Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 1986
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Oct 3, 1986, 3:00 AM CDT for Miller County, Moniteau County, Morgan County, Missouri. It was in force for 60 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 3, 1986, 3:00 AM CDT (08:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 3, 1986, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Morgan County, MO
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 3:15 AM CDT | Tornado F2 | Miller, MO |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 198 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1026 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 775 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 332 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 391 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.6
- Supercell composite
- 10.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCOU 030800 TORCOU MOC051-131-135-141-030900- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 300 AM CDT FRI OCT 3 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF CENTRAL MISSOURI...COLE...NORTHERN MILLER...SOUTHERN MONITEAU AND MORGAN AT 258 AM CDT COLUMBIA RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST SOUTH OF VERSAILLES OR 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JEFFERSON CITY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM IT WILL PASS NEAR ELDON AND SOUTH OF CALIFORNIA AND WILL BE IN THE JEFFERSON CITY AREA BY 340 AM. THIS WARNING INCLUDES JEFFERSON CITY. 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 NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT &AGENCY OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAGEMEYER/VOTAW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 10:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Chariton, Randolph | 4 hr |
| Oct 3, 1:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Benton, Morgan | 53 min |
| Oct 3, 2:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Benton, Morgan | 65 min |
| Oct 3, 3:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cole | 60 min |
| Oct 3, 4:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Benton, Cooper, Morgan, Pettis, Saline | 4 hr |
| Oct 3, 4:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Chariton, Howard, Randolph | 4 hr |
| Oct 3, 4:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Boone, Moniteau | 4 hr |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.