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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 189, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 24, 20244 counties in Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2024, 4:24 AM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 51 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: May 24, 2024, 4:24 AM CDT (09:24 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2024, 5:15 AM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Andrew County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Worth County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:27 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
May 24, 1:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr
May 24, 2:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 188 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: 2328 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 226 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 May 24, 4:15 AM CDT, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 4:15 AM CDT, 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 5:10 AM CDT, 23 hours 14 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
510 AM CDT Thu May 23 2024

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-241015-
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-
510 AM CDT Thu May 23 2024

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

 A line of thunderstorms is likely to move through the area late
tonight into Friday morning. Wind gusts up to 60 to 70 mph will be
the primary hazard.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

Strong to severe storms will be possible again on Friday afternoon,
Saturday, and Sunday.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 24, 12:24 AM CDT, 4 hours before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
1224 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024

MOZ014-022-240600-
Daviess MO-Caldwell MO-
1224 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN DAVIESS AND
NORTHWESTERN CALDWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 100 AM CDT...

At 1224 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Hamilton, moving northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.

Locations impacted include...
Hamilton, Gallatin, Kidder, and Lock Springs.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3986 9376 3985 9376 3968 9402 3973 9418
      3996 9398
TIME...MOT...LOC 0524Z 219DEG 35KT 3974 9404

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH

Blair

Local storm report, May 24, 2:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 24, 4:22 AM CDT, 2 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
May 23, 9:32 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Lafayette, Saline	53 hr
May 23, 9:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Jackson, Lafayette, Ray	34 hr
May 23, 9:36 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Saline	56 hr
May 24, 12:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Daviess	36 min
May 24, 12:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Grundy, Livingston	50 min
May 24, 1:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Grundy	48 min
May 24, 2:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Putnam	27 min
May 24, 2:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Mercer, Putnam, Sullivan	48 min
May 24, 2:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Harrison	11 min
May 24, 3:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison, Holt, Nodaway	59 min
May 24, 4:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb	37 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2024 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2024

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.