Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 39, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 12, 2006, 8:43 PM CST for Johnson County, Pettis County, Missouri. It was in force for 62 min. 3 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, 8:43 PM CST (02:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2006, 9:45 PM CST
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Johnson County, MO, Pettis County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 8:55 PM CST | TORNADO | Whiteman Afb, MO | TORNADO PRODUCING DAMAGE JUST SOUTH OF WHITEMAN AFB. |
| Mar 12, 8:59 PM CST | HAIL 1.75 | La Monte, MO | |
| Mar 12, 9:08 PM CST | TORNADO | Lamonte, MO | ONE-HALF MILE WIDE TORNADO. DAMAGE 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 |
| Mar 12, 8:42 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3122 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 93 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KEAX 130244
TOREAX
MOC101-159-130345-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0039.060313T0243Z-060313T0345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
843 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
PETTIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
* UNTIL 945 PM CST
* AT 839 PM CST...TRAINED SPOTTERS ARE TRACKING A LARGE AND
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO NEAR LEETON...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
WHITEMAN AFB. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT
55 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
WHITEMAN AFB AND 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KNOB NOSTER BY 855 PM CST.
6 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREEN RIDGE BY 900 PM CST.
LA MONTE BY 905 PM CST.
SEDALIA BY 920 PM CST.
THE TOWN OF HUGHESVILLE IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM.
THIS IS A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM. IN ADDITION TO TORNADOES...
SUPERCELLS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL AND
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO SAFETY
INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM
ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.
LAT...LON 3874 9381 3858 9374 3853 9328 3855 9327
3853 9307 3892 9306
$$
SF4 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KEAX 130255
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
855 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
MOC101-159-130345-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-060313T0345Z/
PETTIS MO-JOHNSON MO-
855 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON AND
PETTIS COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM CST...
AT 853 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF WHITEMAN AFB AND IS PRODUCING
DAMAGE...THE TORNADO IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LA MONTE BY 900 PM CST.
7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SEDALIA BY 905 PM CST.
THE TOWN OF HUGHESVILLE IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO.
THIS IS A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM. DUE TO THE ROTATING NATURE OF
SUPERCELLS...THEY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE
WEATHER...INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY SHOULD A
TORNADO OCCUR OR A TORNADO WARNING BE ISSUED.
LAT...LON 3874 9381 3858 9374 3853 9328 3855 9327
3853 9307 3892 9306
$$
SF000
WWUS53 KEAX 130303
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
903 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
MOC101-159-130345-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-060313T0345Z/
PETTIS MO-JOHNSON MO-
903 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON AND
PETTIS COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM CST...
AT 853 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO JUST
SOUTH OF WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE. ADDITIONALLY...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
WAS REPORTED AT 859 PM CST WITH THIS STORM NEAR LA MONTE. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LA MONTE...OR 7 MILES EAST OF WHITEMAN
AFB...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF PETTIS AND
SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF LA MONTE AND
HUGHESVILLE.
THIS IS A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM. DUE TO THE ROTATING NATURE OF
SUPERCELLS...THEY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE
WEATHER...INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY SHOULD A
TORNADO OCCUR OR A TORNADO WARNING BE ISSUED.
LAT...LON 3883 9360 3857 9354 3853 9328 3855 9327
3853 9307 3892 9306
$$
SF000
WWUS53 KEAX 130326
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
925 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
MOC101-130335-
/O.CAN.KEAX.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-060313T0345Z/
JOHNSON MO-
925 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...
AT 923 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3889 9328 3877 9322 3867 9327 3867 9315
3870 9306 3892 9306
$$
MOC159-130345-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-060313T0345Z/
PETTIS MO-
925 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN PETTIS COUNTY
UNTIL 945 PM CST...
AT 923 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS CONTINUE TO TRACK A A
TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES WEST OF PILOT GROVE...OR
15 MILES SOUTH OF MARSHALL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN PETTIS
COUNTY.
THIS IS A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM. DUE TO THE ROTATING NATURE OF
SUPERCELLS...THEY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE
WEATHER...INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY SHOULD A
TORNADO OCCUR OR A TORNADO WARNING BE ISSUED.
