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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 482, NWS Kansas City, MO

September 6, 2026Caldwell County, Clinton County, Ray County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 6, 2026, 5:19 PM CDT for Caldwell County, Clinton County, Ray County, Missouri. It was in force for 41 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
Sep 6, 2026, 5:19 PM CDT (22:19 UTC)
Expired
Sep 6, 2026, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Caldwell County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Ray County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 6, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 12:00Z on 2026-09-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 816 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 12:00Z on 2026-09-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 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
816 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-151 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1966 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
7 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
Sep 5, 7:54 PM CDTExtreme Heat WarningEAXBates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass, Clay and 11 more24 hr
Sep 6, 4:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXAndrew30 min
Sep 6, 4:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXNodaway27 min
Sep 6, 4:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCaldwell24 min
Sep 6, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGentry, Nodaway, Worth42 min
Sep 6, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGentry, Harrison, Worth23 min
Sep 6, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDaviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison47 min
Sep 6, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPlatte16 min
Sep 6, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Daviess, Livingston49 min
Sep 6, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPlatte46 min
Sep 6, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison, Leavenworth44 min
Sep 6, 6:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJohnson25 min
Sep 6, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Wyandotte41 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.