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Tornado Warning 69, NWS Kansas City, MO

August 27, 2006Lafayette County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Aug 27, 2006, 6:20 PM CDT for Lafayette County, Missouri. It was in force for 55 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: Aug 27, 2006, 6:20 PM CDT (23:20 UTC)
Expired: Aug 27, 2006, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lafayette County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 247 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 80 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -188 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1274 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KEAX 272320
TOREAX
MOC107-280015-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0069.060827T2320Z-060828T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
620 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 614 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO AS WELL AS   
  DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS GREATER THAN 70 MPH. TRAINED 
  WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD WITH THIS STORM NORTHEAST 
  OF BATES CITY...AND NUMEROUS TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN 
  WELLINGTON. THIS DANGEROUS  STORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTHEAST OF 
  WELLINGTON...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON...AND MOVING EAST 
  AT 15 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MAYVIEW BY 635 PM CDT.
  HIGGINSVILLE BY 650 PM CDT.
  CORDER BY 710 PM CDT.
  ALMA BY 715 PM CDT.

THIS WARNING IS AN EASTWARD EXTENSION OF THE TORNADO WARNING FOR 
WESTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY 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.

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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN PLEASANT HILL.

LAT...LON 3920 9388 3901 9389 3899 9355 3921 9355

$$

BOOKBINDER

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KEAX 272336
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
634 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2006

MOC107-280015-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0069.000000T0000Z-060828T0015Z/
LAFAYETTE MO-
634 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL LAFAYETTE COUNTY
UNTIL 715 PM CDT...

AT 629 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...AS WELL AS 
DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH.  THIS DANGEROUS STORM 
WAS LOCATED NEAR MAYVIEW...OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF LEXINGTON...MOVING 
EAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HIGGINSVILLE BY 650 PM CDT.
  CORDER BY 705 PM CDT.

THIS STORM WILL CROSS OVER HIGHWAY 13 BY 645 PM. THIS STORM HAS 
SHOWN STRONG SIGNS OF WEAKENING...HOWEVER THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND 
OFTEN DO PRODUCE TORNADOES IN THEIR DISSIPATING STATE. SEEK SAFE 
SHELTER NOW.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN PLEASANT HILL.

LAT...LON 3920 9388 3901 9389 3899 9355 3921 9355

$$

BOOKBINDER

000 
WWUS53 KEAX 272359
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
658 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2006

MOC107-280015-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0069.000000T0000Z-060828T0015Z/
LAFAYETTE MO-
658 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN 
LAFAYETTE COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM CDT...

AT 653 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  ALTHOUGH THIS 
STORM HAS WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY...IT STILL MAINTAINS A SMALL AREA OF 
STRONG ROTATION ALOFT...NEAR HIGGINSVILLE. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS 
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

PERSONS BETWEEN HIGGINSVILLE AND CORDER SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE 
THREAT OF A TORNADO AND DAMAGING WINDS. AGAIN...THIS STORM HAS SHOWN 
STRONG SIGNS OF WEAKENING...HOWEVER THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OFTEN DO 
PRODUCE TORNADOES IN THEIR DISSIPATING STATE. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN PLEASANT HILL.

LAT...LON 3917 9376 3901 9383 3900 9355 3918 9357

$$

BOOKBINDER

000 
WWUS53 KEAX 280013
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
711 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2006

MOC107-280021-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0069.000000T0000Z-060828T0015Z/
LAFAYETTE MO-
713 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY WILL 
EXPIRE AT 715 PM CDT...

AT 708 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED...AND NO
LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE
TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN PLEASANT HILL.

LAT...LON 3917 9376 3901 9383 3900 9355 3918 9357

$$

BOOKBINDER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 27, 1:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Cass, Clay, Jackson, Platte	5 hr
Aug 27, 3:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	EAX	Adair, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass and 21 more	12 hr
Aug 27, 4:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Cass, Clay, Jackson, Platte	6 hr
Aug 27, 4:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Jackson	55 min
Aug 27, 5:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Jackson	32 min
Aug 27, 5:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Lafayette	54 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.