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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 14, 20244 counties in Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2024, 1:01 AM CDT for 4 counties in 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 14, 2024, 1:01 AM CDT (06:01 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2024, 1:30 AM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Ray County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 122 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: 3814 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1661 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 8.6

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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 Jun 14, 12:31 AM CDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 12:31 AM CDT, 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 5:10 AM CDT, 19 hours 51 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
510 AM CDT Thu Jun 13 2024

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-141015-
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 Jun 13 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

High temperatures reach into the mid to upper 90s. Heat index values
range between 100-105F. Please exercise heat safety today.

Strong to severe storms are possible later this evening into the
early overnight. Hazards include large to giant hail, damaging winds,
and heavy rainfall. Storm coverage is expected to be fairly spread
out.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

 Showers and thunderstorms are possible Friday night into Saturday as
well as Saturday night through Sunday. A few strong to severe storms
are possible, but chances are marginal. High temperatures near or
above 90 degrees persist for at least the next 7 days.

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 14, 12:41 AM CDT, 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 14, 12:43 AM CDT, 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 14, 12:45 AM CDT, 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 14, 12:46 AM CDT, 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 14, 12:50 AM CDT, 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 14, 12:53 AM CDT, 8 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
Jun 13, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Linn, Macon	45 min
Jun 13, 7:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Chariton, Macon, Randolph	27 min
Jun 13, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Chariton, Linn, Macon, Randolph	65 min
Jun 13, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Chariton, Linn, Macon	34 min
Jun 13, 8:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Chariton, Linn, Macon, Randolph	30 min
Jun 13, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Chariton, Linn, Macon, Randolph	52 min
Jun 13, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Livingston	48 min
Jun 13, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Livingston, Ray	44 min
Jun 13, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Howard, Randolph, Saline	54 min
Jun 13, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Howard, Saline	48 min
Jun 13, 9:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, Platte	51 min
Jun 13, 9:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Lafayette, Saline	52 min
Jun 13, 10:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Saline	16 hr
Jun 13, 10:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Carroll, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Ray, Saline	51 min
Jun 13, 10:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Clinton, Platte	24 min
Jun 13, 10:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis	52 min
Jun 13, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Lafayette, Ray	46 min
Jun 13, 10:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Cooper, Henry, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis	48 min
Jun 13, 11:03 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Carroll, Lafayette, Ray, Saline	3 hr
Jun 13, 11:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Cass, Johnson	18 min
Jun 14, 12:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Lafayette, Ray	35 min
Jun 14, 12:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Lafayette, Ray, Saline	40 min
Jun 14, 2:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Carroll, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Ray, Saline	11 hr
Jun 14, 8:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll	12 hr
Jun 14, 8:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Saline	38 hr

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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.