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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Kansas City, MO

August 24, 2007Buchanan County, Missouri; Doniphan County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Aug 24, 2007, 4:37 PM CDT for Buchanan County, Missouri; Doniphan County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 24, 2007, 4:37 PM CDT (21:37 UTC)
Expired: Aug 24, 2007, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Doniphan County, KS, Buchanan County, MO

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 91 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1236 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KEAX 242137
TOREAX
KSC043-MOC021-242215-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0028.070824T2137Z-070824T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
437 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN DONIPHAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
  WESTERN BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 432 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
  A CONFIRMED TORNADO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF LANCASTER...OR 15 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF ATCHISON. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING
  EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  DENTON BY 445 PM CDT.
  TROY BY 505 PM CDT.
  WATHENA BY 515 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF SEVERANCE...BENDENA AND DONIPHAN 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.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3964 9494 3963 9509 3965 9512 3965 9532
      3976 9532 3977 9531 3977 9528 3984 9502
      3985 9494

$$

MJ

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KEAX 242151
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
450 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007

KSC043-MOC021-242215-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-070824T2215Z/
DONIPHAN KS-BUCHANAN MO-
450 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN BUCHANAN AND
SOUTHERN DONIPHAN COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT...

AT 448 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DENTON...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF ATCHISON...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TROY BY 510 PM CDT.
  WATHENA BY 515 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF BENDENA AND DONIPHAN ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS
TORNADO.

AT 431 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 1 MILE 
NORTH OF EVEREST KANSAS IN SOUTHEAST BROWN 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.

LAT...LON 3964 9494 3963 9509 3965 9512 3965 9532
      3976 9532 3977 9531 3977 9528 3984 9502
      3985 9494

$$

MJ

000 
WWUS53 KEAX 242214
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
514 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007

KSC043-MOC021-242224-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-070824T2215Z/
DONIPHAN KS-BUCHANAN MO-
514 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME WESTERN BUCHANAN AND SOUTHERN 
DONIPHAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM CDT...

AT 514 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.


LAT...LON 3964 9494 3963 9509 3965 9512 3965 9532
      3976 9532 3977 9531 3977 9528 3984 9502
      3985 9494

$$

MJ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 23, 9:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Andrew, Holt	6 hr
Aug 24, 1:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Andrew, Atchison, Gentry, Harrison, Holt, Mercer and 5 more	6 hr
Aug 24, 1:49 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Nodaway	27 hr
Aug 24, 1:49 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan	57 hr
Aug 24, 1:49 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison, Holt	24 hr
Aug 24, 3:04 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Holt	6 hr
Aug 24, 4:12 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb and 1 more	4 hr
Aug 24, 9:02 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Atchison, Holt, Nodaway	12 hr
Aug 24, 9:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Buchanan	67 hr
Aug 24, 10:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Macon	19 hr
Aug 24, 10:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Linn, Livingston	34 hr
Aug 24, 10:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston	66 hr
Aug 24, 10:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan	23 hr
Aug 24, 10:22 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Adair, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer, Putnam and 3 more	12 hr
Aug 24, 5:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Platte	39 min
Aug 24, 5:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Buchanan	3 hr
Aug 24, 5:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	DeKalb	3 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.