Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Kansas City, MO
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 2:17 PM CST | HAIL 0.75 | Gladstone, MO | |
| Mar 12, 2:20 PM CST | HAIL 0.88 | Gladstone, MO | |
| Mar 12, 2:22 PM CST | HAIL 0.75 | Gladstone, MO | |
| Mar 12, 2:25 PM CST | HAIL 2 | North Kansas City, MO | GOLFBALLS TO EGGS |
| Mar 12, 2:25 PM CST | HAIL 2 | North Kansas City, MO | GOLFBALL TO EGG SIZE HAIL REPORTED |
| Mar 12, 2:27 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Kansas City, MO | REPORTED AT 48TH AND BRIGHTON |
| Mar 12, 2:28 PM CST | HAIL 2.5 | Liberty, MO | |
| Mar 12, 2:29 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 70 | Kansas City, MO | 70 MPH WINDS REPORTED AT BRIGHTON AND VIVIAN IN KANSAS CITY, MO |
| Mar 12, 2:29 PM CST | HAIL 1.75 | Kansas City, MO | GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED |
| Mar 12, 2:29 PM CST | HAIL 1.75 | Pleasant Valley, MO | |
| Mar 12, 2:30 PM CST | HAIL 2 | Liberty, MO | TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED SOUTH OF LIBERTY |
| Mar 12, 2:30 PM CST | HAIL 2 | Liberty, MO | |
| Mar 12, 2:50 PM CST | HAIL 2.75 | Excelsior 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 11:49 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 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.
- 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 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.
| 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, 8:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson, Lafayette, Ray | 31 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, 2:34 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 |
| Mar 12, 8:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 35 min |
| Mar 12, 8:18 AM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth | 27 min |
| Mar 12, 1:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 64 min |
| Mar 12, 1:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Linn | 38 min |
| Mar 12, 2:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 25 min |
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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.