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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Kansas City, MO

March 22, 2007Carroll County, Chariton County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 2007, 3:10 AM CDT for Carroll County, Chariton County, Missouri. It was in force for 35 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: Mar 22, 2007, 3:10 AM CDT (08:10 UTC)
Expired: Mar 22, 2007, 3:45 AM CDT
In force: 35 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), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:09 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
Mar 22, 2:59 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 211 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 220811
TOREAX
MOC033-041-220845-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0014.070322T0810Z-070322T0845Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 345 AM CDT

* AT 304 AM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A POSSIBLE       
  TORNADO NEAR BOSWORTH...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF CARROLLTON.       
  DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BRUNSWICK BY 335 AM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF 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.

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 3955 9338 3947 9344 3934 9314 3953 9302

$$

CUTTER

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KEAX 220828
SVSEAX

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

MOC033-220835-
/O.CAN.KEAX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-070322T0845Z/
CARROLL MO-
325 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CARROLL COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

AT 324 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA... 
AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. 
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3953 9302 3939 9312 3942 9314 3944 9324
      3945 9323 3948 9324 3947 9329 3952 9327
      3954 9328 3954 9326

$$

MOC041-220845-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-070322T0845Z/
CHARITON MO-
325 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN CHARITON COUNTY
UNTIL 345 AM CDT...

AT 308 AM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 
NEAR BOSWORTH...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. ALSO HAIL TO THE SIZE OF 
GOLFBALLS WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVED THROUGH BOSWORTH. 

THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN CHARITON
COUNTY.

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 3953 9302 3939 9312 3942 9314 3944 9324
      3945 9323 3948 9324 3947 9329 3952 9327
      3954 9328 3954 9326

$$

CUTTER

000 
WWUS53 KEAX 220845
SVSEAX

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

MOC041-220853-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-070322T0845Z/
CHARITON MO-
343 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2007

...THE PORTION OF THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN CHARITON COUNTY 
WILL EXPIRE AT 345 AM CDT...

AT 339 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED INTO EASTERN 
CHARITON COUNTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE FOR THE FAR WESTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY.

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 3953 9302 3939 9312 3942 9314 3944 9324
      3945 9323 3948 9324 3947 9329 3952 9327
      3954 9328 3954 9326

$$

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, 2:44 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton	31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.