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Tornado Warning 63, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 13, 2004Daviess County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2004, 9:16 PM CDT for Daviess County, Missouri. It was in force for 89 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, 9:16 PM CDT (02:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2004, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
89 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Daviess County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:18 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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 176 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2004-06-14The 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.

000 
WFUS53 KEAX 140216
TOREAX
MOC061-140345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
916 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 913 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GENTRYVILLE...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  BETHANY...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
   PATTONSBURG BY 935 PM CDT.
   JAMESON BY 950 PM CDT.
   GALLATIN BY 1000 PM CDT.
   CARLOW BY 1015 PM CDT.
   LOCK SPRINGS BY 1025 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.

LAT...LON 3997 9378 3979 9378 3979 9397 3981 9418
      3992 9421 4004 9421 4005 9423 4013 9421
      4013 9421 4014 9413 4012 9379

$$
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, 8:33 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXGentry87 min
Jun 13, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHarrison66 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.