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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2004, 6:39 PM CDT for Livingston County, Missouri. It was in force for 51 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, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2004, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Livingston County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 1:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 205 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
419 WFUS53 KEAX 242339 TOREAX MOC117-250030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 639 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS EXTENDED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEAST LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 636 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHULA...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF CHILLICOTHE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... CHULA BY 645 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. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. LAT...LON 3995 9370 3967 9339 3995 9339 $$ NRR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison | 57 min |
| May 24, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Holt | 55 min |
| May 24, 3:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Holt | 51 min |
| May 24, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison | 45 min |
| May 24, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Andrew, Nodaway | 43 min |
| May 24, 4:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Holt | 28 min |
| May 24, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan | 40 min |
| May 24, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clinton, DeKalb | 63 min |
| May 24, 4:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Nodaway | 44 min |
| May 24, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Gentry | 63 min |
| May 24, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | DeKalb | 40 min |
| May 24, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Gentry | 65 min |
| May 24, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell | 63 min |
| May 24, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Daviess | 61 min |
| May 24, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Harrison | 66 min |
| May 24, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Harrison | 66 min |
| May 24, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Caldwell | 48 min |
| May 24, 5:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Livingston | 62 min |
| May 24, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Grundy | 58 min |
| May 24, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Mercer | 60 min |
| May 24, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Nodaway | 69 min |
| May 24, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Linn | 64 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.