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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Oct 3, 1991, 6:00 PM CDT for Cooper County, Missouri. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 3, 1991, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 3, 1991, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cooper County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 310 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 736 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCOU 032300
TORCOU
MOC053-032330-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
600 PM CDT THU OCT 3 1991
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF MISSOURI
WEST AND CENTRAL COOPER
AT 6PM RADAR INDICTED A POSSBILE TORNADO MOVING INTO WESTERN
COOPER COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN
HOUR.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. PERSONS IN MOBILE HOMES SHOULD TAKE COVER
IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT AWAY FROM FLYING
DEBRIS AND COVER YOUR HEAD. IN A HOUSE...TAKE SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
MORSE/LAGREEWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 3, 5:14 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
MOZ004-005-008-0013-032310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 510 PM CDT THU OCT 3 1991 AT 510 PM A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS A FEW PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS EXTENDED FROM 40 MILES SOUTH OF KANSAS CITY TO NEAR SEDALIA MISSOURI. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. BRIEF GUSTY WIND... VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE PASSING STORMS. THE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN CASS...SOUTHERN JOHNSON... NORTHERN BATES AND NORTHERN HENRY HENRY COUNTY BETWEEN 510 AND 610 PM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE SHELTER QUICKLY. PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
Special weather statement, Oct 3, 5:34 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
MOZ008-009-013-032330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 530 PM CDT THU OCT 3 1991 AT 525 PM A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS A FEW PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING EXTENDED FROM 50 SOUTHWEST OF KANSAS CITY TO NEAR SEDALIA MISSOURI. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. BRIEF GUSTY WIND... VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE PASSING STORMS. THE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN CASS...SOUTHERN JOHNSON... NORTHERN BATES AND NORTHERN HENRY HENRY COUNTY BETWEEN 525 AND 610 PM CDT. GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR SEDALIA AT 520 PM CDT. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE SHELTER QUICKLY. PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. GH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson | 38 min |
| Oct 2, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Boone, Callaway | 42 min |
| Oct 2, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Platte | 39 min |
| Oct 3, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Pettis | 58 min |
| Oct 3, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cooper, Pettis | 30 min |
| Oct 3, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Moniteau | 59 min |
| Oct 3, 6:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Moniteau | 39 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.