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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Kansas City, MO

March 12, 2006Randolph County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 12, 2006, 4:49 PM CST for Randolph County, Missouri. It was in force for 24 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, 4:49 PM CST (22:49 UTC)
Expired
Mar 12, 2006, 5:13 PM CST
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Randolph County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 12, 11:49 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 276 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2006-03-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2006-03-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 622 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KEAX 122250
TOREAX
MOC175-122315-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0023.060312T2249Z-060312T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
449 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 515 PM CST

* AT 442 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO BETWEEN
  NEW FRANKLIN AND FAYETTE. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO 
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
  TORNADOES. 

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CLARK BY 500 PM CST.

THE TOWN OF RENICK 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 3929 9260 3925 9250 3924 9245 3925 9244
      3925 9232 3940 9232

$$

DB
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KEAX 122313
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
511 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

MOC175-122321-
/O.CAN.KEAX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-060312T2315Z/
RANDOLPH MO-
511 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

AT 508 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE 
AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.


LAT...LON 3929 9260 3925 9250 3924 9245 3925 9244
      3925 9232 3940 9232

$$

DB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 8:37 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Platte38 min
Mar 12, 8:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, Platte34 min
Mar 12, 8:59 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Lafayette, Ray31 min
Mar 12, 9:12 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, Platte33 min
Mar 12, 9:20 AM CSTTornado WarningEAXRay25 min
Mar 12, 9:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Ray37 min
Mar 12, 9:35 AM CSTTornado WarningEAXCarroll, Ray, Saline40 min
Mar 12, 9:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, DeKalb, Gentry34 min
Mar 12, 9:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Livingston31 min
Mar 12, 10:00 AM CSTTornado WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Saline30 min
Mar 12, 10:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Holt, Nodaway31 min
Mar 12, 10:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Macon, Randolph44 min
Mar 12, 10:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDaviess, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer42 min
Mar 12, 10:26 AM CSTTornado WarningEAXChariton, Randolph34 min
Mar 12, 10:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, Platte30 min
Mar 12, 10:58 AM CSTTornado WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb32 min
Mar 12, 11:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDeKalb, Gentry28 min
Mar 12, 11:36 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDaviess, Harrison39 min
Mar 12, 2:00 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXPlatte30 min
Mar 12, 2:08 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXBates, Cass52 min
Mar 12, 2:16 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Platte, Ray29 min
Mar 12, 2:34 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXBates41 min
Mar 12, 2:43 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXClay, Ray32 min
Mar 12, 2:46 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry, Johnson44 min
Mar 12, 3:01 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXBates, Henry44 min
Mar 12, 3:09 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXCaldwell, Carroll, Livingston, Ray36 min
Mar 12, 3:15 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXCooper, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline45 min
Mar 12, 3:35 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXHenry, Johnson, Pettis40 min
Mar 12, 3:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn, Livingston35 min
Mar 12, 3:53 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXCooper, Howard, Pettis, Saline37 min
Mar 12, 4:04 PM CSTTornado Warning EmergencyEAXPettis26 min
Mar 12, 4:21 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXCooper39 min
Mar 12, 4:28 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXHoward32 min
Mar 12, 4:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Platte37 min
Mar 12, 4:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPlatte19 min
Mar 12, 4:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Clinton20 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.