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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 27, 2004Linn County, Livingston County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2004, 3:14 PM CDT for Linn County, Livingston County, Missouri. It was in force for 61 min. 4 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, 3:14 PM CDT (20:14 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2004, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 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, 3:34 PM CDTHAIL 1.755 Ene Chula, MO
May 27, 3:34 PM CDTHAIL 1.755 Ene Chula, MO
May 27, 3:53 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Brookfield, MO
May 27, 3:53 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Brookfield, 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, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 227 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 12:00Z on 2004-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 56 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 12:00Z on 2004-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 237 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

099 
WFUS53 KEAX 272014
TOREAX
MOC115-117-272115-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LINN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
  EASTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 254 CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
  TRENTON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND 
  80 MPH WINDS WERE ALSO REPORTED IN TRENTON.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
   CHULA BY 320 PM CDT.
   MEADVILLE BY 340 PM CDT.
   BROOKFIELD BY 355 PM CDT.
   MARCELINE BY 405 PM CDT.

THE TOWN OF LACLEDE 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.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
SOFTBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WELL
AWAY FROM THE STORM CENTER.

LAT...LON 4003 9286 3972 9286 3972 9336 3965 9344
      3966 9346 3996 9363 3996 9337 4003 9334

$$
KOCH

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, 1:42 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXWorth48 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, 3:32 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.