Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 2007, 3:31 AM CDT for Chariton County, Missouri. It was in force for 29 min. 1 report 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, 3:31 AM CDT (08:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2007, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Chariton County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 3:39 AM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Keytesville, MO |
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 22, 2:59 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 235 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KEAX 220832 TOREAX MOC041-220900- /O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0015.070322T0831Z-070322T0900Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 331 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN CHARITON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 400 AM CDT * AT 329 AM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR BRUNSWICK...OR 15 MILES WEST OF SALISBURY. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... KEYTESVILLE BY 345 AM CDT. SALISBURY BY 400 AM CDT. THE TOWN OF DALTON IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM. THIS STORM HAS ALREADY DOWNED POWERLINES AND BROUGHT GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL TO THE CITY OF BOSWORTH. 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 9308 3940 9315 3930 9283 3951 9271 $$ CUTTER
2 follow-up statements
000 WFUS53 KEAX 220837 CCA TOREAX MOC041-220900- /O.COR.KEAX.TO.W.0015.070322T0831Z-070322T0900Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 331 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN CHARITON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 400 AM CDT * AT 308 AM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR BOSWORTH. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... KEYTESVILLE BY 345 AM CDT. SALISBURY BY 400 AM CDT. THE TOWN OF DALTON IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM. THIS STORM HAS ALSO DOWNED POWERLINES AND BROUGHT GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL TO THE CITY OF BOSWORTH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL. LAT...LON 3953 9308 3940 9315 3930 9283 3951 9271 $$ CUTTER
000 WWUS53 KEAX 220859 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 359 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2007 MOC041-220909- /O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-070322T0900Z/ CHARITON MO- 359 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CHARITON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 400 AM CDT... AT 359 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 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 9308 3940 9315 3930 9283 3951 9271 $$ MJ
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, 3:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton | 35 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.