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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at May 11, 2005, 1:36 PM CDT for Chariton County, Saline County, Missouri. It was in force for 40 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 11, 2005, 1:36 PM CDT (18:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2005, 2:16 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Chariton County, MO, Saline County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:38 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 11, 11:45 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 232 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
- 1968 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -194 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 714 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KEAX 111837 TOREAX MOC041-195-111915- /O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0011.050511T1836Z-050511T1915Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 136 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI SOUTHERN CHARITON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 215 PM CDT * AT 133 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRUNSWICK...OR 18 MILES NORTH OF MARSHALL... MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... DALTON BY 155 PM CDT. KEYTESVILLE BY 210 PM CDT. SHANNONDALE BY 215 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 3949 9320 3930 9315 3933 9273 3956 9275 $$ HUDSON
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KEAX 111839 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 139 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 MOC041-195-111915- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-050511T1915Z/ CHARITON MO-SALINE MO- 139 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN SALINE AND SOUTHERN CHARITON COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM CDT... AT 138 PM CDT...SPOTTERS REPORTED SOFTBALL SIZE HAIL IN BRUNSWICK. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ALSO INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRUNSWICK...OR 22 MILES NORTH OF MARSHALL...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... DALTON BY 200 PM CDT. KEYTESVILLE BY 210 PM CDT. SHANNONDALE BY 215 PM CDT. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3949 9320 3930 9315 3933 9273 3956 9275 $$ HUDSON
000 WWUS53 KEAX 111856 RRA SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 156 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 MOC041-195-111915- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-050511T1915Z/ CHARITON MO-SALINE MO- 156 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN SALINE AND SOUTHERN CHARITON COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM CDT... AT 153 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DALTON...OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARSHALL... MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... KEYTESVILLE BY 210 PM CDT. SHANNONDALE BY 215 PM CDT. THE STORM HAS REGAINED STRENGTH IN THE PAST 15 MINUTES. STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN NOTED NEAR DALTON. 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 3949 9320 3930 9315 3933 9273 3956 9275 $$ HUDSON
000 WWUS53 KEAX 111916 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 215 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 MOC041-195-111925- /O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-050511T1915Z/ CHARITON MO-SALINE MO- 215 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN SALINE AND SOUTHERN CHARITON COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... AT 214 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF HOWARD AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES...FOR A NEW STORM THAT HAS DEVELOPED TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE ORIGINAL STORM. LAT...LON 3949 9320 3930 9315 3933 9273 3956 9275 $$ HUDSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 7:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Gentry, Worth | 32 min |
| May 11, 7:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | DeKalb, Gentry | 53 min |
| May 11, 8:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Daviess | 46 min |
| May 11, 9:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Daviess | 34 min |
| May 11, 9:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Daviess | 12 min |
| May 11, 9:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Grundy | 35 min |
| May 11, 9:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Livingston | 36 min |
| May 11, 11:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clinton, DeKalb | 43 min |
| May 11, 1:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Chariton | 38 min |
| May 11, 1:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Platte | 23 min |
| May 11, 1:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Platte | 30 min |
| May 11, 1:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Howard, Randolph | 52 min |
| May 11, 2:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Clay, Platte | 31 min |
| May 11, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Howard, Randolph | 43 min |
| May 11, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clinton | 45 min |
| May 11, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Platte | 42 min |
| May 11, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard, Saline | 44 min |
| May 11, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay | 13 min |
| May 11, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Ray | 46 min |
| May 11, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Ray | 47 min |
| May 11, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Platte | 32 min |
| May 11, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson, Lafayette, Ray | 33 min |
| May 11, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Platte | 39 min |
| May 11, 4:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Platte | 6 hr |
| May 11, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Saline | 41 min |
| May 11, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson | 38 min |
| May 11, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Lafayette | 38 min |
| May 11, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson | 23 min |
| May 11, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll | 29 min |
| May 11, 5:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Howard, Randolph, Saline | 6 hr |
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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.