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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 24, 2004Andrew County, Holt County, Nodaway County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2004, 7:21 PM CDT for Andrew County, Holt County, Nodaway County, Missouri. It was in force for 54 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, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2004, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Andrew County, MO, Holt County, MO, Nodaway County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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, 11:30 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	11 hr
May 24, 1:10 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 142 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

088 
WFUS53 KEAX 250021
TOREAX
MOC003-087-147-250115-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ANDREW COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI
  SOUTHERN HOLT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI
  SOUTHEASTERN NODAWAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 717 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THESE
  DANGEROUS STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ARKOE TO
  GRAHAM TO FORTESCUE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTH
  OF MARYVILLE TO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARYVILLE TO 17 MILES EAST OF
  FALLS CITY...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THESE TORNADIC STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
   NEW POINT BY 725 PM CDT.
   CONCEPTION BY 730 PM CDT.
   GUILFORD BY 735 PM CDT.
   ROSENDALE BY 740 PM CDT.
   WHITESVILLE BY 745 PM CDT.
   SAVANNAH BY 755 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF BIGELOW...MAITLAND AND REA ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THESE
TORNADIC STORMS.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION

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 4038 9464 4024 9503 4012 9534 3998 9522
      3990 9478 3999 9462

$$

HUDSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 7:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Worth	43 min
May 24, 7:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Sullivan	41 min
May 24, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Holt	51 min
May 24, 7:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Sullivan	34 min
May 24, 7:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Macon	61 min
May 24, 7:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Gentry, Harrison	59 min
May 24, 7:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Holt	6 hr
May 24, 7:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Linn	45 min
May 24, 7:39 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Nodaway	6 hr
May 24, 7:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Mercer	44 min
May 24, 8:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	DeKalb	58 min
May 24, 8:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Linn	6 hr
May 24, 8:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Macon	50 min
May 24, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Putnam	53 min
May 24, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Sullivan	30 min
May 24, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Adair	37 min
May 24, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Macon	47 min
May 24, 9:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Platte	58 min
May 24, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Jackson, Lafayette	65 min
May 24, 9:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Macon	6 hr
May 24, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Ray	61 min
May 24, 9:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Jackson	44 min
May 24, 9:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Lafayette	83 min
May 24, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Ray	65 min
May 24, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Saline	63 min
May 24, 10:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass	62 min
May 24, 10:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Randolph	41 min
May 24, 11:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Jackson	45 min
May 24, 11:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson	64 min
May 25, 2:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass	41 min
May 25, 12:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper	6 hr

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.