Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 18, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 12, 2006, 3:35 PM CST for Henry County, Johnson County, Pettis County, Missouri. It was in force for 40 min. 9 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, 3:35 PM CST (21:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2006, 4:15 PM CST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Henry County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Pettis County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 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, 3:46 PM CST | HAIL 0.88 | Calhoun, MO | |
| Mar 12, 3:50 PM CST | TORNADO | 2 E Calhoun, MO | DEBRIS CLOUD REPORTED |
| Mar 12, 3:52 PM CST | HAIL 1 | 2 S Leeton, MO | |
| Mar 12, 3:54 PM CST | TORNADO | 4 Ne Calhoun, MO | |
| Mar 12, 3:55 PM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 W Manila, MO | 3 FUNNELS SIGHTED |
| Mar 12, 3:58 PM CST | TORNADO 1 | 4 W Brandon, MO | A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM SPAWNED A TORNADO THAT CLIPPED THE FAR NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF BENTON COUNTY. DAMAGE WAS REPORTED 5 MILES WEST OF IONIA INCLUDING UPROOTED TREES...SNAPPED POWER POLES...DOWNED POWER LINES AND PARTIAL DAMAGE TO A FEW HOMES AND BARNS. TH |
| Mar 12, 3:58 PM CST | TORNADO | Ionia, MO | REPORTS OF DAMAGE TO HOMES WEST OF IONIA NEAR HIGHWAY P |
| Mar 12, 4:05 PM CST | TORNADO | 3 S Green Ridge, MO | BARN DAMAGED AND TREE DAMGE REPORTED. |
| Mar 12, 4:05 PM CST | TORNADO 1 | 5 W Ionia, MO | A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM SPAWNED A TORNADO THAT CLIPPED THE FAR NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF BENTON COUNTY. DAMAGE WAS REPORTED 5 MILES WEST OF IONIA INCLUDING UPROOTED TREES...SNAPPED POWER POLES...DOWNED POWER LINES AND PARTIAL DAMAGE TO A FEW HOMES AND BARNS. TH |
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
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 262 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -159 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 728 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KEAX 122135
TOREAX
MOC083-101-159-122215-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0018.060312T2135Z-060312T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
335 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
SOUTHWESTERN PETTIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
* UNTIL 415 PM CST
* AT 329 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLINTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEETON BY 345 PM CST.
WINDSOR BY 350 PM CST.
GREEN RIDGE BY 400 PM CST.
THE TOWN OF BRANDON 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 3842 9387 3843 9383 3844 9379 3845 9369
3847 9356 3849 9324 3856 9328 3868 9338
3858 9375 3849 9391
$$
DB1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KEAX 122158
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
356 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
MOC083-101-159-122215-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-060312T2215Z/
PETTIS MO-JOHNSON MO-HENRY MO-
356 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN HENRY...
SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON AND SOUTHWESTERN PETTIS COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM
CST...
AT 354 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 4 MILES
EAST OF CALHOUN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN HENRY...
SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON AND SOUTHWESTERN PETTIS COUNTIES.
BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH
THIS STORM.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3860 9368 3855 9365 3850 9362 3849 9356
3849 9324 3856 9328 3868 9338
$$
DBThe 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, 2:43 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, 3:40 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.