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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 29, 2025Jackson County, Lafayette County, Ray County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2025, 1:53 AM CDT for Jackson County, Lafayette County, Ray County, Missouri. It was in force for 37 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
Apr 29, 2025, 1:53 AM CDT (06:53 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 2025, 2:30 AM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Jackson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Ray County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:52 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

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 313 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2025-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2025-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3534 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatEAXBuchanan, Platte33 min
Apr 28, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatEAXAndrew, Buchanan, Platte34 min
Apr 28, 8:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXClinton46 min
Apr 28, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPlatte29 min
Apr 28, 11:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPlatte21 min
Apr 29, 1:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJackson31 min
Apr 29, 2:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLafayette, Saline29 min
Apr 29, 2:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSaline32 min
Apr 29, 3:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJohnson31 min
Apr 29, 3:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCooper, Pettis24 min
Apr 29, 4:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCooper33 min
Apr 28, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatEAXAtchison, Leavenworth32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2025Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2025

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.