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Tornado Warning 62, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2004, 8:33 PM CDT for Gentry County, Missouri. It was in force for 87 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
- Jun 13, 2004, 8:33 PM CDT (01:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2004, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 87 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Gentry County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 1087 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1779 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
375 WFUS53 KEAX 140133 TOREAX MOC075-140300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 832 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... GENTRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI * UNTIL 1000 PM CDT * AT 831 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLYDE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF MARYVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... STANBERRY BY 850 PM CDT. DARLINGTON BY 905 PM CDT. ALBANY BY 910 PM CDT. GENTRYVILLE BY 915 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. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. AT 749 PM CDT A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WAS REPORTED NEAR ELMO. AT 810 PM CDT GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED AT PICKERIING. LAT...LON 4038 9458 4007 9460 4005 9424 4038 9423 $$ SCHMIT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Nodaway | 67 min |
| Jun 13, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Nodaway | 54 min |
| Jun 13, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Nodaway | 46 min |
| Jun 13, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Harrison | 66 min |
| Jun 13, 9:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Daviess | 89 min |
| Jun 13, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Grundy, Livingston | 65 min |
| Jun 13, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn | 65 min |
| Jun 13, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Macon | 76 min |
| Jun 14, 12:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Macon | 57 min |
| Jun 14, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Howard, Randolph | 88 min |
| Jun 14, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pettis | 52 min |
| Jun 14, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Saline | 90 min |
| Jun 14, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Howard | 46 min |
| Jun 14, 4:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Howard, Saline | 8 hr |
| Jun 14, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Howard | 88 min |
| Jun 14, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Ray | 87 min |
| Jun 14, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll | 94 min |
| Jun 14, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Chariton | 90 min |
| Jun 14, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson | 69 min |
| Jun 14, 6:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton | 8 hr |
| Jun 14, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Macon | 90 min |
| Jun 14, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Platte | 79 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.