Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 70, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Sep 21, 2006, 8:12 PM CDT for Linn County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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
- Sep 21, 2006, 8:12 PM CDT (01:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2006, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Linn County, KS
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 1003 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 981 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1228 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KEAX 220113 TOREAX KSC107-220145- /O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0070.060922T0112Z-060922T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 812 PM CDT THU SEP 21 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 808 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLUE MOUND...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOUND CITY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF PRESCOTT BY 820 PM CDT. PLEASANTON BY 825 PM CDT. 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 3803 9507 3803 9471 3831 9456 3830 9496 $$ NRR
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KEAX 220125 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 825 PM CDT THU SEP 21 2006 KSC107-220145- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0070.000000T0000Z-060922T0145Z/ LINN KS- 825 PM CDT THU SEP 21 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LINN COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM CDT... AT 823 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOUND CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF LINN COUNTY. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL. LAT...LON 3803 9507 3803 9471 3831 9456 3830 9496 $$ NRR
000 WWUS53 KEAX 220141 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 840 PM CDT THU SEP 21 2006 KSC107-220150- /O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0070.000000T0000Z-060922T0145Z/ LINN KS- 840 PM CDT THU SEP 21 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LINN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM CDT... AT 839 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND BECOME SIGNIFICANTLY LESS ORGANIZED. THE STORM NO LONGER POSES 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 3803 9507 3803 9471 3831 9456 3830 9496 $$ NRR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson | 37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.