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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Kansas City, MO

August 12, 2021Harrison County, Mercer County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2021, 5:31 AM CDT for Harrison County, Mercer County, Missouri. It was in force for 29 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
Aug 12, 2021, 5:31 AM CDT (10:31 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2021, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Harrison County, MO, Mercer County, MO

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 228 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 2021-08-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3590 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 2021-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 96 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
3590 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1870 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
228 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
11.4

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The text

As transmitted.

066 
WUUS53 KEAX 121031
SVREAX
MOC081-129-121100-
/O.NEW.KEAX.SV.W.0099.210812T1031Z-210812T1100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
531 AM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a

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

* Until 600 AM CDT.

* At 531 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Cainsville,
  or 17 miles northeast of Bethany, moving east at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  Princeton and Cainsville. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4040 9388 4051 9387 4057 9358 4037 9358
TIME...MOT...LOC 1031Z 271DEG 23KT 4046 9382 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH

$$

Grana
1 follow-up statement
048 
WWUS53 KEAX 121055
SVSEAX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
555 AM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021

MOC081-129-121105-
/O.EXP.KEAX.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-210812T1100Z/
Mercer MO-Harrison MO-
555 AM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MERCER AND
NORTHEASTERN HARRISON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 600 AM 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.

LAT...LON 4040 9388 4051 9387 4057 9358 4037 9358
TIME...MOT...LOC 1055Z 271DEG 23KT 4046 9363 

$$

Grana

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 4:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXHarrison31 min
Aug 12, 4:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXMercer47 min
Aug 12, 6:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXMercer30 min
Aug 12, 8:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXSchuyler8 min
Aug 12, 8:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXSchuyler37 min
Aug 12, 1:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchEAXPutnam, Schuyler6 hr
Aug 12, 1:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXDaviess, Grundy, Sullivan48 min
Aug 12, 1:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXSchuyler30 min
Aug 12, 2:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXPutnam, Schuyler2 hr
Aug 12, 2:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCaldwell, Linn, Livingston29 min
Aug 12, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGrundy, Linn, Livingston27 min
Aug 12, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Carroll, Daviess, Linn, Livingston29 min
Aug 12, 2:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Livingston26 min
Aug 12, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Livingston, Saline32 min
Aug 12, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Platte32 min
Aug 12, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Macon, Randolph31 min
Aug 12, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXRandolph37 min
Aug 12, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Platte34 min
Aug 12, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Lafayette, Ray, Saline36 min
Aug 12, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson, Johnson, Lafayette33 min
Aug 12, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette34 min
Aug 12, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Jackson27 min
Aug 12, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson8 min
Aug 12, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Jackson, Johnson8 min
Aug 12, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Jackson, Johnson32 min
Aug 12, 6:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCass45 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.