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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 4, 2005Daviess County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2005, 8:38 PM CDT for Daviess 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: Jun 4, 2005, 8:38 PM CDT (01:38 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2005, 9:18 PM CDT
In force: 40 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), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:41 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.

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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 173 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KEAX 050138
TOREAX
MOC061-050230-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0027.050605T0138Z-050605T0230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 836 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
  NEAR WEATHERBY...OR 31 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BETHANY. DOPPLER RADAR
  SHOWED THIS TORNADIC STORM MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
   WINSTON BY 845 PM CDT.
   ALTAMONT BY 850 PM CDT.
   GALLATIN BY 900 PM CDT.
   CARLOW BY 910 PM CDT.
   LOCK SPRINGS BY 915 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 4003 9420 3978 9422 3983 9377 4005 9377

$$

HUDSON

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KEAX 050155
SVSEAX

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

MOC061-050230-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-050605T0230Z/
DAVIESS MO-
854 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR CENTRAL DAVIESS COUNTY UNTIL 930
PM CDT...

AT 854 PM CDT...CITY OFFICIALS REPORTED A MULTIPLE VORTEX TORNADO 
JUST NORTH OF LAKE VIKING...OR NORTH OF ALTAMONT...MOVING NORTHEAST 
AT 40 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   JAMESON BY 900 PM CDT.
   JAMESPORT BY 910 PM CDT.

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 4003 9420 3981 9421 3992 9379 4005 9377

$$

HUDSON

000 
WWUS53 KEAX 050206
SVSEAX

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

MOC061-050230-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-050605T0230Z/
DAVIESS MO-
906 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR CENTRAL DAVIESS COUNTY UNTIL 930
PM CDT...

AT 854 PM CDT...CITY OFFICIALS REPORTED A MULTIPLE VORTEX TORNADO 
JUST NORTH OF LAKE VIKING...OR NORTH OF ALTAMONT...MOVING NORTHEAST 
AT 40 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   JAMESPORT BY 910 PM CDT.

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 4003 9420 3981 9421 3992 9379 4005 9377

$$

HUDSON

000 
WWUS53 KEAX 050218
SVSEAX

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

MOC061-050228-
/O.CAN.KEAX.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-050605T0230Z/
DAVIESS MO-
918 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL DAVIESS COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

AT 917 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.

LAT...LON 4003 9420 3981 9421 3992 9379 4005 9377

$$

HUDSON

The 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, 7:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	DeKalb	46 min
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, 8:44 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.