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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 30, 2003Putnam County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 2003, 8:30 PM CDT for Putnam County, Missouri. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 30, 2003, 8:30 PM CDT (01:30 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 2003, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Putnam County, MO

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 30, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 252 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2003-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1022 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2003-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 457 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
1022 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
839 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
457 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
611 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
12.6

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The text

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

358 
WFUS53 KEAX 010130
TOREAX
MOC171-010230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
830 PM CDT WED APR 30 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 827 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LUCERNE...OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  SEYMOUR...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE
  THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   LUCERNE....POWERSVILLE BY 835 PM CDT.
   LEMONS BY 850 PM CDT.
   UNIONVILLE BY 900 PM CDT.
   HARTFORD BY 910 PM CDT.
   GRAYSVILLE BY 915 PM CDT.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. 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 SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO THREAT...THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING 
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH AND GOLF BALL 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 4057 9337 4039 9335 4039 9276 4059 9273

$$

HUDSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan40 min
Apr 30, 7:14 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXPlatte31 min
Apr 30, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClinton59 min
Apr 30, 7:31 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXHarrison44 min
Apr 30, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGentry39 min
Apr 30, 7:36 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXClinton39 min
Apr 30, 7:48 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXMercer57 min
Apr 30, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan66 min
Apr 30, 8:08 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXBuchanan37 min
Apr 30, 8:11 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXClinton19 min
Apr 30, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHarrison58 min
Apr 30, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell56 min
Apr 30, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDeKalb69 min
Apr 30, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell37 min
Apr 30, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMercer56 min
Apr 30, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClinton50 min
Apr 30, 9:23 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXSchuyler52 min
Apr 30, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson63 min
Apr 30, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDaviess, DeKalb61 min
Apr 30, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell64 min
Apr 30, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLivingston63 min
Apr 30, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates64 min
Apr 30, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXRay52 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.