Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jan 7, 2008, 2:22 PM CST for Henry County, Missouri. It was in force for 21 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
- Jan 7, 2008, 2:22 PM CST (20:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 7, 2008, 2:43 PM CST
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Henry County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 2:32 PM CST | HAIL 1.75 | 6 S Tightwad, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 1:52 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 146 days |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 203 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 773 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 404 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 396 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KEAX 072023 TOREAX MOC083-072045- /O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0001.080107T2022Z-080107T2045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 222 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 245 PM CST * AT 219 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LOWRY CITY...OR 17 MILES SOUTH OF CLINTON... AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. QUARTER SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN HENRY 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. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL. LAT...LON 3822 9377 3848 9354 3821 9355 3821 9369 TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 229DEG 49KT 3815 9370 $$ DUX
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KEAX 072032
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
230 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008
MOC083-072045-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080107T2045Z/
HENRY MO-
230 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY
UNTIL 245 PM CST...
AT 229 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOWRY CITY...OR 14 MILES WEST
OF WARSAW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN HENRY
COUNTY. IN ADDITION...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AS
IT TRACKS THROUGH THE WARNING AREA.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN PLEASANT HILL.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR
EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3822 9377 3847 9354 3845 9354 3845 9355
3844 9354 3842 9355 3841 9354 3839 9355
3821 9355
TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 229DEG 45KT 3819 9362
$$
DUX000
WWUS53 KEAX 072043
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
242 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008
MOC083-072052-
/O.CAN.KEAX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080107T2045Z/
HENRY MO-
242 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
AT 237 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE
AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN HENRY
COUNTY. HOWEVER...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BENTON
COUNTY.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN PLEASANT HILL.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR
EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3822 9377 3847 9354 3845 9354 3845 9355
3844 9354 3842 9355 3841 9354 3839 9355
3821 9355
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 229DEG 45KT 3829 9348
$$
DUXThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 5:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Johnson | 37 min |
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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.