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Tornado Warning 62, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 13, 2004Gentry County, Missouri

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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2004-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1087 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 00:00Z on 2004-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXNodaway67 min
Jun 13, 7:36 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXNodaway54 min
Jun 13, 8:29 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXNodaway46 min
Jun 13, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHarrison66 min
Jun 13, 9:16 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXDaviess89 min
Jun 13, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGrundy, Livingston65 min
Jun 13, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn65 min
Jun 13, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMacon76 min
Jun 14, 12:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMacon57 min
Jun 14, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHoward, Randolph88 min
Jun 14, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis52 min
Jun 14, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSaline90 min
Jun 14, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHoward46 min
Jun 14, 4:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXHoward, Saline8 hr
Jun 14, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHoward88 min
Jun 14, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXRay87 min
Jun 14, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll94 min
Jun 14, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton90 min
Jun 14, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson69 min
Jun 14, 6:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton8 hr
Jun 14, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMacon90 min
Jun 14, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Platte79 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.