Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2007, 10:06 PM CST for Johnson County, Missouri. It was in force for 39 min. 6 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
- Feb 28, 2007, 10:06 PM CST (04:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2007, 10:45 PM CST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Johnson County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:05 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 10:14 PM CST | TORNADO | 1 S Kingsville, MO | |
| Feb 28, 10:39 PM CST | HAIL 1.25 | 5 N Warrensburg, MO | |
| Feb 28, 10:40 PM CST | HAIL 1 | 1 N Warrensburg, MO | NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED ALONG WITH 40 MPH WINDS. |
| Feb 28, 10:41 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 60 | Warrensburg, MO | |
| Feb 28, 10:44 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 60 | Warrensburg, MO | 1-2 INCH BRANCHES DOWN. |
| Feb 28, 10:44 PM CST | HAIL 0.75 | Warrensburg, MO | PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED |
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, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 010407 TOREAX MOC101-010445- /O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0008.070301T0406Z-070301T0445Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1006 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL JOHNSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 1045 PM CST * AT 1005 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF EAST LYNNE...OR 8 MILES WEST OF HOLDEN...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... HOLDEN BY 1015 PM CST. WARRENSBURG BY 1040 PM CST. THE TOWN OF CENTERVIEW IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS GREATER THAN 80 MPH TO THE SOUTH OF THE TORNADO TRACK...INCLUDING AREAS NEAR HOLDEN AND 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 3872 9417 3861 9413 3871 9360 3885 9366 $$ BOOKBINDER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KEAX 010424 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1023 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 MOC101-010445- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070301T0445Z/ JOHNSON MO- 1023 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL JOHNSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 1045 PM CST... AT 1020 PM CST...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO JUST SOUTH OF KINGSVILLE AND HAD SINCE LIFTED BACK TO A FUNNEL CLOUD. THIS TORNADIC STORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTHEAST HOLDEN...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CENTERVIEW BY 1030 PM CST. WARRENSBURG BY 1035 PM CST. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3875 9401 3867 9399 3872 9360 3885 9366 $$ BOOKBINDER
000 WWUS53 KEAX 010437 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1036 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 MOC101-010445- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070301T0445Z/ JOHNSON MO- 1036 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL JOHNSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 1045 PM CST... AT 1035 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WARRENSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND ONE MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME PERSONS IN WARRENSBURG SHOULD BE IN SAFE SHELTER NOW AREAS FURTHER NORTH TOWARD FAYETTEVILLE MAY SEE HAIL AS LARGE AS GOLF BALL SIZE WITH THIS SEVERE 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 3877 9392 3869 9388 3872 9360 3885 9366 $$ 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, 9:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Henry, Johnson, Pettis | 65 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, 10:18 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.