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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Kansas City, MO

October 17, 2007Saline County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Oct 17, 2007, 4:45 PM CDT for Saline County, Missouri. It was in force for 45 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: Oct 17, 2007, 4:45 PM CDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired: Oct 17, 2007, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Saline County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 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 (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 209 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: 49 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -212 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 667 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 356 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 339 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 172145
TOREAX
MOC195-172230-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0031.071017T2145Z-071017T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
445 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 440 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CONCORDIA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MALTA BEND BY 500 PM CDT.
  MARSHALL BY 505 PM CDT.
  6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SLATER BY 520 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF MOUNT LEONARD AND MIAMI 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 3940 9316 3924 9294 3899 9339 3908 9350
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 225DEG 35KT 3904 9345

$$

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2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KEAX 172210
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
508 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007

MOC195-172230-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-071017T2230Z/
SALINE MO-
508 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN SALINE COUNTY
UNTIL 530 PM CDT...

AT 504 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MALTA BEND...OR 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
MARSHALL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM HAS RESTRENGTHENED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE 
PAST 10 MINUTES. TORNADO DEVELOPMENT ONCE AGAIN APPEARS LIKELY OVER 
NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF SALINE COUNTY BETWEEN SLATER AND SHARON.

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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

LAT...LON 3938 9313 3927 9299 3911 9328 3919 9338
      3926 9332 3930 9326 3931 9326 3940 9316
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 225DEG 35KT 3920 9324

$$

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000 
WWUS53 KEAX 172232
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
531 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007

MOC195-172241-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-071017T2230Z/
SALINE MO-
531 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN SALINE COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE...

AT 528 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED NORTHEAST 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.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH GUSTY WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL 
CAPABLE OF FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENIN HOURS. AT 
THIS TIME...THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL TORNADIC DEVELOPMENT HAS ENDED 
FOR SALINE COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3938 9313 3927 9299 3911 9328 3919 9338
      3926 9332 3930 9326 3931 9326 3940 9316
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 225DEG 35KT 3921 9322

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 17, 8:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb, Gentry and 3 more	4 hr
Oct 17, 10:57 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan	12 hr
Oct 17, 10:57 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Ray	29 hr
Oct 17, 2:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates	51 min
Oct 17, 2:58 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	8 hr
Oct 17, 2:58 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	8 hr
Oct 17, 3:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Platte	4 hr
Oct 17, 3:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Johnson	38 min
Oct 17, 4:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline	50 min
Oct 17, 4:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Henry, Johnson	6 hr
Oct 17, 5:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Buchanan	2 hr
Oct 17, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Henry, Johnson, Pettis	41 min
Oct 17, 5:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Chariton	43 min
Oct 17, 5:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Henry, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline	6 hr
Oct 17, 6:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Pettis, Saline	41 min
Oct 17, 6:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Chariton, Linn, Macon, Saline	6 hr
Oct 17, 6:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Adair, Macon	41 min
Oct 17, 6:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Adair, Linn, Macon, Putnam, Schuyler	6 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.