Tornado Warning 16, NWS Kansas City, MO

Issued

Jun 5, 2008, 6:22 PM CDT (23:22 UTC)

Expired

Jun 5, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT

In force

38 min

Issued by

NWS Kansas City, MO

Area

Storm-based polygon

County Atchison County, MO

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

000 
WFUS53 KEAX 052325
TOREAX
MOC005-060000-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0016.080605T2322Z-080606T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
622 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN ATCHISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 618 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF TABLE ROCK...OR 27 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF FALLS CITY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 48 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF   
  NORTHWESTERN ATCHISON COUNTY. IT WILL ALSO PASS OVER INTERSTATE 
  29 BETWEEN MILE MARKER 110...NORTH TO THE IOWA STATE LINE 
  BETWEEN 640 AND 700 PM.  

DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER. OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE 
PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES BLOCK 
TRAFFIC AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT OF THE STORMS PATH AND 
TO SHELTER. IF YOU CANNOT DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...GET OUT OF 
YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AS A LAST RESORT.

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 4059 9546 4043 9567 4048 9569 4053 9566
      4056 9567 4052 9571 4053 9575 4059 9577
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 223DEG 42KT 4031 9599

$$

DB

000 
WWUS53 KEAX 052345
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
642 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

MOC005-060000-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-080606T0000Z/
ATCHISON MO-
642 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN ATCHISON
COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT...

AT 633 PM CDT...NEMAHA COUNTY NEBRASKA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED 
A TORNADO 1 MILE SOUTH OF JOHNSON...NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF 
HIGHWAYS 136 AND 105. THIS TORNADIC STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 
MPH AND ON ITS CURRENT TRACK WILL LIKELY REMAIN JUST NORTHWEST OF 
THE MISSOURI BORDER...TRACKING FROM SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA INTO EXTREME 
SOUTHWEST IOWA. 

HOWEVER...DAMAGING STRAIGHTLINE WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 60 MPH ARE 
STILL LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF ATCHISON COUNTY AND ADDITIONAL TORNADIC 
DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE. 

THIS TORNADO IS LIKELY OBSCURED BY RAIN AND MAY NOT BE VISIBLE. TAKE
COVER IN SAFE SHELTER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT
MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

LAT...LON 4059 9546 4043 9567 4048 9569 4053 9566
      4056 9567 4052 9571 4053 9575 4059 9577
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 213DEG 37KT 4052 9592

$$

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