Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 24, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2005, 7:59 PM CDT for DeKalb County, Missouri. It was in force for 46 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, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2005, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County DeKalb County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 2:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 3003 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1092 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.9
- Supercell composite
- 15.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KEAX 050059 TOREAX MOC063-050145- /O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0024.050605T0059Z-050605T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 759 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 755 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COSBY...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF ST JOSEPH... MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... CLARKSDALE BY 805 PM CDT. AMITY BY 815 PM CDT. WEATHERBY BY 825 PM CDT. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. 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 3998 9463 3975 9463 3978 9423 4003 9420 $$ HUDSON
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KEAX 050131 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 831 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 MOC063-050145- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-050605T0145Z/ DEKALB MO- 831 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR DEKALB COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM CDT... AT 826 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MAYSVILLE...OR 26 MILES EAST OF ST JOSEPH...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... WEATHERBY BY 840 PM CDT. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3998 9463 3974 9462 3978 9423 4003 9420 $$ HUDSON
000 WWUS53 KEAX 050144 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 844 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 MOC063-050154- /O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-050605T0145Z/ DEKALB MO- 844 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR DEKALB COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... AT 841 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LINGERING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FROM SOUTH OF MCFALL TO EAST OF MAYSVILLE THROUGH 915 PM. HOWEVER...THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. LAT...LON 3998 9463 3974 9462 3978 9423 4003 9420 $$ HUDSON
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jun 4, 2:35 PM CDT, 5 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 2:35 PM CDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 235 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 .DISCUSSION... POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM EMERGING INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL COMBINE WITH AN EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION...RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH TONIGHT. DEEP LAYER SHEAR AND INSTABILITY ARE FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS WITH ATTENDANT THREAT FOR VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. LOW 70 DEW POINTS HAVE ADVECTED NORTH ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...WHICH WILL RESULT IN LOW LCL HEIGHTS...HOWEVER LIMITED LOW LEVEL SHEAR WILL MITIGATE TORNADO THREAT SOMEWHAT. EXPECT CONVECTION TO OVERSPREAD WESTERN CWA WITHIN 23-01Z TIMEFRAME. STRENGTHENING DEEP LAYER SHEAR DURING THIS TIME FRAME WILL ENHANCE SEVERE THREAT. EXPECT CONVECTION TO CONGEAL INTO SEVERE MCS AS IT PROPAGATES NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MO. IN ADDITION...FLASH FLOOD THREAT IS HIGH GIVEN SATURATED ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS. GOING FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH OVERNIGHT HOURS LOOKS GOOD. MS && .PREV DISCUSSION... 425 AM... WILL EXPAND THE FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA AND EXTEND THE TIME PERIOD INTO SUNDAY MORNING. RAINS OVERNIGHT IN THE FORECAST AREA HAVE ALREADY CAUSED SOME FLOODING PROBLEMS...AND SATURATED THE GROUND FOR MUCH OF THE REGION WHICH SHOULD PRIME THE AREA FOR MORE FLOODING PROBLEMS TONIGHT. WE SHOULD SEE A BREAK IN THE RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WHICH WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO ROCKET UP. MAY SEE SOME NEAR 90 READINGS IF SKIES CLEAR ENOUGH...BUT FOR NOW WILL LEAN TOWARD MIDDLE TO UPPER 80S BANKING ON SOME RESIDUAL CLOUD DEBRIS FROM MORNING STORMS. THE HEATING SHOULD SET THE STAGE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT. EXPECT EASTERN KANSAS TO BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. NOT MUCH CAPPING EXPECTED...WITH MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES EXPECTED TO BE QUITE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID STORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AS SHORT WAVE MOVES OUT OF COLORADO AND INTO NEBRASKA AND KANSAS. STORMS SHOULD BE CLEARING AREA BY SUNDAY MORNING. MAY SEE SOME REDEVELOPMENT IN SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MISSOURI ON SUNDAY...AND SOME CONCERN SOMETHING MIGHT TRY TO REDEVELOP IN SOUTHEAST PART OF FORECAST AREA DEPENDING ON THE THE PROGRESS OF THE UPPER WAVE. FOR NOW WILL LEAVE FORECAST DRY WITH JUST SLIGHT CHANCES MENTIONED IN GRIDS. WILL BE WORTH WATCHING WITH LATER MODEL RUNS. DID WARM TEMPERATURES A BIT FOR MONDAY WITH UPPER RIDGING MOVING INTO AREA AND RETURN FLOW ALREADY SETTING UP. LOOKS LIKE NORTHWEST PART OF FORECAST AREA MAY REACH 90 DEGREE READINGS. PC && .EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY FOR ALL ZONES. KS...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY FOR ALL ZONES.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 1:02 PM CDT, 6 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 102 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-051815- ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE- JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM- SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR- BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY- CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-CASS- JOHNSON-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY- 102 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...WITH A POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TORNADOES...IN ADDITION TO VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND FLASH FLOODING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL COMBINE WITH AN EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION...RESULTING IN EXPLOSIVE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS...THEN OVERSPREADING NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. WIND SHEAR PROFILES ARE SUPPORTIVE OF SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE PRODUCING STRONG TORNADOES...IN ADDITION TO VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...PRIMARILY ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY MERGE INTO A SQUALL LINE AS THEY MOVE EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THIS LINE. FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...AS THE GROUND REMAINS SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINFALL. AS A RESULT...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY AS WELL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:24 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
724 PM CDT SAT JUN 04 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0716 PM HAIL BIG LAKE 40.07N 95.35W
06/04/2005 1.00 INCH HOLT MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
CUTTERLocal storm report, Jun 4, 7:26 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
726 PM CDT SAT JUN 04 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 PM FLASH FLOOD BIG LAKE 40.07N 95.35W
06/04/2005 HOLT MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
ROADS TO ONE LANE AROUND BIG LAKE.
&&
CUTTERLocal storm report, Jun 4, 7:41 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
741 PM CDT SAT JUN 04 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0740 PM TORNADO 4 N MCFALL 40.17N 94.22W
06/04/2005 GENTRY MO AMATEUR RADIO
DOING DAMAGE TO TREES
&&
PCLocal storm report, Jun 4, 7:43 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
743 PM CDT SAT JUN 04 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0743 PM HAIL DARLINGTON 40.20N 94.40W
06/04/2005 1.25 INCH GENTRY MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
PCLocal storm report, Jun 4, 7:49 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
749 PM CDT SAT JUN 04 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0743 PM HAIL ALBANY 40.25N 94.33W
06/04/2005 1.00 INCH GENTRY MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
PCLocal storm report, Jun 4, 7:58 PM CDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
758 PM CDT SAT JUN 04 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0744 PM HAIL AMAZONIA 39.89N 94.89W
06/04/2005 0.75 INCH ANDREW MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
CUTTERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 7:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Gentry, Worth | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 7:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Andrew, Gentry, Nodaway | 27 min |
| Jun 4, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Gentry, Harrison, Worth | 53 min |
| Jun 4, 7:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Harrison | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan | 38 min |
| Jun 4, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Holt | 31 min |
| Jun 4, 7:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | DeKalb, Gentry | 29 min |
| Jun 4, 8:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Daviess, Harrison | 41 min |
| Jun 4, 8:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Daviess | 40 min |
| Jun 4, 8:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Platte | 45 min |
| Jun 4, 8:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Platte | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Mercer | 19 min |
| Jun 4, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Clinton, Platte | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 9:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Clinton | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 10:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Jackson | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Grundy, Sullivan | 22 min |
| Jun 5, 3:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pettis | 42 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.