LAT...LON 3889 9328 3877 9322 3867 9327 3867 9315
3870 9306 3892 9306
$$
SF000
WWUS53 KEAX 130343
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
944 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
MOC159-130354-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-060313T0345Z/
PETTIS MO-
944 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PETTIS COUNTY HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...
AT 942 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3889 9328 3877 9322 3867 9327 3867 9315
3870 9306 3892 9306
$$
SFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 6:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Daviess, DeKalb | 37 min |
| Mar 12, 6:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Clay, Jackson | 51 min |
| Mar 12, 6:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, Platte | 26 min |
| Mar 12, 6:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass | 37 min |
| Mar 12, 6:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Grundy, Mercer, Putnam, Sullivan | 33 min |
| Mar 12, 6:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Putnam, Schuyler | 15 min |
| Mar 12, 6:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Platte | 45 min |
| Mar 12, 6:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Daviess, Grundy, Livingston | 23 min |
| Mar 12, 6:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Ray | 37 min |
| Mar 12, 6:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Ray | 35 min |
| Mar 12, 6:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, Ray | 34 min |
| Mar 12, 7:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Johnson | 42 min |
| Mar 12, 7:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Putnam, Sullivan | 62 min |
| Mar 12, 7:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cass, Johnson | 32 min |
| Mar 12, 7:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Grundy, Mercer, Sullivan | 25 min |
| Mar 12, 7:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass | 38 min |
| Mar 12, 7:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Clinton, Ray | 35 min |
| Mar 12, 7:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Daviess, Grundy, Livingston | 34 min |
| Mar 12, 7:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Carroll, Lafayette, Ray | 29 min |
| Mar 12, 7:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Carroll, Daviess, Grundy, Livingston | 43 min |
| Mar 12, 7:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson, Pettis | 41 min |
| Mar 12, 7:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Grundy, Mercer, Putnam, Sullivan | 24 min |
| Mar 12, 7:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Bates, Henry | 37 min |
| Mar 12, 8:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline | 60 min |
| Mar 12, 8:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Adair, Linn, Putnam, Sullivan | 29 min |
| Mar 12, 8:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Henry, Johnson | 28 min |
| Mar 12, 8:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cooper, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline | 38 min |
| Mar 12, 8:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Carroll, Ray | 35 min |
| Mar 12, 8:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Putnam, Schuyler | 33 min |
| Mar 12, 8:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn, Livingston, Macon | 42 min |
| Mar 12, 8:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Adair, Putnam, Schuyler | 29 min |
| Mar 12, 8:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Henry, Johnson, Pettis | 51 min |
| Mar 12, 8:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Henry, Johnson | 31 min |
| Mar 12, 8:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston | 41 min |
| Mar 12, 8:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Howard, Randolph, Saline | 23 min |
| Mar 12, 8:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Lafayette | 15 min |
| Mar 12, 8:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Adair, Linn, Macon, Schuyler, Sullivan | 42 min |
| Mar 12, 8:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson, Lafayette | 27 min |
| Mar 12, 8:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Howard, Randolph | 51 min |
| Mar 12, 8:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Johnson, Pettis, Saline | 33 min |
| Mar 12, 9:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn, Macon | 32 min |
| Mar 12, 9:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson, Lafayette, Ray | 22 min |
| Mar 12, 9:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard, Saline | 61 min |
| Mar 12, 9:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cass, Henry, Johnson | 40 min |
| Mar 12, 9:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Ray | 27 min |
| Mar 12, 9:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline | 24 min |
| Mar 12, 9:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Henry, Johnson | 64 min |
| Mar 12, 9:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Pettis, Saline | 46 min |
| Mar 12, 10:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Henry, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis and 1 more | 34 min |
| Mar 12, 10:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Henry, Johnson | 32 min |
| Mar 12, 10:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Lafayette, Ray, Saline | 41 min |
| Mar 12, 10:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates | 34 min |
| Mar 12, 10:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Henry, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline | 45 min |
| Mar 12, 10:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Henry, Johnson | 23 min |
| Mar 12, 11:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Howard, Lafayette, Linn, Macon and 1 more | 59 min |
| Mar 12, 11:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Henry, Johnson | 22 min |
| Mar 12, 11:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard, Pettis, Saline | 43 min |
| Mar 12, 11:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry | 19 min |
| Mar 12, 11:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Adair, Chariton, Howard, Macon, Randolph | 33 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.