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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 24, 2004Livingston County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2004, 5:43 PM CDT for Livingston County, Missouri. It was in force for 62 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
May 24, 2004, 5:43 PM CDT (22:43 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2004, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Emergency
Tornado emergency

County Livingston County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 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
May 24, 1:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 197 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 2004-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 817 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 2004-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
817 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-242 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1250 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

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

065 
WFUS53 KEAX 242243
TOREAX
MOC117-242345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
542 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHILLICOTHE

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 540 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS   
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NETTLETON...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 
  MPH. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS AND HAIL UP TO SOFTBALL 
  SIZE HAVE BEEN RECEIVED WITH THIS STORM IN NORTHERN CALDWELL 
  COUNTY.  THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
   MOORESVILLE BY 555 PM CDT.
   SAMPSEL BY 600 PM CDT.
   UTICA BY 605 PM CDT.
   SPRING HILL BY 610 PM CDT.
   CHILLICOTHE BY 615 PM CDT.
   CHULA BY 630 PM CDT.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3994 9377 3964 9372 3967 9336 3994 9342

$$

HUDSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison57 min
May 24, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHolt55 min
May 24, 3:09 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXHolt51 min
May 24, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison45 min
May 24, 3:47 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXAndrew, Nodaway43 min
May 24, 4:02 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXHolt28 min
May 24, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan40 min
May 24, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClinton, DeKalb63 min
May 24, 4:31 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXNodaway44 min
May 24, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGentry63 min
May 24, 4:50 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXDeKalb40 min
May 24, 4:55 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXGentry65 min
May 24, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell63 min
May 24, 4:59 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXDaviess61 min
May 24, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHarrison66 min
May 24, 5:24 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyEAXHarrison66 min
May 24, 5:27 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXCaldwell48 min
May 24, 6:02 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXGrundy58 min
May 24, 6:15 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyEAXMercer60 min
May 24, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison, Nodaway69 min
May 24, 6:26 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXLinn64 min
May 24, 6:39 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXLivingston51 min

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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.