Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2007, 11:13 PM CST for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 47 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
- Feb 28, 2007, 11:13 PM CST (05:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2007, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Cooper County, MO, Howard County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Saline County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:15 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 6:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Feb 28, 7:10 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 2552 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 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 010513 TOREAX MOC053-089-159-195-010600- /O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0011.070301T0513Z-070301T0600Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1113 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN COOPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI SOUTHWESTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI NORTHEASTERN PETTIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI SOUTHEASTERN SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST * AT 1110 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOUSTONIA...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SWEET SPRINGS...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... BOONVILLE BY 1145 PM CST. THE TOWNS OF BLACKWATER...NELSON...LAMINE AND FRANKLIN ARE 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 3897 9338 3883 9325 3891 9270 3910 9279 $$ BOOKBINDER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KEAX 010542 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1140 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 MOC159-010550- /O.CAN.KEAX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-070301T0600Z/ PETTIS MO- 1140 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PETTIS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 1135 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL THE PRIMARY THREATS AT THIS TIME. LAT...LON 3903 9314 3891 9308 3891 9270 3910 9279 $$ MOC053-089-195-010600- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-070301T0600Z/ COOPER MO-HOWARD MO-SALINE MO- 1140 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN SALINE... SOUTHWESTERN HOWARD AND NORTHWESTERN COOPER COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST... AT 1135 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF PILOT GROVE...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARSHALL...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... 7 MILES NORTH OF BOONVILLE BY MIDNIGHT CST. THE TOWNS OF ARROW ROCK...BLACKWATER WILL BE NEAR THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO THROUGH 1145 PM...AND THE TOWN OF FRANKLIN AND NEW FRANKLIN WILL BE AFFECTED AROUND MIDNIGHT. 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 3903 9314 3891 9308 3891 9270 3910 9279 $$ BOOKBINDER
000 WWUS53 KEAX 010559 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1158 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 MOC053-089-195-010608- /O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-070301T0600Z/ COOPER MO-HOWARD MO-SALINE MO- 1158 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SALINE...SOUTHWESTERN HOWARD AND NORTHWESTERN COOPER COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST... AT 1154 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED...AND MOVED INTO HOWARD COUNTY. THE TORNADO THREAT HAS ENDED. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA AFTER 1 AM BEFORE A COLD FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE REGION. THERE REMAINS A SMALL THREAT OF ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER OVERNIGHT...BUT NOTHING IS IMMINENT AT THIS TIME. LAT...LON 3903 9314 3891 9308 3891 9270 3910 9279 $$ BOOKBINDER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 6:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson | 46 min |
| Feb 28, 6:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson | 38 min |
| Feb 28, 7:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson, Platte | 28 min |
| Feb 28, 7:57 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Platte, Ray | 8 hr |
| Feb 28, 7:57 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Platte and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 28, 8:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Bates | 56 min |
| Feb 28, 8:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass | 45 min |
| Feb 28, 8:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Henry, Johnson | 61 min |
| Feb 28, 8:50 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Grundy, Linn, Livingston, Sullivan | 10 hr |
| Feb 28, 9:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cass | 57 min |
| Feb 28, 9:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Henry, Johnson, Pettis | 65 min |
| Feb 28, 9:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Bates, Carroll, Cass, Henry, Jackson, Johnson and 2 more | 10 hr |
| Feb 28, 9:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Bates, Carroll, Cass, Henry, Jackson, Johnson and 2 more | 10 hr |
| Feb 28, 9:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson, Johnson | 34 min |
| Feb 28, 10:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson | 39 min |
| Feb 28, 10:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cooper, Pettis | 29 min |
| Feb 28, 10:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Lafayette | 40 min |
| Feb 28, 10:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson, Pettis | 49 min |
| Feb 28, 10:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Lafayette, Saline | 35 min |
| Mar 1, 10:14 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | EAX | Atchison | 5 hr |
| Mar 1, 12:19 PM CST | Wind Advisory | EAX | Adair, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Clinton and 14 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:41 PM CST | Blowing Snow Advisory | EAX | Andrew, Atchison, Gentry, Holt, Nodaway | 7 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.