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Special Weather Statement, NWS Kansas City, MO

August 10, 2025Cass County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2025, 7:12 PM CDT for Cass County, Missouri. It was in force for 33 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
Aug 10, 2025, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2025, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Hail
0.50 in
Wind
50

County Cass County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 2025-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 466 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2025-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
466 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-120 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1279 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.6

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The text

As transmitted.

144 
WWUS83 KEAX 110012
SPSEAX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
712 PM CDT Sun Aug 10 2025
 
MOZ043-110045-
Cass MO-
712 PM CDT Sun Aug 10 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN CASS COUNTY THROUGH 745
PM CDT...

At 712 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Archie, or 7 miles southwest of Harrisonville, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is 
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Harrisonville, Garden City, Archie, Freeman, East Lynne, and Lake
Annette.

This includes Interstate 49 between mile markers 148 and 164.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3849 9451 3865 9454 3875 9422 3847 9415
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 259DEG 16KT 3856 9441 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

CDB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Johnson29 min
Aug 10, 10:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJohnson30 min
Aug 10, 11:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJohnson33 min
Aug 10, 11:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJackson41 min
Aug 11, 12:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJackson, Lafayette37 min
Aug 11, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates39 min
Aug 11, 5:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXBates38 min
Aug 11, 6:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXHenry26 min
Aug 11, 6:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXPettis29 min
Aug 11, 6:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXHenry33 min
Aug 11, 6:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXHenry46 min
Aug 10, 11:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJohnson23 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.