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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Kansas City, MO

February 28, 2007Cooper County, Pettis County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2007, 10:18 PM CST for Cooper County, Pettis County, Missouri. It was in force for 29 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
Feb 28, 2007, 10:18 PM CST (04:18 UTC)
Expired
Feb 28, 2007, 10:47 PM CST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Cooper County, MO, Pettis County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 28, 7:10 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 218 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2007-03-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2007-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KEAX 010418
TOREAX
MOC053-159-010500-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0009.070301T0418Z-070301T0500Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1018 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN COOPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  CENTRAL PETTIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1100 PM CST

* AT 1015 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS 
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTHWEST SEDALIA...AND MOVING 
  EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PILOT GROVE BY 1040 PM CST.
  BUNCETON BY 1045 PM CST.

ALTHOUGH RADAR SHOWS THIS STORM APPEARS TO BE WEAKENING...SUPERCELL 
THUNDERSTORMS CAN OFTEN PRODUCE TORNADOES...SOMETIMES STRONG...IN 
THEIR DECAYING STAGE.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

LAT...LON 3881 9338 3870 9331 3874 9275 3894 9284

$$

BOOKBINDER
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KEAX 010447
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1047 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007

MOC053-159-010457-
/O.CAN.KEAX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070301T0500Z/
PETTIS MO-COOPER MO-
1047 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN COOPER AND CENTRAL PETTIS COUNTIES
IS CANCELLED...

AT 1045 PM CST...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 IS CANCELLED.

HOWEVER...ANOTHER TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM NEAR WARRENSBURG WILL MOVE 
INTO NORTHWEST PETTIS COUNTY AROUND 11 PM. ADDITIONAL SEVERE 
WEATHER...INCLUDING TORNADOES...IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING FOR EAST 
CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3881 9338 3870 9331 3874 9275 3894 9284

$$

BOOKBINDER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 28, 6:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Jackson46 min
Feb 28, 6:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson38 min
Feb 28, 7:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Platte28 min
Feb 28, 7:57 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEAXClay, Clinton, Jackson, Platte, Ray8 hr
Feb 28, 7:57 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEAXCaldwell, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Platte and 1 more8 hr
Feb 28, 8:04 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXBates56 min
Feb 28, 8:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Cass45 min
Feb 28, 8:44 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry, Johnson61 min
Feb 28, 8:50 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Grundy, Linn, Livingston, Sullivan10 hr
Feb 28, 9:18 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXCass57 min
Feb 28, 9:25 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXHenry, Johnson, Pettis65 min
Feb 28, 9:30 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEAXBates, Carroll, Cass, Henry, Jackson, Johnson and 2 more10 hr
Feb 28, 9:30 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEAXBates, Carroll, Cass, Henry, Jackson, Johnson and 2 more10 hr
Feb 28, 9:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Jackson, Johnson34 min
Feb 28, 10:06 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXJohnson39 min
Feb 28, 10:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Lafayette40 min
Feb 28, 10:41 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXJohnson, Pettis49 min
Feb 28, 10:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLafayette, Saline35 min
Feb 28, 11:13 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXCooper, Howard, Pettis, Saline47 min
Mar 1, 10:14 AM CSTWinter Storm WarningEAXAtchison5 hr
Mar 1, 12:19 PM CSTWind AdvisoryEAXAdair, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Clinton and 14 more10 hr
Mar 1, 3:41 PM CSTBlowing Snow AdvisoryEAXAndrew, Atchison, Gentry, Holt, Nodaway7 hr

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Missouri, 2007Every tornado warning in 2007Tornadoes in 2007

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.