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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 29, 2004DeKalb County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at May 29, 2004, 10:27 PM CDT for DeKalb County, Missouri. It was in force for 93 min. 6 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 29, 2004, 10:27 PM CDT (03:27 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2004, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
93 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County DeKalb County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:27 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 29, 10:35 PM CDTTORNADO1 E Weatherby, MO*** 3 FATAL, 18 INJ *** NEAR ST. HWY 6 AND SANTA ROSA RD.
May 29, 10:35 PM CDTTORNADO1 E Weatherby, MO*** 3 FATAL, 18 INJ *** NEAR ST. HWY 6 AND SANTA ROSA RD.
May 29, 10:40 PM CDTTORNADO4 N Maysville, MO
May 29, 10:40 PM CDTTORNADO4 N Maysville, MO
May 29, 11:05 PM CDTTORNADO7 N Weatherby, MO*** 1 INJ *** SEVERAL BUILDINGS DESTROYED IN EASTERN DEKALB COUNTY. 1 INJURY NEAR SANTA ROSA.
May 29, 11:05 PM CDTTORNADO7 N Weatherby, MO*** 1 INJ *** SEVERAL BUILDINGS DESTROYED IN EASTERN DEKALB COUNTY. 1 INJURY NEAR SANTA ROSA.

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 29, 9:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 00:00Z on 2004-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2909 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2004-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 163 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2909 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1169 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
282 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.8
Supercell composite
18.2

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The text

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

074 
WFUS53 KEAX 300327
TOREAX
MOC063-300500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1026 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 1015 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A TORNADO NORTH OF   
  AMITY...OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF ST JOSEPH...AND MOVING      
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN DEKALB
  COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF FAIRPORT.

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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO...MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO
SEE. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE
TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

LAT...LON 4003 9435 4003 9423 4003 9423 3990 9423
      3990 9427 3991 9429 3991 9461 3992 9460
      4005 9460 4005 9437

$$

KOCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan41 min
May 29, 7:25 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXDeKalb65 min
May 29, 7:42 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXBuchanan48 min
May 29, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPlatte58 min
May 29, 8:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXBuchanan, Clinton8 hr
May 29, 8:13 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXClinton62 min
May 29, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, DeKalb59 min
May 29, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison70 min
May 29, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew62 min
May 29, 9:02 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyEAXDeKalb88 min
May 29, 9:10 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXCaldwell, Clinton, Daviess95 min
May 29, 9:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXDeKalb7 hr
May 29, 10:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXAtchison6 hr
May 29, 10:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXDaviess8 hr
May 29, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGentry67 min
May 29, 10:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXGentry, Harrison12 hr
May 29, 10:41 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXDaviess, Harrison94 min
May 29, 11:32 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXGrundy58 min
May 29, 11:49 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXMercer56 min
May 30, 12:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXNodaway, Worth12 hr
May 30, 12:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXMercer12 hr
May 30, 2:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXPutnam10 hr
May 30, 3:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXBuchanan, Clinton, DeKalb8 hr
May 30, 4:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXGrundy, Sullivan7 hr
May 30, 11:29 AM CDTTornado WarningEAXLivingston46 min
May 30, 11:58 AM CDTTornado WarningEAXLinn62 min
May 30, 12:32 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXAdair, Macon88 min
May 30, 12:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSullivan52 min
May 30, 12:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton56 min
May 30, 1:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis58 min
May 30, 1:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSaline67 min
May 30, 1:25 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXPettis65 min
May 30, 1:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Randolph59 min
May 30, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMacon62 min
May 30, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper64 min
May 30, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHoward32 min
May 30, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXRandolph35 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.