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Tornado Warning 64, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 15, 2006Caldwell County, Carroll County, Livingston County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 2006, 9:47 PM CDT for Caldwell County, Carroll County, Livingston County, Missouri. It was in force for 28 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
Apr 15, 2006, 9:47 PM CDT (02:47 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 2006, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Livingston County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:50 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
Apr 15, 5:28 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 00:00Z on 2006-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1495 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2006-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 439 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1495 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1459 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
439 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
519 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.1
Supercell composite
8.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KEAX 160248
TOREAX
MOC025-033-117-160315-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0064.060416T0247Z-060416T0315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
947 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
  SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
  SOUTHERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 945 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS 
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF BRAYMER...OR 17 MILES 
  SOUTHEAST OF HAMILTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. IT APPEARS THE 
  STORM HAS CYCLED AND A NEW UPDRAFT HAS DEVELOPED TO THE NORTH AND 
  WEST OF THE ORIGINAL STORM.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTHWESTERN CARROLL...SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL AND SOUTHERN
  LIVINGSTON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF BRAYMER...LUDLOW...  
  DAWN AND AVALON. THE TORNADIC PORTION OF THE STORM WILL STAY SOUTH 
  OF CHILLICOTHE.

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA. GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR

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 9386 3953 9382 3965 9345 3981 9350

$$

HUDSON
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KEAX 160312
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1012 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2006

MOC025-033-117-160322-
/O.EXP.KEAX.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-060416T0315Z/
LIVINGSTON MO-CALDWELL MO-CARROLL MO-
1012 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CARROLL...EASTERN
CALDWELL AND SOUTHERN LIVINGSTON COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE...

AT 1009 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN 
LIVINGSTON COUNTY UNTIL 1045 PM.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL
DIRECTLY AT 1-800-438-0596.

LAT...LON 3952 9394 3950 9394 3965 9345 3985 9351
      3977 9383

$$

HUDSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Holt33 min
Apr 15, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Gentry, Nodaway40 min
Apr 15, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDaviess, Gentry, Harrison39 min
Apr 15, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Platte34 min
Apr 15, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXClay, Platte30 min
Apr 15, 8:49 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXDaviess, DeKalb26 min
Apr 15, 8:56 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXClay, Ray34 min
Apr 15, 9:22 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXCarroll, Ray38 min
Apr 15, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Carroll, Livingston47 min
Apr 15, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn, Livingston46 min
Apr 15, 10:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAdair, Putnam, Sullivan41 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Missouri, 2006Every tornado warning in 2006Tornadoes in 2006

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.