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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Kansas City, MO

November 27, 2005Caldwell County, Daviess County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Nov 27, 2005, 6:11 PM CST for Caldwell County, Daviess County, Missouri. It was in force for 34 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
Nov 27, 2005, 6:11 PM CST (00:11 UTC)
Expired
Nov 27, 2005, 6:45 PM CST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Caldwell County, MO, Daviess County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 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
Nov 27, 3:05 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 00:00Z on 2005-11-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2005-11-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -122 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1512 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-122 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-116 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 280012
TOREAX
MOC025-061-280045-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0034.051128T0011Z-051128T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
611 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
  EASTERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 645 PM CST

* AT 557 PM CST...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A TORNADO       
  NEAR LAWSON. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 
  55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
   GALLATIN BY 625 PM CST.
   JAMESPORT BY 635 PM CST.

THE TOWN OF LOCK SPRINGS IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM.

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 3982 9378 3963 9397 3961 9399 3961 9402
      3971 9416 4005 9387 4012 9382 4013 9381
      4013 9378

$$

KOCH
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KEAX 280030
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
629 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

MOC025-280039-
/O.CAN.KEAX.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-051128T0045Z/
CALDWELL MO-
629 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CALDWELL COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 626 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED NORTH OF THE 
AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. 
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

LAT...LON 3979 9399 3978 9415 4013 9400 4013 9378

$$

MOC061-280045-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-051128T0045Z/
DAVIESS MO-
629 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN DAVIESS COUNTY
UNTIL 645 PM CST...

AT 626 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAMILTON...MOVING NORTH AT 50
MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN DAVIESS
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF ALTAMONT...GALLATIN...JAMESON AND
COFFEY.

THIS STORM HAS SHOWN SIGNS OF WEAKENING AND THIS STORM MAY DISSIPATE 
BEFORE REACHING THE JAMESON AREA. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

LAT...LON 3979 9399 3978 9415 4013 9400 4013 9378

$$

BOOKBINDER
000 
WWUS53 KEAX 280041
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
641 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

MOC061-280051-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-051128T0045Z/
DAVIESS MO-
641 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN DAVIESS COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE...

AT 637 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED...AND NO
LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE
TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3979 9399 3978 9415 4013 9400 4013 9378

$$

BOOKBINDER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 27, 8:20 PM CSTHigh Wind WarningEAXBates, Cass, Cooper, Henry, Johnson, Pettis4 hr
Nov 27, 8:20 PM CSTWind AdvisoryEAXHoward, Jackson, Lafayette, Saline2 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.