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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Kansas City, MO

March 12, 2024Pettis County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 12, 2024, 11:13 PM CDT for Pettis County, Missouri. It was in force for 47 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
Mar 12, 2024, 11:13 PM CDT (04:13 UTC)
Expired
Mar 13, 2024, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Pettis County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2024-03-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 202 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2024-03-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
202 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-129 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1910 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

As transmitted.

343 
WUUS53 KEAX 130413
SVREAX
MOC159-130500-
/O.NEW.KEAX.SV.W.0021.240313T0413Z-240313T0500Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
1113 PM CDT Tue Mar 12 2024

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Pettis County in central Missouri...

* Until midnight CDT.

* At 1112 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Green Ridge,
  or 7 miles east of Windsor, moving east at 40 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 remain over mainly rural areas of
  southern Pettis County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3851 9350 3860 9346 3859 9306 3853 9307
      3854 9328 3851 9330
TIME...MOT...LOC 0412Z 276DEG 36KT 3855 9338 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Krull
2 follow-up statements
276 
WWUS53 KEAX 130433
SVSEAX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
1133 PM CDT Tue Mar 12 2024

MOC159-130500-
/O.CON.KEAX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-240313T0500Z/
Pettis MO-
1133 PM CDT Tue Mar 12 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN PETTIS COUNTY...

At 1133 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Cole Camp, or
11 miles south of Sedalia, moving east 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 remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Pettis County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3851 9334 3860 9334 3859 9306 3853 9307
      3854 9328 3851 9330
TIME...MOT...LOC 0433Z 273DEG 23KT 3855 9319 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Krull
494 
WWUS53 KEAX 130451
SVSEAX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
1151 PM CDT Tue Mar 12 2024

MOC159-130500-
/O.EXP.KEAX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-240313T0500Z/
Pettis MO-
1151 PM CDT Tue Mar 12 2024

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PETTIS COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CDT...

The storm which prompted the warning will be moving out of the 
warned area. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. 
However, gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

&&

LAT...LON 3851 9334 3860 9334 3859 9306 3853 9307
      3854 9328 3851 9330
TIME...MOT...LOC 0450Z 276DEG 36KT 3853 9298 

$$

Krull

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Lafayette24 min
Mar 12, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson, Johnson, Lafayette29 min
Mar 12, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Livingston, Ray36 min
Mar 12, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline29 min
Mar 12, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson, Lafayette, Ray27 min
Mar 12, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Clay, Ray26 min
Mar 12, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis, Saline29 min
Mar 12, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatEAXCarroll, Clay, Jackson, Lafayette, Ray63 min
Mar 12, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Johnson, Lafayette and 2 more58 min
Mar 12, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry, Johnson53 min
Mar 12, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Carroll, Clinton, Ray44 min
Mar 12, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatEAXCooper, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline51 min
Mar 12, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatEAXCarroll, Lafayette, Ray48 min
Mar 12, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry, Johnson, Pettis57 min
Mar 12, 10:00 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXCooper, Howard, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline6 hr
Mar 12, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Lafayette, Ray38 min
Mar 12, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline40 min
Mar 12, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Pettis48 min
Mar 12, 11:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCaldwell13 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.