Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 52, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2006, 7:40 PM CST for Bates County, Henry County, Johnson County, Missouri. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report 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, 7:40 PM CST (01:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2006, 8:15 PM CST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bates County, MO, Henry County, MO, Johnson County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 7:51 PM CST | HAIL 0.75 | Urich, MO | 0.75 INCH HAIL NEAR THE HENRY AND CASS COUNTY LINE |
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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 310141 TOREAX MOC013-083-101-310215- /O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0052.060331T0140Z-060331T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 740 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN BATES COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 815 PM CST * AT 738 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CREIGHTON...OR 12 MILES EAST OF ADRIAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. THIS STORM WILL ALSO PRODUCE A SWATH OF QUARTER TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL ON ITS NORTHERN EDGE...FROM CREIGHTON TO CHILHOWEE. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... URICH BY 745 PM CST. LEETON BY 805 PM CST. 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WINDSOR BY 815 PM CST. THE TOWNS OF BALLARD AND HARTWELL ARE 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 3843 9418 3832 9417 3850 9352 3869 9356 $$ HUDSON
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KEAX 310204 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 804 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 MOC013-310214- /O.CAN.KEAX.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-060331T0215Z/ BATES MO- 804 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BATES COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 802 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3854 9392 3841 9386 3850 9352 3869 9356 $$ MOC083-101-310215- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-060331T0215Z/ JOHNSON MO-HENRY MO- 804 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN HENRY AND SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CST... AT 802 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF CHILHOWEE...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLINTON. MOVEMENT WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN HENRY AND SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTIES. 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. LAT...LON 3854 9392 3841 9386 3850 9352 3869 9356 $$ HUDSON
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 | Andrew | 13 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, 7:43 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.