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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 30, 2001Henry County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2001, 5:44 PM CDT for Henry County, Missouri. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 2001, 5:44 PM CDT (22:44 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2001, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Henry County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 169 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2001-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2001-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -52 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-146 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
756 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 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.

711 
WFUS53 KEAX 302245
TORMCI
MOC083-302315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
544 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN HENRY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 544 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF CLINTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  CLINTON AT 550 PM CDT
  LEWIS AT 600 PM CDT
  CALHOUN AT 610 PM CDT
  WINDSOR AT 615 PM CDT

LAT...LON 3856 9391 3822 9391 3823 9356 3855 9353

$$
KOCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 5:55 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXJohnson35 min
May 30, 6:18 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXHenry, Johnson27 min
May 30, 6:34 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXJohnson, Pettis41 min
May 30, 6:58 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXRay47 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Missouri, 2001Every tornado warning in 2001Tornadoes in 2001

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.