Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 27, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Aug 16, 2007, 2:54 PM CDT for Carroll County, Saline County, Missouri. It was in force for 36 min. 3 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 16, 2007, 2:54 PM CDT (19:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2007, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Carroll County, MO, Saline County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:56 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 3:05 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 S Carrollton, MO | DELAYED REPORT RECEIVED FROM PUBLIC VIA BROADCAST MEDIA. EXACT TIME AND LOCATION ESTIMATED. NO DAMAGE NOTED. |
| Aug 16, 3:10 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 5 S Carrollton, MO | DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED FOR 5 MIN 5 MILES SOUTH OF CARROLLTON, WITH HVY RAIN, LOTS OF LIGHTNING AND STRONG WINDS. |
| Aug 16, 3:20 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Malta Bend, MO | PUBLIC REPORT OF DIME SIZE HAIL, HIGH WINDS, HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 345 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -273 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1998 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 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 161954 TOREAX MOC033-195-162030- /O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0027.070816T1954Z-070816T2030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 254 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI NORTHWESTERN SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 330 PM CDT * AT 251 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WAVERLY...OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF CARROLLTON... AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... MALTA BEND BY 320 PM CDT. THE TOWNS OF WAKENDA...GRAND PASS AND MOUNT LEONARD 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. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. LAT...LON 3939 9349 3929 9360 3907 9338 3922 9312 $$ 21
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KEAX 162007 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 307 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2007 MOC033-195-162030- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-070816T2030Z/ SALINE MO-CARROLL MO- 307 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN CARROLL AND NORTHWESTERN SALINE COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM CDT... AT 305 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WAVERLY...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF CARROLLTON... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... MALTA BEND BY 320 PM CDT. THE TOWN OF MOUNT LEONARD IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. LAT...LON 3934 9337 3925 9355 3907 9338 3922 9312 $$ 21
000 WWUS53 KEAX 162030 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 330 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2007 MOC033-195-162040- /O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-070816T2030Z/ SALINE MO-CARROLL MO- 330 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CARROLL AND NORTHWESTERN SALINE COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... AT 328 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. GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL REMAIN POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI. LAT...LON 3934 9337 3925 9355 3907 9338 3922 9312 $$ 21
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 4:58 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | EAX | Bates, Cass, Clay, Cooper, Henry, Howard and 6 more | 26 hr |
| Aug 16, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass | 28 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.