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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 4, 2005Holt County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2005, 5:15 PM CDT for Holt County, Missouri. It was in force for 27 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 4, 2005, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2005, 5:42 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Holt County, MO

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 4, 2:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 12:00Z on 2005-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2005-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 167 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1005 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KEAX 042215
TOREAX
MOC087-042245-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0018.050604T2215Z-050604T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
515 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN HOLT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 510 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW POINT...OR 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST
  JOSEPH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN HOLT
  COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF NEW POINT.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...AS WELL AS GOLF 
BALL SIZE HAIL...SEEK SHELTER NOW 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 3995 9522 3995 9503 4026 9509 4021 9530

$$

SEAMAN
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KEAX 042242
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
541 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

MOC087-042251-
/O.CAN.KEAX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-050604T2245Z/
HOLT MO-
541 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN HOLT COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 537 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE EITHER WEAKENED OR
MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO
LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

ADDITIONAL STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND BACK INTO NORTHEAST 
KANSAS...AND WILL LIKELY AFFECT HOLT COUNTY THROUGH THIS EVENING. A 
TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM.

LAT...LON 3995 9522 3995 9503 4026 9509 4021 9530

$$

SEAMAN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 2:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCass, Clay, Jackson6 hr
Jun 4, 6:02 AM CDTTornado WarningEAXBates, Cass, Johnson46 min
Jun 4, 6:57 AM CDTTornado WarningEAXJohnson, Lafayette33 min
Jun 4, 7:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXLafayette6 hr
Jun 4, 7:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline46 min
Jun 4, 4:26 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXHolt51 min
Jun 4, 5:08 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXAndrew, Nodaway56 min
Jun 4, 5:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXHolt6 hr
Jun 4, 5:59 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXGentry, Nodaway, Worth46 min
Jun 4, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison, Holt36 min
Jun 4, 6:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXNodaway6 hr
Jun 4, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXGentry, Harrison, Worth30 min
Jun 4, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Gentry, Nodaway34 min
Jun 4, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHolt46 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.