Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 12, 2006, 2:34 PM CST for Linn County, Kansas; Bates County, Missouri. It was in force for 41 min. 2 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, 2:34 PM CST (20:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2006, 3:15 PM CST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Linn County, KS, Bates County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 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, 2:43 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Hume, MO | |
| Mar 12, 2:49 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Foster, 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 122036
TOREAX
KSC107-MOC013-122115-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0012.060312T2034Z-060312T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
234 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BATES COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
SOUTHEASTERN LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
* UNTIL 315 PM CST
* AT 231 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FULTON...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF FORT SCOTT...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
HUME BY 245 PM CST.
RICH HILL BY 255 PM CST.
BUTLER BY 300 PM CST.
THE TOWN OF FOSTER IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM.
BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM.
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 3803 9475 3789 9472 3810 9406 3827 9427
3825 9446 3819 9459
$$
DB2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KEAX 122052
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
249 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
KSC107-MOC013-122115-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-060312T2115Z/
LINN KS-BATES MO-
249 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN BATES AND
SOUTHEASTERN LINN COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM CST...
AT 245 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HUME...OR 8 MILES WEST OF RICH HILL...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BUTLER BY 300 PM CST.
THE TOWN OF FOSTER IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO.
QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT FOSTER AT 250 PM. BASEBALL SIZE
HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH ARE LIKELY THIS STORM.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3803 9475 3789 9472 3810 9406 3827 9427
3825 9446 3819 9459
$$
DB000 WWUS53 KEAX 122107 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 307 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 KSC107-122117- /O.CAN.KEAX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-060312T2115Z/ LINN KS- 307 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LINN COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 305 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF LINN COUNTY. LAT...LON 3821 9437 3810 9436 3810 9406 3827 9427 $$ MOC013-122115- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-060312T2115Z/ BATES MO- 307 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL BATES COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM CST... AT 305 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF APPLETON CITY...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BUTLER...MOVING EAST AT 75 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL BATES COUNTY. BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3821 9437 3810 9436 3810 9406 3827 9427 $$ DB
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, 2:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 25 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 |
| Mar 12, 8:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson, Lafayette, Ray | 31 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, 10:58 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, 2:43 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, 4:49 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.