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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 5, 20237 counties in Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2023, 1:27 AM CDT for 7 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 5, 2023, 1:27 AM CDT (06:27 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2023, 1:57 AM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Clay County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Ray County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:28 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 4, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 139 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: 1759 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2131 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 5, 12:45 AM CDT, 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 12:45 AM CDT, 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 5:20 AM CDT, 20 hours 7 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
520 AM CDT Tue Jul 4 2023

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-051030-
Atchison KS-Miami-Linn KS-Doniphan-Leavenworth-Wyandotte-Johnson KS-
Atchison MO-Nodaway-Worth-Gentry-Harrison-Mercer-Putnam-Schuyler-
Holt-Andrew-De Kalb-Daviess-Grundy-Sullivan-Adair-Buchanan-Clinton-
Caldwell-Livingston-Linn MO-Macon-Platte-Clay-Ray-Carroll-Chariton-
Randolph-Jackson-Lafayette-Saline-Howard-Cass-Johnson MO-Pettis-
Cooper-Bates-Henry-
520 AM CDT Tue Jul 4 2023

This hazardous weather outlook is for northwest...north central and
west central Missouri...as well as extreme eastern Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

 Temperatures will be in the middle 90s this afternoon, with heat
indices around 100 degrees.

Strong thunderstorms move in later tonight, through the overnight
period. Gusty winds 40-60 mph and periods of heavy rain will be the
primary concerns.

 More detailed information can be accessed at...
 https://www.weather.gov/eax/hwo

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

Strong thunderstorms possible in central and southern Missouri
Wednesday afternoon.

Next appreciable chance for rain comes late this week into the
weekend.

 More detailed information can be accessed at...
 https://www.weather.gov/eax/hwo

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 5, 12:54 AM CDT, 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 5, 12:55 AM CDT, 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 1:02 AM CDT, 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 5, 1:04 AM CDT, 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 5, 1:11 AM CDT, 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 5, 1:17 AM CDT, 10 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 4, 8:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Atchison	50 min
Jul 4, 9:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Atchison, Holt	42 min
Jul 4, 10:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Buchanan	52 min
Jul 4, 11:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan	30 min
Jul 4, 11:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	40 min
Jul 4, 11:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Platte	33 min
Jul 4, 11:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, DeKalb, Platte	47 min
Jul 5, 12:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Platte	52 min
Jul 5, 12:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Ray	48 min
Jul 5, 12:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass, Jackson	38 min
Jul 5, 1:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Bates	43 min
Jul 5, 2:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Cooper, Henry, Howard, Pettis, Saline	47 min
Jul 4, 10:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison, Doniphan	29 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2023 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2023

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.