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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 24, 2004Sullivan County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2004, 7:11 PM CDT for Sullivan County, Missouri. It was in force for 34 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, 7:11 PM CDT (00:11 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2004, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Sullivan County, MO

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 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, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 257 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 00:00Z on 2004-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3762 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 00:00Z on 2004-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 253 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
3762 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1037 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
253 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
327 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
6.4
Supercell composite
25.3

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The text

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

186 
WFUS53 KEAX 250011 CCA
TOREAX
MOC211-250045-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN SULLIVAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 708 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A TORNADO NEAR
  HARRIS...OR ABOUT 23 MILES NORTHEAST OF TRENTON...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
   BOYNTON BY 720 PM CDT.
   POLLOCK BY 725 PM CDT.
   GREEN CITY BY 730 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.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE 
BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.

LAT...LON 4036 9333 4019 9336 4017 9287 4037 9289

$$

NRR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:02 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXWorth43 min
May 24, 7:04 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXSullivan41 min
May 24, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHolt51 min
May 24, 7:14 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXMacon61 min
May 24, 7:16 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXGentry, Harrison59 min
May 24, 7:21 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXAndrew, Holt, Nodaway54 min
May 24, 7:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXHolt6 hr
May 24, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXLinn45 min
May 24, 7:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXNodaway6 hr
May 24, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMercer44 min
May 24, 8:02 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXDeKalb58 min
May 24, 8:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXLinn6 hr
May 24, 8:10 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXMacon50 min
May 24, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan, Putnam53 min
May 24, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSullivan30 min
May 24, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAdair37 min
May 24, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMacon47 min
May 24, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPlatte58 min
May 24, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson, Lafayette65 min
May 24, 9:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXMacon6 hr
May 24, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Ray61 min
May 24, 9:31 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXJackson44 min
May 24, 9:37 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXLafayette83 min
May 24, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXRay65 min
May 24, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSaline63 min
May 24, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Cass62 min
May 24, 10:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXRandolph41 min
May 24, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson45 min
May 24, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson64 min
May 25, 2:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass41 min
May 25, 12:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCooper6 hr

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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.