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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 25, 1986Audrain County, Boone County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at May 25, 1986, 2:37 PM CDT for Audrain County, Boone County, Missouri. It was in force for 23 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 1986, 2:37 PM CDT (19:37 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 1986, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Peoria Regional, IL (KPIA), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 274 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, Peoria Regional, IL at 12:00Z on 1986-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 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, Peoria Regional, IL at 12:00Z on 1986-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 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
15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-124 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1343 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCOU 251937
TORCOU
MOC007-019-252000-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
237 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF

EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AUDRAIN AND NORTHEAST BOONE

 AT 230  PM CDT A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED JUST SOUTHWEST OF
 CENTRALIA IN NORTHEAST BOONE COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE..SUCH AS
A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF A BUILDING.
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND OUT OF YOUR CAR.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

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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.