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Special Weather Statement, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this special weather statement at Apr 5, 2023, 2:37 AM CDT for Cooper County, Howard 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
- Apr 5, 2023, 2:37 AM CDT (07:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2023, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 55
Counties Cooper County, MO, Howard County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 255 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1291 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1115 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 476 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 702 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.3
- Supercell composite
- 6.2
The text
As transmitted.
375
WWUS83 KEAX 050737
SPSEAX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
237 AM CDT Wed Apr 5 2023
MOZ033-039-040-045-046-050800-
Saline MO-Randolph MO-Pettis MO-Cooper MO-Howard MO-
237 AM CDT Wed Apr 5 2023
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southern Randolph,
eastern Pettis, Howard, southeastern Saline and Cooper Counties
through 300 AM CDT...
At 236 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
New Franklin, or 7 miles northwest of Boonville, moving northeast at
65 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Sedalia, Moberly, Boonville, Fayette, Glasgow, New Franklin, Pilot
Grove, Smithton, Higbee, Otterville, Bunceton, Clark, Armstrong,
Prairie Home, Nelson, Renick, Blackwater, Franklin, Wooldridge and
Arrow Rock.
This includes Interstate 70 in Missouri between mile markers 81 and
114.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 500 AM CDT for
central and north central Missouri.
&&
LAT...LON 3925 9232 3925 9243 3902 9256 3898 9257
3891 9250 3868 9262 3870 9306 3853 9307
3854 9326 3913 9311 3943 9235 3937 9230
TIME...MOT...LOC 0736Z 238DEG 56KT 3902 9287
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
$$
PPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Holt, Nodaway | 45 min |
| Apr 4, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Holt, Nodaway | 49 min |
| Apr 4, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan, Holt, Platte | 43 min |
| Apr 4, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Gentry, Nodaway, Worth | 40 min |
| Apr 4, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan, Platte | 44 min |
| Apr 4, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb, Platte | 35 min |
| Apr 4, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Platte | 26 min |
| Apr 4, 11:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Sullivan | 30 min |
| Apr 5, 12:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass | 28 min |
| Apr 5, 12:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Clay | 33 min |
| Apr 5, 1:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Caldwell | 25 min |
| Apr 5, 1:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Johnson | 37 min |
| Apr 5, 1:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis | 26 min |
| Apr 5, 1:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline | 33 min |
| Apr 5, 2:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Bates, Henry | 27 min |
| Apr 5, 2:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Carroll | 33 min |
| Apr 5, 2:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry, Johnson, Pettis | 25 min |
| Apr 5, 2:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Henry, Johnson, Pettis | 33 min |
| Apr 5, 3:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Howard, Randolph | 13 min |
| Apr 5, 3:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Cooper, Henry, Howard, Pettis | 47 min |
| Apr 5, 2:13 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | EAX | Bates, Cass, Cooper, Henry, Johnson, Pettis | 18 hr |
| Apr 4, 11:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Leavenworth | 27 min |
| Apr 5, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn | 33 min |
| Apr 5, 12:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami, Wyandotte | 29 min |
| Apr 5, 1:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Linn | 34 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.