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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 5, 2008Atchison County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2008, 6:57 PM CDT for Atchison County, Missouri. It was in force for 33 min. 2 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: Jun 5, 2008, 6:57 PM CDT (23:57 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2008, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Atchison County, MO

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:59 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
Jun 5, 7:09 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Rockport, MO
Jun 5, 7:23 PM CDT	TORNADO	6 E Rockport, MO	MULTIPLE TORNADOES ON THE GROUND

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
Jun 5, 4:50 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 123 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 114 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -451 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1354 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 200 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 6.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KEAX 052359
TOREAX
MOC005-060030-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0017.080605T2357Z-080606T0030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 651 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXTREME 
  DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND EMBEDDED TORNADOES. LAW 
  ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED A TORNADO NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF WATSON. A 
  SECOND STRONG CIRCULATION WAS DETECTED BY RADAR ABOUT 3 MILES
  SOUTHEST OF NEMAHA NEBRASKA.  THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WERE LOCATED 
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WATSON TO 5 MILES WEST OF FALLS CITY   
  NEBRASKA...AND RACING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  FAIRFAX BY 700 PM CDT.
  TARKIO BY 710 PM CDT.

THE TOWN OF WESTBORO IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THESE TORNADIC STORMS.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE 
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS UP TO 70 MPH. 

THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF THE PREVIOUS TORNADO WARNING AND THIS STORM 
HAS AN EXTENSIVE HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER NOW

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 9550 4059 9523 4048 9522 4047 9518
      4028 9519 4027 9528 4027 9556 4059 9573
      4060 9566 4060 9551
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 218DEG 49KT 4062 9557 4036 9557

$$

BOOKBINDER

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KEAX 060013
SVSEAX

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

MOC005-060030-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-080606T0030Z/
ATCHISON MO-
712 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ATCHISON COUNTY UNTIL 730
PM CDT...

AT 710 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING 
STRAIGHTLINE WINDS AND EMBEDDED TORNADOES. THE MOST DANGEROUS 
PORTION OF THIS LINE TRACKING ACROSS ATCHISON COUNTY MISSOURI WAS 
JUST NORTH OF ROCKPORT AS OF 710 PM. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING RAPIDLY 
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WALNUT 
SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS 
JUST REPORTED IN ROCKPORT. SEEK SHELTER NOW

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 9550 4059 9523 4048 9522 4047 9518
      4028 9519 4027 9528 4027 9556 4059 9573
      4060 9566 4060 9551
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 218DEG 38KT 4048 9548

$$

BOOKBINDER

000 
WWUS53 KEAX 060025
SVSEAX

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

MOC005-060030-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-080606T0030Z/
ATCHISON MO-
723 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ATCHISON COUNTY UNTIL 730
PM CDT...

AT 723 PM CDT...ROCKPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED SEVERAL TORNADOES 
ON THE GROUND 6 MILES EAST OF ROCKPORT. RADAR CONTINUED TO OBSERVE 
STRONG ROTATION IN THIS AREA...AND THE THREAT OF TORNADOES WILL 
CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST ATCHISON COUNTY. 

THIS TORNADIC STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND PERSONS IN 
THE COMMUNITY OF WESTBORO TOWARD THE IOWA BORDER SHOULD SEEK SAFE 
SHELTER NOW THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING 
SITUATION. 

FOR PERSONS FURTHER SOUTH...ANOTHER TORNADIC STORM WAS LOCATED IN 
BROWN COUNTY KANSAS AND WILL TRACK TOWARD SOUTHERN ATCHISON COUNTY 
IN THE NEXT HOUR. ADDITIONAL WARNINGS ARE LIKELY.

LAT...LON 4059 9550 4059 9523 4048 9522 4047 9518
      4028 9519 4027 9528 4027 9556 4059 9573
      4060 9566 4060 9551
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 218DEG 38KT 4057 9539

$$

BOOKBINDER

000 
WWUS53 KEAX 060032
SVSEAX

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

MOC005-060041-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-080606T0030Z/
ATCHISON MO-
731 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ATCHISON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

AT 728 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED INTO IOWA.  
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ATCHISON COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED 
TO EXPIRE.

HOWEVER...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT. 
ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING TORNADOES...IS LIKELY. 
TORNADIC STORMS ARE TRACKING TOWARD ATCHISON COUNTY FROM BROWN 
COUNTY KANSAS AND ADDITIONAL TORNADO WARNINGS WILL SOON BE NEEDED 
FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF ATCHISON COUNTY.

LAT...LON 4059 9550 4059 9523 4048 9522 4047 9518
      4028 9519 4027 9528 4027 9556 4059 9573
      4060 9566 4060 9551
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 218DEG 38KT 4059 9537

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 9:53 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Saline	19 days
Jun 4, 10:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Howard	19 days
Jun 4, 10:50 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Saline	19 hr
Jun 5, 12:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison	44 min
Jun 5, 1:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Atchison	6 hr
Jun 5, 3:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Holt, Nodaway	66 hr
Jun 5, 3:19 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	EAX	Andrew, Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Cass, Clay and 8 more	17 hr
Jun 5, 3:26 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison, Holt	4 days
Jun 5, 6:46 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Nodaway	52 hr
Jun 5, 11:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	14 days
Jun 5, 11:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Buchanan	11 days
Jun 5, 2:28 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan	3 days
Jun 5, 3:42 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	13 days
Jun 5, 3:42 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	14 days
Jun 5, 3:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	EAX	Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell and 24 more	12 hr
Jun 5, 6:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Atchison	38 min
Jun 5, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison, Holt, Nodaway	42 min

Nearby

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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.