Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 16, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2007, 4:11 PM CDT for Bates County, Cass County, Missouri; Miami County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 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
- Apr 25, 2007, 4:11 PM CDT (21:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2007, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Miami County, KS, Bates County, MO, Cass County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 4:24 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 N Drexel, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 1:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 416 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -188 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 555 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 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 252112 TOREAX KSC121-MOC013-037-252145- /O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0016.070425T2111Z-070425T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 411 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN MIAMI COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS NORTHWESTERN BATES COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI SOUTHWESTERN CASS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 406 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 4 MILES SOUTH OF DREXEL...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF LOUISBURG. A TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADIC STORM MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... FREEMAN BY 440 PM CDT. CLEVELAND AND 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PECULIAR BY 445 PM CDT. THE TOWN OF WEST LINE 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 3844 9467 3839 9453 3870 9439 3873 9467 $$ DEROCHE
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KEAX 252135 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 433 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007 KSC121-252143- /O.CAN.KEAX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-070425T2145Z/ MIAMI KS- 433 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MIAMI COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 430 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA ...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. LAT...LON 3842 9462 3839 9453 3870 9439 3872 9461 $$ MOC013-037-252145- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-070425T2145Z/ BATES MO-CASS MO- 433 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN CASS AND NORTHWESTERN BATES COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT... AT 430 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD. THIS FUNNEL CLOUD WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF DREXEL...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FREEMAN AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF CLEVELAND BY 445 PM CDT. THE TOWN OF WEST LINE IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO. 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. LAT...LON 3842 9462 3839 9453 3870 9439 3872 9461 $$ DEROCHE
000 WWUS53 KEAX 252145 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 444 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007 MOC013-037-252154- /O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-070425T2145Z/ BATES MO-CASS MO- 444 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CASS AND NORTHWESTERN BATES COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 445 PM CDT... AT 440 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. LAT...LON 3842 9462 3839 9453 3870 9439 3872 9461 $$ DEROCHE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Lafayette | 28 min |
| Apr 25, 4:27 PM CDT | Flood Watch | EAX | Bates, Carroll, Cass, Chariton, Cooper, Henry and 8 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 25, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass | 43 min |
| Apr 25, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass | 39 min |
| Apr 25, 5:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson | 6 hr |
| Apr 25, 5:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson, Platte | 6 hr |
| Apr 25, 5:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Henry, Johnson | 6 hr |
| Apr 25, 6:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette | 6 hr |
| Apr 25, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn, Miami | 40 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.