Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2007, 9:25 PM CST for Henry County, Johnson County, Pettis County, Missouri. It was in force for 65 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
- Feb 28, 2007, 9:25 PM CST (03:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2007, 10:30 PM CST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Henry County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Pettis County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 9:54 PM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | Leeton, MO |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 7:10 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2552 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 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 010326 TOREAX MOC083-101-159-010430- /O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0007.070301T0325Z-070301T0430Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 925 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI SOUTHWESTERN PETTIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 1030 PM CST * AT 921 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CONFIRMED TORNADO NEAR CHILHOWEE...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF HOLDEN. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. STORM SPOTTERS RECENTLY OBSERVED A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN JUST SOUTH OF BLAIRSTOWN OR NORTHEAST OF CREIGHTON. RECENT REPORTS INDICATE A FUNNEL CLOUD IN THE VICINITY. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... LEETON BY 945 PM CST. 7 MILES SOUTH OF WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE BY 1010 PM CST. GREEN RIDGE BY 1020 PM CST. 8 MILES SOUTH OF LA MONTE BY 1025 PM CST. IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE WILL TRACK ACROSS SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF WARRENSBURG. 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 3865 9385 3849 9380 3857 9326 3880 9334 $$ BOOKBINDER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KEAX 010344 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 942 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 MOC083-010352- /O.CAN.KEAX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070301T0430Z/ HENRY MO- 942 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR HENRY COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 941 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED NORTHEAST OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING FOR EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. LAT...LON 3865 9380 3856 9372 3857 9326 3880 9334 $$ MOC101-159-010430- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070301T0430Z/ JOHNSON MO-PETTIS MO- 942 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN PETTIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 1030 PM CST... AT 941 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LEETON...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF WINDSOR... MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES SOUTH OF WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE BY 955 PM CST. GREEN RIDGE BY 1000 PM CST. LA MONTE BY 1005 PM CST. IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE WILL TRACK VERY CLOSE TO JUST SOUTH OF WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE. 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 3865 9380 3856 9372 3857 9326 3880 9334 $$ BOOKBINDER
000 WWUS53 KEAX 010358 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 957 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 MOC101-159-010430- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070301T0430Z/ JOHNSON MO-PETTIS MO- 957 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN PETTIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND EASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 1030 PM CST... AT 955 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR LEETON. THIS TORNADIC STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE DEVELOPING TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES SOUTH OF LA MONTE BY 1005 PM CST. LARGE HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE WILL TRACK FROM NEAR WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE TO JUST SOUTH OF LA MONTE. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3870 9363 3860 9357 3861 9327 3880 9334 $$ BOOKBINDER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 6:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson | 46 min |
| Feb 28, 6:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson | 38 min |
| Feb 28, 7:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson, Platte | 28 min |
| Feb 28, 7:57 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Platte, Ray | 8 hr |
| Feb 28, 7:57 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Platte and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 28, 8:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Bates | 56 min |
| Feb 28, 8:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass | 45 min |
| Feb 28, 8:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Henry, Johnson | 61 min |
| Feb 28, 8:50 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Grundy, Linn, Livingston, Sullivan | 10 hr |
| Feb 28, 9:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cass | 57 min |
| Feb 28, 9:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Bates, Carroll, Cass, Henry, Jackson, Johnson and 2 more | 10 hr |
| Feb 28, 9:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Bates, Carroll, Cass, Henry, Jackson, Johnson and 2 more | 10 hr |
| Feb 28, 9:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson, Johnson | 34 min |
| Feb 28, 10:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson | 39 min |
| Feb 28, 10:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cooper, Pettis | 29 min |
| Feb 28, 10:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Lafayette | 40 min |
| Feb 28, 10:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson, Pettis | 49 min |
| Feb 28, 10:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Lafayette, Saline | 35 min |
| Feb 28, 11:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard, Pettis, Saline | 47 min |
| Mar 1, 10:14 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | EAX | Atchison | 5 hr |
| Mar 1, 12:19 PM CST | Wind Advisory | EAX | Adair, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Clinton and 14 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:41 PM CST | Blowing Snow Advisory | EAX | Andrew, Atchison, Gentry, Holt, Nodaway | 7 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.