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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 7, 2007Caldwell County, Daviess County, Livingston County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2007, 3:35 PM CDT for Caldwell County, Daviess County, Livingston County, Missouri. It was in force for 25 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
Jun 7, 2007, 3:35 PM CDT (20:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2007, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Caldwell County, MO, Daviess County, MO, Livingston County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 7, 3:37 PM CDTHAIL 15 Se Hamilton, MOIN ADDITION TO HAIL...WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED AT 65 MPH

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 7, 1:54 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 181 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2007-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1138 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2007-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 321 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1138 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
934 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
321 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
395 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.2
Supercell composite
7.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KEAX 072035
TOREAX
MOC025-061-117-072100-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0021.070607T2035Z-070607T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
335 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
  SOUTHEASTERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
  LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 332 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HAMILTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BRECKENRIDGE BY 340 PM CDT.
  UTICA BY 350 PM CDT.
  CHILLICOTHE BY 355 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF LOCK SPRINGS...MOORESVILLE...SPRING HILL AND CHULA 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 3977 9404 3966 9397 3967 9337 3995 9348

$$

PC
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KEAX 072047
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
345 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

MOC025-061-117-072100-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070607T2100Z/
CALDWELL MO-LIVINGSTON MO-DAVIESS MO-
345 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN DAVIESS...
LIVINGSTON AND NORTHEASTERN CALDWELL COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT...

AT 342 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRECKENRIDGE...OR 12 MILES WEST OF
CHILLICOTHE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  UTICA BY 350 PM CDT.
  CHILLICOTHE BY 355 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF SPRING HILL AND CHULA ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS
TORNADO.

A SECOND THUNDERSTORM IN THE SAME AREA THAT WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL 
OF PRODUCING WINDS TO 60 MPH AND HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS WILL MOVE 
FROM NORTHEAST OF KINGSTON TO SOUTH OF BRECKENRIDGE BY 355 PM. 

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3977 9404 3966 9397 3967 9337 3995 9348

$$

PC
000 
WWUS53 KEAX 072058
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
354 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

MOC025-061-117-072100-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070607T2100Z/
CALDWELL MO-LIVINGSTON MO-DAVIESS MO-
354 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN DAVIESS...
LIVINGSTON AND NORTHEASTERN CALDWELL COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT...

AT 352 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR UTICA...OR 6 MILES WEST OF CHILLICOTHE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NORTH OF
  CHILLICOTHE BY 400 PM CDT.

THIS STORM PRODUCED ONE INCH HAIL AND WINDS TO 65 MPH FIVE MILES 
SOUTHEAST OF HAMILTON AT 337 PM.

AN ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING SOUTH OF 
BRECKENRIDGE WITH THE POTENTIAL OF HAIL THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND 
GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3977 9404 3966 9397 3967 9337 3995 9348

$$

PC
000 
WWUS53 KEAX 072103
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
403 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

MOC025-061-117-072113-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070607T2100Z/
CALDWELL MO-LIVINGSTON MO-DAVIESS MO-
403 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DAVIESS...LIVINGSTON AND
NORTHEASTERN CALDWELL COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

AT 401 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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN PLEASANT HILL.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3977 9404 3966 9397 3967 9337 3995 9348

$$

PC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Clinton, Daviess45 min
Jun 7, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPutnam23 min
Jun 7, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Ray36 min
Jun 7, 4:29 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXRay31 min
Jun 7, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAdair, Linn, Macon, Sullivan43 min
Jun 7, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Jackson35 min
Jun 7, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Ray42 min
Jun 7, 5:53 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton37 min
Jun 7, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton30 min
Jun 7, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton36 min
Jun 7, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Lafayette, Ray35 min
Jun 7, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Jackson40 min
Jun 7, 6:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXClay6 hr
Jun 7, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Saline36 min
Jun 7, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Macon24 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.