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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Aug 8, 2007, 6:58 PM CDT for Atchison County, Nodaway County, Missouri. It was in force for 32 min. 2 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
- Aug 8, 2007, 6:58 PM CDT (23:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2007, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Atchison County, MO, Nodaway County, MO
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 7:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Burlington Jct, MO | |
| Aug 8, 7:19 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 61 | Maryville, MO | MEASURED GUST AT MARYVILLE AIRPORT /KEVU/ AWOS. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 341 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -250 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 900 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KEAX 082359 TOREAX MOC005-147-090030- /O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0025.070808T2358Z-070809T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 658 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN ATCHISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI NORTHWESTERN NODAWAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 645 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO JUST NORTH OF FAIRFAX. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... BURLINGTON JUNCTION BY 715 PM CDT. 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARYVILLE BY 730 PM CDT. THE TOWNS OF QUITMAN...CLEARMONT AND PICKERING 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 4047 9532 4029 9528 4033 9480 4056 9484 $$ DEROCHE
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KEAX 090017 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 717 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2007 MOC005-090027- /O.CAN.KEAX.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-070809T0030Z/ ATCHISON MO- 717 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ATCHISON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 711 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA ...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED. LAT...LON 4047 9518 4029 9518 4033 9480 4056 9484 $$ MOC147-090030- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-070809T0030Z/ NODAWAY MO- 717 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN NODAWAY COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM CDT... AT 711 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BURLINGTON JUNCTION...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN NODAWAY 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 4047 9518 4029 9518 4033 9480 4056 9484 $$ DEROCHE
000 WWUS53 KEAX 090026 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 726 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2007 MOC147-090036- /O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-070809T0030Z/ NODAWAY MO- 726 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN NODAWAY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM CDT... AT 721 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL. LAT...LON 4047 9518 4029 9518 4033 9480 4056 9484 $$ DEROCHE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 12:09 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Atchison, Gentry, Harrison, Mercer, Nodaway, Worth | 6 hr |
| Aug 8, 6:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Atchison, Gentry, Harrison, Holt, Nodaway, Worth | 4 hr |
| Aug 8, 7:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Nodaway | 8 hr |
| Aug 8, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Nodaway | 36 min |
| Aug 8, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Atchison, Nodaway | 25 min |
| Aug 8, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Holt | 47 min |
| Aug 8, 6:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Atchison, Nodaway | 6 hr |
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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.