Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 12, 2006, 10:26 AM CST for Chariton County, Randolph County, Missouri. It was in force for 34 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, 10:26 AM CST (16:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2006, 11:00 AM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Chariton County, MO, Randolph County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 10:46 AM CST | TORNADO | 2 Nw Huntsville, MO | HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR HWY O & C |
| Mar 12, 10:50 AM CST | TORNADO | 5 Ne Moberly, MO | |
| Mar 12, 10:56 AM CST | TORNADO | 2 Nw Huntsville, MO | HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR HWY O & C |
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, 10:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 110 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 262 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KEAX 121628 TOREAX MOC041-175-121700- /O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0005.060312T1626Z-060312T1700Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1026 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI EASTERN CHARITON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 1100 AM CST * AT 1020 AM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED EXTENSIVE TORNADO DAMAGE IN SOUTHERN RAY COUNTY WITH THIS VERY FAST MOVING STORM. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. THE CIRCULATION WITH THIS STORM IS NORTH OF SALISBURY AND MOVING EAST. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 9 MILES NORTH OF HUNTSVILLE BY 1040 AM CST. CAIRO BY 1045 AM CST. THE TOWN OF JACKSONVILLE IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC 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 3956 9290 3938 9291 3940 9232 3961 9232 $$ KOCH
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KEAX 121653 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1053 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 MOC041-121703- /O.CAN.KEAX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060312T1700Z/ CHARITON MO- 1053 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CHARITON COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 1050 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3959 9252 3942 9250 3940 9232 3961 9232 $$ MOC175-121700- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060312T1700Z/ RANDOLPH MO- 1053 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY UNTIL 1100 AM CST... AT 1050 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF HUNTSVILLE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 55 MPH...AND HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD DAMAGE THROUGH CARROLL AND RAY COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 9 MILES WEST OF CAIRO BY 1100 AM CST. 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 3959 9252 3942 9250 3940 9232 3961 9232 $$ KOCH
000 WWUS53 KEAX 121700 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1100 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 MOC175-121710- /O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060312T1700Z/ RANDOLPH MO- 1100 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... AT 1055 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 3959 9252 3942 9250 3940 9232 3961 9232 $$ KOCH
The 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, 10:30 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, 4:21 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.