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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 17, 2001Howard County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at May 17, 2001, 4:00 PM CDT for Howard County, Missouri. It was in force for 45 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 17, 2001, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2001, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Howard County, MO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 17, 4:06 PM CDTHail 0.75Fayette, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 17, 1:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 255 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 12:00Z on 2001-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2833 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2001-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2833 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
818 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KEAX 172102 CCA
TORMCI
MOC089-172145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
400 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 400 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER SOUTHEASTERN HOWARD COUNTY...OR 12 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF BOONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
EASTERN HOWARD ALONG HIGHWAY 129...10 MILES SOUTH OF
BUNKER HILL.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
NOT BE OCCURRING WHEN THE WARNING IS ISSUED...BUT ONE IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE
INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT DRIVE INTO THIS STORM AND DO NOT SEEK
SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS!

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO THREAT...THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF 70 MPH AND GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL. IF YOU ARE IN
THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS TO A CENTER LOCATION
ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO THE
PATH OF THIS STORM AND DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS!

LAT...LON 3927 9252 3922 9257D 3918 9264 3908 9271
          3900 9259 3904 9254 3908 9254 3911 9250
          3920 9248 3923 9244 3926 9245

SF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 1:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison, Nodaway55 min
May 17, 3:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXNodaway44 min
May 17, 3:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXWorth43 min
May 17, 4:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPutnam40 min
May 17, 8:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHarrison26 min
May 17, 10:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSullivan45 min
May 17, 11:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGrundy38 min
May 17, 11:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew46 min
May 17, 12:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDeKalb40 min
May 17, 12:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDaviess, Grundy58 min
May 17, 12:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, Clinton65 min
May 17, 1:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGrundy, Linn57 min
May 17, 1:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Ray40 min
May 17, 1:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll49 min
May 17, 1:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPlatte37 min
May 17, 2:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay40 min
May 17, 2:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCarroll114 min
May 17, 2:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton42 min
May 17, 2:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXLivingston2 hr
May 17, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Jackson42 min
May 17, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLafayette, Ray50 min
May 17, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHoward40 min
May 17, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHoward44 min
May 17, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Pettis65 min
May 17, 4:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCarroll114 min
May 17, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates37 min
May 17, 6:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCarroll97 min
May 17, 6:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXDaviess76 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.