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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 27, 2004Worth County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2004, 1:42 PM CDT for Worth County, Missouri. It was in force for 48 min. 8 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 2004, 1:42 PM CDT (18:42 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2004, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Worth County, MO

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:45 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 27, 1:46 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Grant City, MO
May 27, 1:46 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Grant City, MO
May 27, 1:53 PM CDTHAIL 1.752 S Grant City, MO
May 27, 1:53 PM CDTHAIL 1.752 S Grant City, MO
May 27, 1:55 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 70Grant City, MO60 TO 70 MPH WINDS REPORTED
May 27, 1:55 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 70Grant City, MO60 TO 70 MPH WINDS REPORTED
May 27, 1:55 PM CDTHAIL 1Grant City, MO
May 27, 1:55 PM CDTHAIL 1Grant City, MO

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 27, 11:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 183 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2004-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 97 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2004-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -37 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
97 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-239 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
906 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

047 
WFUS53 KEAX 271842
TOREAX
MOC227-271930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
142 PM CDT THU MAY 27 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WORTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT

* AT 141 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SHERIDAN...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  BEDFORD IA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
   GRANT CITY BY 150 PM CDT.
   ALLENDALE BY 200 PM CDT.

THE TOWN OF ATHELSTAN IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM.

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.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 4058 9462 4041 9460 4040 9425 4056 9428

$$

NRR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 9:11 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXBates49 min
May 26, 9:59 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXBates31 min
May 27, 1:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXNodaway52 min
May 27, 1:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXWorth61 min
May 27, 1:58 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXGentry47 min
May 27, 2:03 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXHarrison57 min
May 27, 2:41 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXDaviess, Grundy49 min
May 27, 3:14 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXLinn, Livingston61 min
May 27, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew43 min
May 27, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXBuchanan60 min
May 27, 3:46 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXBuchanan59 min
May 27, 4:05 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXClinton55 min
May 27, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Macon67 min
May 27, 4:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXLinn6 hr
May 27, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXRandolph56 min
May 27, 4:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXMacon6 hr
May 27, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass53 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.