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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 415, NWS Kansas City, MO

October 30, 2024Andrew County, Buchanan County, Holt County, Missouri; Atchison County, Doniphan County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 30, 2024, 6:01 PM CDT for Andrew County, Buchanan County, Holt County, Missouri; Atchison County, Doniphan County, Kansas. 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: Oct 30, 2024, 6:01 PM CDT (23:01 UTC)
Expired: Oct 30, 2024, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Holt County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 30, 1:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Oct 30, 4:35 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 103 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: 295 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -142 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 739 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 254 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 376 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 Oct 30, 3:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 30, 3:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 30, 4:50 AM CDT, 13 hours 11 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
450 AM CDT Wed Oct 30 2024

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-311000-
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-
450 AM CDT Wed Oct 30 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

Scattered thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and tonight. Some
storms may produce damaging winds and tornadoes.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday

Heavy rainfall is possible this weekend, particularly Sunday into
Monday.

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 30, 3:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant HIll MO
324 PM CDT Wed Oct 30 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0143 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     6 WSW Pickering         40.43N 94.95W
10/30/2024                   Nodaway            MO   Utility Company

            Downed power lines and power outages near
            Route FF. Several reports of trees and grain
            bins blown down as well. Time estimated from
            radar.

&&

CMS

Local storm report, Oct 30, 3:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant HIll MO
337 PM CDT Wed Oct 30 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0148 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     1 N Pickering           40.46N 94.84W
10/30/2024                   Nodaway            MO   Utility Company

            Downed power lines and power outages in the
            Pickering area. Time based on dispatch
            report.

&&

CMS

Local storm report, Oct 30, 3:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant HIll MO
339 PM CDT Wed Oct 30 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0120 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     Craig                   40.19N 95.37W
10/30/2024                   Holt               MO   Utility Company

            Downed power lines and power outages in the
            Craig area. Time estimated from radar and
            dispatch reports.

&&

CMS

Local storm report, Oct 30, 5:04 PM CDT, 57 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant HIll MO
504 PM CDT Wed Oct 30 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0124 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     Craig                   40.20N 95.38W
10/30/2024                   Holt               MO   Newspaper

            Portions of school building torn off. Time
            estimated from radar.

&&

CMS

Local storm report, Oct 30, 5:12 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant HIll MO
512 PM CDT Wed Oct 30 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0140 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     1 WNW Fortescue         40.06N 95.34W
10/30/2024                   Holt               MO   Public

            Social media report and photos of downed
            power poles and wires between Craig and Big
            Lake. Time estimated from radar.

&&

CMS

Local storm report, Oct 30, 5:34 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant HIll MO
534 PM CDT Wed Oct 30 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0143 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     5 W Maryville           40.35N 94.96W
10/30/2024                   Nodaway            MO   Public

            Social media photo of downed trees on
            business property. Time estimated from
            radar.

&&

CMS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 30, 12:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Atchison, Holt	39 min
Oct 30, 1:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	EAX	Atchison, Holt	36 min
Oct 30, 1:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Holt	37 min
Oct 30, 1:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Atchison, Holt, Nodaway	33 min
Oct 30, 1:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Nodaway, Worth	34 min
Oct 30, 2:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Andrew, Gentry, Worth	29 min
Oct 30, 2:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Gentry, Harrison	24 min
Oct 30, 5:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	14 min
Oct 30, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	33 min
Oct 30, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb, Gentry, Platte	32 min

Nearby

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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.