Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 21, 2005, 7:06 PM CDT for Carroll County, Ray County, Missouri. It was in force for 39 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, 7:06 PM CDT (00:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2005, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Carroll County, MO, Ray County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 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, 3:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 21, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 795 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1802 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KEAX 220006 TOREAX MOC033-177-220045- /O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0009.050422T0006Z-050422T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 706 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN RAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI SOUTHWESTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 745 PM CDT * AT 702 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RICHMOND...OR 35 MILES EAST OF KANSAS CITY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... NORBORNE BY 730 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. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY 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 3934 9396 3925 9397 3924 9364 3943 9368 $$ SEAMAN
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KEAX 220018 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 718 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 MOC033-177-220045- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050422T0045Z/ CARROLL MO-RAY MO- 718 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR EASTERN RAY AND SOUTHWESTERN CARROLL COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT... AT 712 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HARDIN...OR 35 MILES WEST OF MARSHALL...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... NORBORNE BY 725 PM CDT. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3934 9396 3925 9397 3924 9364 3943 9368 $$ SEAMAN
000 WWUS53 KEAX 220025 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 725 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 MOC177-220035- /O.CAN.KEAX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050422T0045Z/ RAY MO- 725 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR RAY COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 722 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM. $$ MOC033-220045- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050422T0045Z/ CARROLL MO- 725 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHWESTERN CARROLL COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM CDT... AT 722 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NORBORNE...OR 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARSHALL...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN CARROLL COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF NORBORNE. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3939 9377 3925 9377 3924 9364 3943 9368 $$ SEAMAN
000 WWUS53 KEAX 220033 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 733 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 MOC033-220043- /O.CAN.KEAX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050422T0045Z/ CARROLL MO- 733 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CARROLL COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 727 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 3939 9377 3925 9377 3924 9364 3943 9368 $$ SEAMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Clay, Jackson, Lafayette, Ray | 45 min |
| Apr 21, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson | 40 min |
| Apr 21, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Lafayette | 52 min |
| Apr 21, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Saline | 43 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.