Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 12, 2006, 8:59 AM CST for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 31 min. 12 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 12, 2006, 8:59 AM CST (14:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2006, 9:30 AM CST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Clay County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Ray County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:02 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 9:00 AM CST | HAIL 1.75 | Gladstone, MO | |
| Mar 12, 9:04 AM CST | HAIL 1 | Liberty, MO | WILLIAM JEWEL COLLEGE |
| Mar 12, 9:05 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Liberty, MO | 1 NE HWY 291/210 INTERSECTION...POWER POLES SNAPPED. BARN DAMAGED. |
| Mar 12, 9:05 AM CST | HAIL 1.75 | Liberty, MO | WALNUT TO GOLFBALL HAIL COVERING THE GROUND |
| Mar 12, 9:06 AM CST | HAIL 1.75 | Liberty, MO | |
| Mar 12, 9:07 AM CST | TSTM WND GST 70 | Liberty, MO | 60-70MPH WIND GUSTS |
| Mar 12, 9:10 AM CST | HAIL 0.88 | Kearney, MO | |
| Mar 12, 9:12 AM CST | HAIL 1 | Excelsior Springs, MO | |
| Mar 12, 9:12 AM CST | TORNADO | Sibley, MO | BRIEF TOUCHDOWN NEAR SIBLEY WITH DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES |
| Mar 12, 9:15 AM CST | TSTM WND GST 70 | Sibley, MO | 60 TO 70 MPH WIND GUSTS |
| Mar 12, 9:25 AM CST | HAIL 1.75 | 3 N Richmond, MO | AT B HWY AND 13 HWY. |
| Mar 12, 9:30 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Missouri City, MO | STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BARN AND TRUCK OVERTURNED |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 7:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1452 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 93 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 622 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 826 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KEAX 121500
SVREAX
MOC047-095-107-177-121530-
/O.NEW.KEAX.SV.W.0004.060312T1459Z-060312T1530Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
859 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
NORTHWESTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
EASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
SOUTHWESTERN RAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
* UNTIL 930 AM CST
* AT 859 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING BASEBALL
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED FROM LIBERTY TO INDEPENDENCE...AND MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
MISSOURI CITY BY 905 AM CST.
SIBLEY AND BUCKNER BY 910 AM CST.
ORRICK AND LEVASY BY 920 AM CST.
WELLINGTON AND RICHMOND BY 930 AM CST.
THE TOWNS OF BIRMINGHAM...NAPOLEON...FLEMING AND CAMDEN ARE ALSO IN
THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL AND BASEBALL HAIL.
SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS THIS IS A VIOLENT HAILSTORM
LAT...LON 3936 9450 3905 9451 3906 9395 3938 9397
3939 9438
$$
KOCH1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KEAX 121528
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
926 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
MOC047-095-107-177-121536-
/O.EXP.KEAX.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060312T1530Z/
RAY MO-CLAY MO-LAFAYETTE MO-JACKSON MO-
926 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN JACKSON...EASTERN
CLAY AND SOUTHWESTERN RAY COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT
930 AM...
AT 922 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE. A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
RAY AND WESTERN CARROLL COUNTY THROUGH 10 AM FOR THE STORM WHICH
PROMPTED THE EARLIER WARNING.
LAT...LON 3936 9450 3905 9451 3906 9395 3938 9397
3939 9438
$$
KOCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 8:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson, Platte | 38 min |
| Mar 12, 8:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Platte | 34 min |
| Mar 12, 9:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Platte | 33 min |
| Mar 12, 9:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Ray | 25 min |
| Mar 12, 9:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Ray | 37 min |
| Mar 12, 9:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Carroll, Ray, Saline | 40 min |
| Mar 12, 9:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, DeKalb, Gentry | 34 min |
| Mar 12, 9:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Livingston | 31 min |
| Mar 12, 10:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Saline | 30 min |
| Mar 12, 10:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Holt, Nodaway | 31 min |
| Mar 12, 10:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Chariton, Macon, Randolph | 44 min |
| Mar 12, 10:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer | 42 min |
| Mar 12, 10:26 AM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Chariton, Randolph | 34 min |
| Mar 12, 10:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Platte | 30 min |
| Mar 12, 10:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb | 32 min |
| Mar 12, 11:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | DeKalb, Gentry | 28 min |
| Mar 12, 11:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Daviess, Harrison | 39 min |
| Mar 12, 2:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Platte | 30 min |
| Mar 12, 2:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass | 52 min |
| Mar 12, 2:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson, Platte, Ray | 29 min |
| Mar 12, 2:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Bates | 41 min |
| Mar 12, 2:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Clay, Ray | 32 min |
| Mar 12, 2:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Henry, Johnson | 44 min |
| Mar 12, 3:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Bates, Henry | 44 min |
| Mar 12, 3:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Carroll, Livingston, Ray | 36 min |
| Mar 12, 3:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cooper, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline | 45 min |
| Mar 12, 3:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Henry, Johnson, Pettis | 40 min |
| Mar 12, 3:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn, Livingston | 35 min |
| Mar 12, 3:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard, Pettis, Saline | 37 min |
| Mar 12, 4:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Pettis | 26 min |
| Mar 12, 4:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cooper | 39 min |
| Mar 12, 4:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Howard | 32 min |
| Mar 12, 4:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Platte | 37 min |
| Mar 12, 4:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Platte | 19 min |
| Mar 12, 4:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Randolph | 24 min |
| Mar 12, 4:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Clinton | 20 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.