445Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
1059 PM CDT Fri Jul 30 2021

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Western Mercer County in north central Missouri...
  Northeastern Harrison County in north central Missouri...

* Until 1145 PM CDT.

* At 1059 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lamoni, or
  14 miles southwest of Leon, moving south at 25 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.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Eagleville around 1110 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Ridgeway and Cainsville.

This includes Interstate 35 in Missouri between mile markers 99 and
113.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4027 9354 4027 9398 4057 9408 4057 9367
TIME...MOT...LOC 0359Z 339DEG 22KT 4056 9390 

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

Blair

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison, Gentry, Nodaway, Worth55 min
Jul 30, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Gentry, Harrison, Nodaway, Worth48 min
Jul 30, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDaviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Livingston45 min
Jul 31, 12:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXLivingston33 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.