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Snow Squall Warning 4, NWS Kansas City, MO

March 15, 2026Atchison County, Holt County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this snow squall warning at Mar 15, 2026, 3:53 PM CDT for Atchison County, Holt County, Missouri. It was in force for 67 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 15, 2026, 3:53 PM CDT (20:53 UTC)
Expired
Mar 15, 2026, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Atchison County, MO, Holt County, MO

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 397 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2026-03-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 36 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2026-03-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 611 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
36 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-798 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1297 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
611 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
832 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
Mar 15, 8:53 AM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryEAXAdair, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll and 29 more23 hr
Mar 15, 4:21 PM CDTSnow Squall WarningEAXJohnson, Lafayette39 min
Mar 15, 4:49 PM CDTSnow Squall WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Grundy, Lafayette, Linn, Livingston and 2 more41 min
Mar 15, 4:55 PM CDTSnow Squall WarningEAXCooper, Howard, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline50 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.