Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at May 11, 2005, 2:13 PM CDT for Clay County, Platte County, Missouri. It was in force for 31 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, 2:13 PM CDT (19:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2005, 2:44 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Clay County, MO, Platte County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:14 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 111914 TOREAX MOC047-165-112000- /O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0013.050511T1913Z-050511T2000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 213 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI EASTERN PLATTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 300 PM CDT * AT 208 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SMITHVILLE...OR 18 MILES NORTH OF KANSAS CITY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... SMITHVILLE BY 220 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 3946 9467 3932 9471 3932 9441 3945 9444 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KEAX 111924 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 224 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 MOC047-165-112000- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050511T2000Z/ PLATTE MO-CLAY MO- 224 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHWESTERN CLAY AND EASTERN PLATTE COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM CDT... AT 219 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SMITHVILLE...OR 19 MILES NORTH OF KANSAS CITY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN PLATTE AND NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF SMITHVILLE. DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER. OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES BLOCK TRAFFIC AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT OF THE STORMS PATH AND TO SHELTER. IF YOU CANNOT DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...GET OUT OF YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AS A LAST RESORT. IF SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL. LAT...LON 3946 9467 3932 9471 3932 9441 3945 9444 $$ NRR
000 WWUS53 KEAX 111931 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 229 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 MOC165-111939- /O.CAN.KEAX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050511T2000Z/ PLATTE MO- 229 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PLATTE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 224 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3946 9461 3935 9461 3935 9443 3945 9444 $$ MOC047-112000- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050511T2000Z/ CLAY MO- 229 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM CDT... AT 225 PM CDT...THE KEARNEY FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED A WALL CLOUD. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SMITHVILLE...OR 21 MILES NORTH OF KANSAS CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY. DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER. OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES BLOCK TRAFFIC AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT OF THE STORMS PATH AND TO SHELTER. IF YOU CANNOT DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...GET OUT OF YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AS A LAST RESORT. IF SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL. LAT...LON 3946 9461 3935 9461 3935 9443 3945 9444 $$ NRR
000 WWUS53 KEAX 111944 RRA SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 244 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 MOC047-111954- /O.CAN.KEAX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050511T2000Z/ CLAY MO- 244 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 239 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY UNTIL 3:15 PM CDT. LAT...LON 3946 9461 3935 9461 3935 9443 3945 9444 $$ NRR
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, 1:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Chariton, Saline | 40 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, 2:17 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 |
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.