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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Kansas City, MO

March 29, 2025Johnson County, Pettis County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 29, 2025, 11:39 PM CDT for Johnson County, Pettis County, 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
Mar 29, 2025, 11:39 PM CDT (04:39 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 2025, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Johnson County, MO, Pettis County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 184 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2025-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1093 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2025-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 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
1093 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1452 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
3.2

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 29, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison28 min
Mar 29, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison22 min
Mar 29, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison, Nodaway25 min
Mar 29, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Clinton, Platte30 min
Mar 29, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Johnson42 min
Mar 29, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Johnson46 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.