Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2007, 5:07 PM CST for Johnson County, Missouri. It was in force for 23 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
- Feb 24, 2007, 5:07 PM CST (23:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2007, 5:30 PM CST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Johnson County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 5:18 PM CST | TORNADO | 2 S Holden, MO | DAMAGE TO A HOUSE AND OUTBUILDINGS. POWER LINES DOWN. |
| Feb 24, 5:21 PM CST | TORNADO | 2 Ne Holden, MO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 1073 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 396 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 392 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KEAX 242308 TOREAX MOC101-242330- /O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0001.070224T2307Z-070224T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 507 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 530 PM CST * AT 503 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH INTENSE ROTATION 6 MILES SOUTH OF HOLDEN. THIS DANGEROUS STORM IS IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS CONDUCIVE TO PRODUCING BRIEF SMALL TORNADOES. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... HOLDEN BY 515 PM CST. THE TOWN OF PITTSVILLE IS 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 3862 9406 3861 9398 3888 9380 3889 9401 $$ BOOKBINDER
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KEAX 242320 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 517 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 MOC101-242330- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070224T2330Z/ JOHNSON MO- 517 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 530 PM CST... AT 512 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH INTENSE ROTATION JUST EAST OF HOLDEN. AT 510 PM...JOHNSON COUNTY SHERRIFFS OFFICE RELAYED SEVERAL UNCONFIRMED REPORTS OF A TORNADO IN THAT VICINITY. THIS DANGEROUS STORM IS MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH AND WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY...PASSING ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF PITTSVILLE. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3869 9403 3867 9395 3888 9380 3889 9396 $$ BOOKBINDER
000 WWUS53 KEAX 242329 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 527 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 MOC101-242330- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070224T2330Z/ JOHNSON MO- 527 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 530 PM CST... AT 522 PM CST...AN OFF DUTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE AND JOHNSON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OBSERVED A TORNADO THAT HAS PRODUCED DAMAGE NEAR HOLDEN. THIS TORNADO HAS SINCE LIFTED AND A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS BEING OBSERVED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PITTSVILLE AT 526 PM. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS THAT THIS STORM IS WEAKENING QUICKLY AND ITS TORNADO POTENTIAL WILL LIKELY DIMINISH ENTIRELY IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MINUTES. LAT...LON 3879 9399 3875 9388 3888 9380 3889 9401 $$ BOOKBINDER
000 WWUS53 KEAX 242334 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 534 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 MOC101-242344- /O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070224T2330Z/ JOHNSON MO- 534 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... AT 532 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PRODUCED THE TORNADO HAS MERGED WITH OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. TO REPORT TORNADO DAMAGE...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL. LAT...LON 3879 9399 3875 9388 3888 9380 3889 9401 $$ BOOKBINDER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 3:40 AM CST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | EAX | Andrew, Atchison, Gentry, Harrison, Holt, Nodaway and 1 more | 29 hr |
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.