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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Kansas City, MO

March 22, 2007Carroll County, Chariton County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 2007, 2:44 AM CDT for Carroll County, Chariton County, Missouri. It was in force for 31 min. 3 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 22, 2007, 2:44 AM CDT (07:44 UTC)
Expired: Mar 22, 2007, 3:15 AM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Carroll County, MO, Chariton County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 22, 3:05 AM CDT	HAIL 2	Bosworth, MO	HAIL LARGER THAN GOLFBALLS REPORTED
Mar 22, 3:08 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 W Bosworth, MO	FOUR INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN...POWER LINES DOWN AND TIN PEELED OFF A BARN. NO EVIDENCE OF TORNADO DAMAGE.
Mar 22, 3:08 AM CDT	TORNADO	3 W Bosworth, MO	SPOTTER REPORTED A DAMAGE PATH AROUND ONE AND A HALF MILES WITH NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS DOWN ALONG WITH SNAPPED POWER POLES...AND DAMAGE TO ONE BARN ROOF.

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 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 198 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: 1474 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1236 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 231 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 4.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KEAX 220744
TOREAX
MOC033-041-220815-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0013.070322T0744Z-070322T0815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
244 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
  WESTERN CHARITON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 315 AM CDT

* AT 240 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTH OF CARROLLTON...AND MOVING EAST AT
  35 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BOSWORTH BY 300 AM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF TINA...TRIPLETT AND DE WITT 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 3959 9361 3949 9366 3935 9321 3954 9312

$$

CUTTER

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KEAX 220800
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
258 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2007

MOC033-041-220815-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070322T0815Z/
CARROLL MO-CHARITON MO-
258 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN CHARITON AND
NORTHERN CARROLL COUNTIES UNTIL 315 AM CDT...

AT 248 AM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 3 MILES 
SOUTHWEST OF TINA SNAPPING POWERLINES...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BOSWORTH BY 310 AM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF DE WITT AND TRIPLETT ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS
TORNADO.

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 3959 9361 3949 9366 3935 9321 3954 9312

$$

CUTTER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 22, 2:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Livingston	46 min
Mar 22, 3:10 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton	35 min
Mar 22, 3:31 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Chariton	29 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.