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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Kansas City, MO

March 12, 20064 counties in Missouri; Wyandotte County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 12, 2006, 2:16 PM CST for 4 counties in Missouri; Wyandotte County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 min. 13 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, 2:16 PM CST (20:16 UTC)
Expired
Mar 12, 2006, 2:45 PM CST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Wyandotte County, KS, Clay County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ray County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 12, 2:17 PM CSTHAIL 0.75Gladstone, MO
Mar 12, 2:20 PM CSTHAIL 0.88Gladstone, MO
Mar 12, 2:22 PM CSTHAIL 0.75Gladstone, MO
Mar 12, 2:25 PM CSTHAIL 2North Kansas City, MOGOLFBALLS TO EGGS
Mar 12, 2:25 PM CSTHAIL 2North Kansas City, MOGOLFBALL TO EGG SIZE HAIL REPORTED
Mar 12, 2:27 PM CSTHAIL 1Kansas City, MOREPORTED AT 48TH AND BRIGHTON
Mar 12, 2:28 PM CSTHAIL 2.5Liberty, MO
Mar 12, 2:29 PM CSTTSTM WND GST 70Kansas City, MO70 MPH WINDS REPORTED AT BRIGHTON AND VIVIAN IN KANSAS CITY, MO
Mar 12, 2:29 PM CSTHAIL 1.75Kansas City, MOGOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
Mar 12, 2:29 PM CSTHAIL 1.75Pleasant Valley, MO
Mar 12, 2:30 PM CSTHAIL 2Liberty, MOTENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED SOUTH OF LIBERTY
Mar 12, 2:30 PM CSTHAIL 2Liberty, MO
Mar 12, 2:50 PM CSTHAIL 2.75Excelsior Springs, MO

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 12, 11:49 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 100 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 12:00Z on 2006-03-12Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2006-03-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 622 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KEAX 122017
TOREAX
KSC209-MOC047-095-165-177-122045-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0010.060312T2016Z-060312T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
216 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
  SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
  SOUTHWESTERN RAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
  SOUTHEASTERN PLATTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
  EASTERN WYANDOTTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS

* UNTIL 245 PM CST

* AT 211 PM CST...TELEVISION HELICOPTER FOOTAGE SHOWED A FUNNEL 
  CLOUD AND ROTATING WALL CLOUD WITH A VERY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER 
  KANSAS CITY KANSAS.  DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADIC STORM 
  MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CLAYCOMO...SUGAR CREEK AND PLEASANT VALLEY BY 225 PM CST.
  GLENAIRE AND LIBERTY BY 230 PM CST.
  MISSOURI CITY BY 240 PM CST.
  SIBLEY AND EXCELSIOR SPRINGS BY 245 PM CST.

THE TOWNS OF...OAKS...OAKWOOD...OAKWOOD 
PARK...RANDOLPH...BIRMINGHAM...MOSBY AND PRATHERSVILLE ARE ALSO IN 
THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM.

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...VERY LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO 
BASEBALL SIZE IS EXPECTED FROM RIVERSIDE TO GLADSTONE TO LIBERTY.

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 3921 9477 3899 9463 3918 9413 3941 9426

$$

BOOKBINDER
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KEAX 122029
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
226 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

KSC209-MOC047-095-165-177-122045-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-060312T2045Z/
WYANDOTTE KS-PLATTE MO-RAY MO-CLAY MO-JACKSON MO-
226 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN JACKSON...
SOUTHERN CLAY...SOUTHWESTERN RAY...SOUTHEASTERN PLATTE AND EASTERN
WYANDOTTE COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM CST...

AT 221 PM CST...A WALL CLOUD AND OCCASIONAL FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE 
CONTINUING TO BE OBSERVED WITH THIS STORM...NOW LOCATED NEAR KANSAS 
CITY AND AVONDALE. THIS TORNADO STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER...FROM 
BIRMINGHAM TO MISSOURI CITY TO SIBLEY. VERY LARGE HAIL UP TO 
BASEBALL SIZE WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM ACROSS LIBERTY AND 
MISSOURI CITY.

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 3921 9477 3899 9463 3918 9413 3941 9426

$$

BOOKBINDER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 8:37 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Platte38 min
Mar 12, 8:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, Platte34 min
Mar 12, 8:59 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Lafayette, Ray31 min
Mar 12, 9:12 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, Platte33 min
Mar 12, 9:20 AM CSTTornado WarningEAXRay25 min
Mar 12, 9:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Ray37 min
Mar 12, 9:35 AM CSTTornado WarningEAXCarroll, Ray, Saline40 min
Mar 12, 9:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, DeKalb, Gentry34 min
Mar 12, 9:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Livingston31 min
Mar 12, 10:00 AM CSTTornado WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Saline30 min
Mar 12, 10:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Holt, Nodaway31 min
Mar 12, 10:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Macon, Randolph44 min
Mar 12, 10:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDaviess, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer42 min
Mar 12, 10:26 AM CSTTornado WarningEAXChariton, Randolph34 min
Mar 12, 10:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, Platte30 min
Mar 12, 10:58 AM CSTTornado WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb32 min
Mar 12, 11:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDeKalb, Gentry28 min
Mar 12, 11:36 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDaviess, Harrison39 min
Mar 12, 2:00 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXPlatte30 min
Mar 12, 2:08 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXBates, Cass52 min
Mar 12, 2:34 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXBates41 min
Mar 12, 2:43 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXClay, Ray32 min
Mar 12, 2:46 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry, Johnson44 min
Mar 12, 3:01 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXBates, Henry44 min
Mar 12, 3:09 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXCaldwell, Carroll, Livingston, Ray36 min
Mar 12, 3:15 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXCooper, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline45 min
Mar 12, 3:35 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXHenry, Johnson, Pettis40 min
Mar 12, 3:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn, Livingston35 min
Mar 12, 3:53 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXCooper, Howard, Pettis, Saline37 min
Mar 12, 4:04 PM CSTTornado Warning EmergencyEAXPettis26 min
Mar 12, 4:21 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXCooper39 min
Mar 12, 4:28 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXHoward32 min
Mar 12, 4:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Platte37 min
Mar 12, 4:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPlatte19 min
Mar 12, 4:49 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXRandolph24 min
Mar 12, 4:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Clinton20 min
Mar 12, 8:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte35 min
Mar 12, 8:18 AM CSTTornado WarningEAXJohnson, Leavenworth27 min
Mar 12, 1:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte64 min
Mar 12, 1:37 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXLinn38 min
Mar 12, 2:20 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXJohnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte25 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.