Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 12, 2006, 2:00 PM CST for Johnson County, Wyandotte County, Kansas; Platte County, Missouri. It was in force for 30 min. 2 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, 2:00 PM CST (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2006, 2:30 PM CST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Johnson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Platte County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 2:00 PM CST | HAIL 1.75 | Bonner Springs, KS | I-70 AND K7, ALONG WITH K7 AND KANSAS AVE GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL. |
| Mar 12, 2:15 PM CST | HAIL 0.88 | Northmoor, MO | DIME TO NICKEL |
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, 11:49 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 74 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 122001 TOREAX KSC091-209-MOC165-122030- /O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0008.060312T2000Z-060312T2030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 200 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN PLATTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI NORTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS WYANDOTTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS * UNTIL 230 PM CST * AT 156 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SHAWNEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... KANSAS CITY BY 205 PM CST. RIVERSIDE AND PARKVILLE BY 210 PM CST. HOUSTON LAKE...LAKE WAUKOMIS AND PLATTE WOODS BY 215 PM CST. IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...VERY LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE WILL CONTINUE TO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM FROM BONNER SPRINGS TO KANSAS CITY KANSAS TO RIVERSIDE. 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 3907 9494 3897 9488 3910 9455 3926 9466 $$ BOOKBINDER
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KEAX 122014 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 214 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 KSC091-209-MOC165-122030- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060312T2030Z/ WYANDOTTE KS-JOHNSON KS-PLATTE MO- 214 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN PLATTE... NORTHERN JOHNSON AND WYANDOTTE COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM CST... AT 213 PM...LOCAL TELEVISION HELICOPTER FOOTAGE SHOWED A WELL DEFINED FUNNEL CLOUD WITH THIS STORM. A TORNADO MAY TOUCH DOWN AT ANY TIME PERSONS IN DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW IN ADDITION...VERY LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE IS EXPECTED FROM KANSAS CITY KANSAS TO RIVERSIDE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3907 9494 3897 9488 3910 9455 3926 9466 $$ BOOKBINDER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 8:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 35 min |
| Mar 12, 8:18 AM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth | 27 min |
| Mar 12, 8:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Wyandotte | 38 min |
| Mar 12, 8:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Leavenworth | 34 min |
| Mar 12, 9:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan | 33 min |
| Mar 12, 10:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Leavenworth | 30 min |
| Mar 12, 1:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 64 min |
| Mar 12, 1:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Linn | 38 min |
| Mar 12, 2:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Linn, Miami | 52 min |
| Mar 12, 2:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Wyandotte | 29 min |
| Mar 12, 2:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 25 min |
| Mar 12, 2:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Linn | 41 min |
| Mar 12, 4:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Wyandotte | 37 min |
| Mar 12, 4:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 19 min |
| Mar 12, 8:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson, Lafayette, Ray | 31 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, 10:26 AM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Chariton, Randolph | 34 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, 2:43 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, 4:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Randolph | 24 min |
| Mar 12, 4:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Clinton | 20 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.