Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 33, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2004, 2:41 PM CDT for Daviess County, Grundy County, Missouri. It was in force for 49 min. 22 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, 2:41 PM CDT (19:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2004, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Daviess County, MO, Grundy County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2:52 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Brimson, MO | |
| May 27, 2:52 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Brimson, MO | |
| May 27, 2:54 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 W Trenton, MO | TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT 146 AND 128 HIGHWAY 4 MILES WEST OF TRENTON |
| May 27, 2:54 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 W Trenton, MO | TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT 146 AND 128 HIGHWAY 4 MILES WEST OF TRENTON |
| May 27, 3:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 S Brimson, MO | |
| May 27, 3:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 S Brimson, MO | |
| May 27, 3:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 5 W Trenton, MO | |
| May 27, 3:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 5 W Trenton, MO | |
| May 27, 3:00 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 5 W Trenton, MO | |
| May 27, 3:00 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 5 W Trenton, MO | |
| May 27, 3:00 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | 2 S Brimson, MO | |
| May 27, 3:00 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | 2 S Brimson, MO | |
| May 27, 3:00 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 5 Sw Brimson, MO | 2 INCH DIAMETER LIMBS ALSO REPORTED DOWN. |
| May 27, 3:00 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 5 Sw Brimson, MO | 2 INCH DIAMETER LIMBS ALSO REPORTED DOWN. |
| May 27, 3:02 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 S Melbourne, MO | |
| May 27, 3:02 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 S Melbourne, MO | |
| May 27, 3:08 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 80 | Trenton, MO | 70 TO 80 MPH WINDS REPORTED |
| May 27, 3:08 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 80 | Trenton, MO | 70 TO 80 MPH WINDS REPORTED |
| May 27, 3:08 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | Trenton, MO | |
| May 27, 3:08 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | Trenton, MO | |
| May 27, 3:12 PM CDT | HAIL 4 | Trenton, MO | POWER LINE ALSO REPORTED DOWN |
| May 27, 3:12 PM CDT | HAIL 4 | Trenton, MO | POWER LINE ALSO REPORTED DOWN |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 11:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 27, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -497 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1418 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 237 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 331 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
515
WFUS53 KEAX 271941
TOREAX
MOC061-079-272030-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
241 PM CDT THU MAY 27 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
GRUNDY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TRENTON
* UNTIL 330 PM CDT
* AT 234 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GILMAN CITY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
BETHANY...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
TINDALL BY 255 PM CDT.
TRENTON BY 300 PM CDT.
DUNLAP BY 305 PM CDT.
LAREDO BY 310 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.
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 4000 9341 4006 9392 4007 9395 4013 9389
4013 9378 4014 9376 4024 9376 4026 9374
4025 9339
$$
NRRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 9:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Bates | 49 min |
| May 26, 9:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Bates | 31 min |
| May 27, 1:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Nodaway | 52 min |
| May 27, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Worth | 61 min |
| May 27, 1:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Worth | 48 min |
| May 27, 1:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Gentry | 47 min |
| May 27, 2:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Harrison | 57 min |
| May 27, 3:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Linn, Livingston | 61 min |
| May 27, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew | 43 min |
| May 27, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Buchanan | 60 min |
| May 27, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Buchanan | 59 min |
| May 27, 4:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Clinton | 55 min |
| May 27, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Chariton, Macon | 67 min |
| May 27, 4:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Linn | 6 hr |
| May 27, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Randolph | 56 min |
| May 27, 4:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Macon | 6 hr |
| May 27, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass | 53 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.