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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 24, 1989Harrison County, Mercer County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at May 24, 1989, 8:09 PM CDT for Harrison County, Mercer County, Missouri. It was in force for 51 min. 2 reports 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
May 24, 1989, 8:09 PM CDT (01:09 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1989, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Harrison County, MO, Mercer 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 24, 8:25 PM CDTTornado F2Harrison, MO
May 24, 8:30 PM CDTTornado F1Harrison, 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 222 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 1989-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3587 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 00:00Z on 1989-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
3587 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1498 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
8.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMCI 250112
TORMCI
MOC081-129-250200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI
809 PM CDT WED MAY 24 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI
          ...NORTHEASTERN HARRISON
IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
          ...MERCER
 
AT 755 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR KELLERTON IOWA WHICH IS
ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAMONI IOWA...OR ABOUT 100 MILES NORTHEAST
OF KANSAS CITY MISSOURI. AT 800 PM CDT A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED
3 MILES WEST OF DAVIS CITY IOWA...WHICH IS 10 MILES EAST OF
LAMONI IOWA. THIS SEVERE STORM THAT IS PRODUCING THE TORNADOES AND
FUNNEL CLOUDS IS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES PER HOUR.
PERSONS IN MERCER AND NORTHEAST HARRISON COUNTIES INCLUDING THE TOWNS
OF SALINE AND MERCER MISSOURI SHOULD MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY
AND PREPARE FOR SEVERE WEATHER. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 9:31 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXJackson44 min
May 24, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell58 min
May 24, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn66 min
May 24, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Johnson68 min
May 24, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLafayette68 min
May 24, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton45 min
May 24, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis38 min
May 24, 11:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry66 min
May 25, 6:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay39 min
May 25, 7:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXRay52 min
May 25, 7:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Lafayette46 min
May 25, 7:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis, Saline65 min
May 25, 7:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Howard63 min
May 25, 8:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBoone, Moniteau60 min
May 25, 8:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCallaway, Cole56 min
May 25, 8:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAudrain56 min
May 25, 9:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGasconade, Osage30 min
May 25, 9:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHoward25 min
May 25, 10:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAudrain, Boone, Randolph36 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.