Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 21, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 12, 2006, 4:21 PM CST for Cooper County, Missouri. It was in force for 39 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, 4:21 PM CST (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2006, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Cooper County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 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, 4:30 PM CST | TORNADO | Otterville, MO | TORNADO REPORTED JUST SOUTH OF OTTERVILLE |
| Mar 12, 4:41 PM CST | HAIL 0.88 | 8 Se Boonville, MO | PEA TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED |
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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 232 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 122223
TOREAX
MOC053-122300-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0021.060312T2221Z-060312T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
421 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN COOPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
* UNTIL 500 PM CST
* AT 419 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO JUST SOUTH OF SEDALIA.
WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTION HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS HALF MILE WIDE
TORNADO WHICH REMAINS ON THE GROUND AT THIS TIME. DOPPLER RADAR
SHOWED THIS TORNADO RACING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
PILOT GROVE AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF BUNCETON BY 440 PM CST.
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY
IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...EXTREMELY LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO
SOFTBALL SIZE IS EXPECTED IN THE PILOT GROVE AREA.
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 3886 9306 3869 9306 3869 9262 3892 9250
3898 9255
$$
BOOKBINDER3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KEAX 122234
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
433 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
MOC053-122300-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060312T2300Z/
COOPER MO-
433 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COOPER COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM
CST...
AT 429 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTINUED TO REPORT A TORNADO
MOVING ALONG THE COOPER AND MORGAN COUNTY LINE. THIS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR OTTERVILLE...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF TIPTON...MOVING
EAST AT 50 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BUNCETON BY 440 PM CST.
THE TOWNS OF PRAIRIE HOME AND WOOLDRIDGE ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS
TORNADO.
IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...VERY LARGE HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE IS
EXPECTED IN THE PILOT GROVE AND BUNCETON AREAS.
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. PERSONS
ACROSS SOUTHERN COOPER COUNTY NEED TO TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3886 9306 3869 9306 3869 9262 3892 9250
3898 9255
$$
BOOKBINDER000
WWUS53 KEAX 122245
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
443 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
MOC053-122300-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060312T2300Z/
COOPER MO-
443 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COOPER COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM
CST...
AT 430 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
OTTERVILLE. THIS TORNADO WAS NOW LOCATED NEAR BUNCETON...OR 11 MILES
SOUTH OF BOONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THIS TORNADO HAS A
HISTORY OF PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IN THE SEDALIA AREA.
THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF COOPER COUNTY.
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY
LAT...LON 3888 9296 3877 9290 3869 9262 3892 9250
3897 9257
$$
DB000
WWUS53 KEAX 122304
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
503 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
MOC053-122313-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060312T2300Z/
COOPER MO-
503 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR COOPER COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE...
AT 458 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS MOVED EAST OUT
OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3888 9296 3877 9290 3869 9262 3892 9250
3897 9257
$$
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, 3:35 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, 4:28 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.