Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 49, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2006, 7:13 PM CST for Andrew County, Missouri. It was in force for 13 min. 5 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 30, 2006, 7:13 PM CST (01:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2006, 7:26 PM CST
- In force
- 13 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Andrew County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:13 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 30, 7:13 PM CST | TORNADO | 7 N Savannah, MO | NEAR HWY 71 NORTH OF SAVANNAH |
| Mar 30, 7:15 PM CST | HAIL 1 | 5 N Savannah, MO | |
| Mar 30, 7:15 PM CST | TORNADO | 3 E Fillmore, MO | *** 4 INJ *** TORNADO DESTROYED 4 HOMES AND 1 MACHINE SHED. THERE WERE 4 MINOR INJURIES. |
| Mar 30, 7:15 PM CST | TORNADO | 3 E Fillmore, MO | *** 5 INJ *** TORNADO DESTROYED 5 HOMES AND 1 MACHINE SHED. THERE WERE 5 MINOR INJURIES. |
| Mar 30, 7:15 PM CST | TORNADO | 5 N Savannah, MO | NEAR HWY 71 NORTH OF SAVANNAH |
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 30, 2:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 1075 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 868 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 342 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 340 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.0
- Supercell composite
- 8.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KEAX 310113 TOREAX MOC003-310145- /O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0049.060331T0113Z-060331T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 713 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN ANDREW COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI * UNTIL 745 PM CST * AT 708 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR FILLMORE...OR NEAR SAVANNAH. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN ANDREW COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF ROSENDALE...REA AND WHITESVILLE. 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. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. LAT...LON 4002 9495 3992 9494 3999 9463 4015 9465 $$ KOCH
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KEAX 310126 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 725 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 MOC003-310135- /O.CAN.KEAX.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-060331T0145Z/ ANDREW MO- 725 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN ANDREW COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 723 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AT 711 AM...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NORTH OF SAVANNAH...AND DAMAGE TO HOMES HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THAT AREA. LAT...LON 4002 9495 3992 9494 3999 9463 4015 9465 $$ KOCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 6:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson | 35 min |
| Mar 30, 6:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson | 38 min |
| Mar 30, 6:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass | 49 min |
| Mar 30, 6:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Bates | 39 min |
| Mar 30, 6:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Nodaway | 31 min |
| Mar 30, 6:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Ray | 31 min |
| Mar 30, 7:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Henry, Jackson, Johnson | 55 min |
| Mar 30, 7:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Bates | 32 min |
| Mar 30, 7:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Lafayette, Ray, Saline | 39 min |
| Mar 30, 7:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Andrew, Gentry, Nodaway | 23 min |
| Mar 30, 7:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Bates, Henry, Johnson | 35 min |
| Mar 30, 7:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Andrew, Gentry, Nodaway, Worth | 32 min |
| Mar 30, 7:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson | 32 min |
| Mar 30, 8:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Harrison | 27 min |
| Mar 30, 8:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson, Pettis | 41 min |
| Mar 30, 8:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Pettis, Saline | 37 min |
| Mar 30, 8:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cooper | 55 min |
| Mar 30, 8:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard, Saline | 44 min |
| Mar 30, 9:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard | 29 min |
| Mar 30, 9:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard | 17 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.