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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 8, 1996Atchison County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at May 8, 1996, 11:01 PM CDT for Atchison County, Missouri. It was in force for 59 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: May 8, 1996, 11:01 PM CDT (04:01 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 1996, 12:00 AM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Whole counties

County Atchison County, MO

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 8, 11:25 PM CDT	Tornado F1	Highway 59, 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 127 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1091 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 739 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMCI 090402
TORMCI
MOC005-090500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO
1101 PM CDT WED MAY 8 1996

* TORNADO WARNING FOR
  ATCHISON COUNTY - NORTHWEST MISSOURI

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
    WESTBORO
    TARKIO

* AT 1100 PM RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 5 MILES NORTH OF
  ROCKPORT MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL MOVE TOWARD WESTBORO BY 1130 PM..

ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES AND SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED
BUILDING...OR LIE DOWN IN A DITCH OR DEPRESSION.

BROWNING

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 9:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison	56 min
May 8, 10:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison	4 hr
May 8, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison	77 min
May 8, 11:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Nodaway	57 min
May 9, 7:40 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison	5 hr
May 9, 9:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Nodaway	46 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.