Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 12, 2006, 2:43 PM CST for Clay County, Ray County, Missouri. It was in force for 32 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, 2:43 PM CST (20:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2006, 3:15 PM CST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Clay County, MO, Ray County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 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, 2:46 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Kearney, 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 122044 TOREAX MOC047-177-122115- /O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0013.060312T2043Z-060312T2115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 243 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI NORTHERN RAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 315 PM CST * AT 240 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR MISSOURI CITY...OR 6 MILES EAST OF LIBERTY. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADIC STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WOODS HEIGHTS...CRYSTAL LAKES AND EXCELSIOR ESTATES BY 250 PM CST. THE TOWNS OF MOSBY...PRATHERSVILLE...HOMESTEAD...RAYVILLE AND KNOXVILLE ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM. IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...VERY LARGE HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE WILL TRACK ACROSS THE EXCELSIOR SPRINGS AND LAWSON AREAS. 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 3935 9444 3920 9439 3933 9377 3955 9390 $$ BOOKBINDER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KEAX 122100 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 258 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 MOC047-122108- /O.CAN.KEAX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060312T2115Z/ CLAY MO- 258 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CLAY COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 255 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED INTO RAY COUNTY...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER CLAY COUNTY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 4 PM. A FEW MAY PRODUCE HAIL UP TO PENNY SIZE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM. BE ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LAT...LON 3950 9421 3932 9421 3936 9377 3953 9388 $$ MOC177-122115- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060312T2115Z/ RAY MO- 258 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN RAY COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM CST... AT 255 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WOODS HEIGHTS...OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAWSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. AT 250 PM...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND 75 MPH WINDS IN EXCELSIOR SPRINGS. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. THIS TORNADO...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN RAY COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF RAYVILLE AND KNOXVILLE. 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 3950 9421 3932 9421 3936 9377 3953 9388 $$ BOOKBINDER
000 WWUS53 KEAX 122115 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 315 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 MOC177-122125- /O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060312T2115Z/ RAY MO- 315 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN RAY COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... AT 310 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 3950 9421 3932 9421 3936 9377 3953 9388 $$ 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, 2:16 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, 2:46 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 |
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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.