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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2004, 4:02 PM CDT for Holt County, Missouri. It was in force for 28 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, 4:02 PM CDT (21:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2004, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Holt County, MO
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 11:30 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 817 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -242 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1250 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KEAX 242102 TOREAX MOC087-242130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 402 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL HOLT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI * UNTIL 430 PM CDT * AT 359 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SKIDMORE...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARYVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN HOLT COUNTY. 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 4027 9526 4013 9525 4014 9510 4024 9512 $$ NRR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison | 57 min |
| May 24, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Holt | 55 min |
| May 24, 3:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Holt | 51 min |
| May 24, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison | 45 min |
| May 24, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Andrew, Nodaway | 43 min |
| May 24, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan | 40 min |
| May 24, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clinton, DeKalb | 63 min |
| May 24, 4:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Nodaway | 44 min |
| May 24, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Gentry | 63 min |
| May 24, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | DeKalb | 40 min |
| May 24, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Gentry | 65 min |
| May 24, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell | 63 min |
| May 24, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Daviess | 61 min |
| May 24, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Harrison | 66 min |
| May 24, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Harrison | 66 min |
| May 24, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Caldwell | 48 min |
| May 24, 5:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Livingston | 62 min |
| May 24, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Grundy | 58 min |
| May 24, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Mercer | 60 min |
| May 24, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Nodaway | 69 min |
| May 24, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Linn | 64 min |
| May 24, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Livingston | 51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.