Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 12, 2006, 2:20 PM CST for Johnson County, Leavenworth County, Wyandotte County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 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
- Mar 12, 2006, 2:20 PM CST (20:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2006, 2:45 PM CST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 64 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 122020 TOREAX KSC091-103-209-122045- /O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0011.060312T2020Z-060312T2045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 220 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS WYANDOTTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS SOUTHEASTERN LEAVENWORTH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS * UNTIL 245 PM CST * AT 216 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SECOND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED AGAIN NEAR EUDORA...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DE SOTO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... EDWARDSVILLE...BONNER SPRINGS...SHAWNEE AND LAKE QUIVIRA BY 230 PM CST. 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF MERRIAM AND 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF MISSION BY 235 PM CST. KANSAS CITY BY 240 PM CST. 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 3897 9506 3884 9506 3898 9461 3919 9473 $$ BOOKBINDER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KEAX 122032 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 231 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 KSC091-103-209-122045- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-060312T2045Z/ LEAVENWORTH KS-WYANDOTTE KS-JOHNSON KS- 231 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN JOHNSON... WYANDOTTE AND SOUTHEASTERN LEAVENWORTH COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM CST... AT 226 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED JUST EAST DE SOTO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... KANSAS CITY KANSAS...MISSION...AND SHAWNEE BY 240 PM CST. IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...VERY LARGE HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE IS EXPECTED ACROSS BONNER SPRINGS AND KANSAS CITY KANSAS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3900 9504 3892 9495 3898 9461 3919 9473 $$ BOOKBINDER
000 WWUS53 KEAX 122041 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 240 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 KSC091-103-209-122050- /O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-060312T2045Z/ LEAVENWORTH KS-WYANDOTTE KS-JOHNSON KS- 240 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN JOHNSON...WYANDOTTE AND SOUTHEASTERN LEAVENWORTH COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... AT 235 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. ADDITIONAL WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED ALONG AND EAST OF KANSAS CITY. LAT...LON 3900 9504 3892 9495 3898 9461 3919 9473 $$ BOOKBINDER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 8:10 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, 8:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Wyandotte | 38 min |
| Mar 12, 8:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Leavenworth | 34 min |
| Mar 12, 9:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan | 33 min |
| Mar 12, 10:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Leavenworth | 30 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, 2:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson, Wyandotte | 30 min |
| Mar 12, 2:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Linn, Miami | 52 min |
| Mar 12, 2:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Wyandotte | 29 min |
| Mar 12, 2:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Linn | 41 min |
| Mar 12, 4:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Wyandotte | 37 min |
| Mar 12, 4:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 19 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.