Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 21, 2005, 4:43 PM CDT for Bates County, Henry County, Missouri. It was in force for 47 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
- Apr 21, 2005, 4:43 PM CDT (21:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2005, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bates County, MO, Henry County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Apr 21, 3:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 626 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -159 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 789 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KEAX 212144 TOREAX MOC013-083-212230- /O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0004.050421T2143Z-050421T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 443 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN BATES COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI WESTERN HENRY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 438 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BALLARD...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF BUTLER... AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... BALLARD BY 450 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. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM 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. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3833 9423 3828 9420 3832 9402 3845 9406 $$ KOCH
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KEAX 212153 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 452 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 MOC013-083-212230- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050421T2230Z/ HENRY MO-BATES MO- 452 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHEASTERN BATES AND WESTERN HENRY COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM CDT... AT 449 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BALLARD...OR 15 MILES NORTH OF APPLETON CITY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN BATES AND WESTERN HENRY COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF BALLARD. BASEBALL SIZE HAIL HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED 3 MILES WEST OF BALLARD AT 445 PM. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3837 9418 3830 9416 3832 9402 3845 9406 $$ GK/DB
000 WWUS53 KEAX 212219 RRA SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 518 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 MOC013-083-212228- /O.CAN.KEAX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050421T2230Z/ HENRY MO-BATES MO- 518 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BATES AND WESTERN HENRY COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 514 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE HARTWELL AND SHAWNEE MOUND AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES BETWEEN 520 PM AND 540 PM. LAT...LON 3837 9418 3830 9416 3832 9402 3845 9406 $$ KOCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 12:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Atchison, Holt, Nodaway | 6 hr |
| Apr 21, 8:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison | 38 min |
| Apr 21, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard | 45 min |
| Apr 21, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper | 33 min |
| Apr 21, 3:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cooper | 26 min |
| Apr 21, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Henry | 52 min |
| Apr 21, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Platte | 40 min |
| Apr 21, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan | 53 min |
| Apr 21, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Pettis | 51 min |
| Apr 21, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson, Platte, Ray | 38 min |
| Apr 21, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, Ray | 55 min |
| Apr 21, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Platte | 44 min |
| Apr 21, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard, Saline | 34 min |
| Apr 21, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Carroll, Lafayette, Ray | 56 min |
| Apr 21, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson, Platte, Ray | 44 min |
| Apr 21, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Ray | 39 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.