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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 5, 2008Atchison County, Holt County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2008, 7:39 PM CDT for Atchison County, Holt County, Missouri. It was in force for 36 min. 5 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, 7:39 PM CDT (00:39 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2008, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Atchison County, MO, Holt County, MO

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:41 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, 7:53 PM CDT	TORNADO	Corning, MO	LARGE TORNADO ON THE GROUND CROSSING MISSOURI RIVER NEAR HOLT AND ATCHISON COUNTY LINE MOVING NORTHEAST.
Jun 5, 7:55 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 S Fairfax, MO	POWER LINES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 59.
Jun 5, 7:55 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Se Fairfax, MO	GRAIN BIN AND FARM OUTBUILDINGS DESTROYED.
Jun 5, 7:55 PM CDT	TORNADO	Craig, MO	TWO SEMI TRUCKS BLOWN OVER INJURIES UNKNOWN BUT ONE DRIVER REQUIRING EXTRICATION. MILE MARKER 92 ON INTERSTATE 29.
Jun 5, 8:04 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 Se Tarkio, MO	TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED TORNADO ON THE GROUND BECOMING RAIN-WRAPPED.

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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 141 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: 1747 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1265 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 281 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 304 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.6
Supercell composite: 13.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KEAX 060042
TOREAX
MOC005-087-060115-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0018.080606T0039Z-080606T0115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 738 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS 
  TRACKING A SEVERE SQUALL LINE PRODUCING EXTREME DAMAGING STRAIGHT 
  LINE WINDS AND EMBEDDED TORNADOES. AT 733 PM...STORM SPOTTERS WERE 
  REPORTING MULTIPLE TORNADOES ON THE GROUND JUST WEST OF FALLS CITY 
  NEBRASKA. THESE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A 
  LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF FALLS CITY TO 5 MILES 
  WEST OF HIAWATHA...AND RACING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  FAIRFAX AND CRAIG BY 800 PM CDT.
  FOREST CITY BY 805 PM CDT.
  OREGON AND MOUND CITY BY 810 PM CDT.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 70 AND 105 
THE TOWNS OF CORNING...BIG LAKE...FORTESCUE AND BIGELOW ARE ALSO IN 
THE PATH OF THESE TORNADIC STORMS.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THESE TORNADOES. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU 
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE 
PLACE.

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 4047 9520 4027 9519 4026 9508 4016 9508
      4013 9506 4007 9507 4004 9502 3999 9502
      3991 9519 4032 9560 4050 9522
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 230DEG 43KT 4009 9566 3976 9559

$$

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3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KEAX 060052
SVSEAX

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

MOC005-087-060115-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-080606T0115Z/
HOLT MO-ATCHISON MO-
750 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN ATCHISON AND
HOLT COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT...

AT 746 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
TRACK A SQUALL LINE WITH EMBEDDED TORNADOES. STORM SPOTTERS CONTINUE 
TO TRACK A TORNADO ALONG HIGHWAY 159 EAST OF FALLS CITY. DOPPLER 
RADAR SHOWED SEVERAL AREAS OF INTENSE ROTATION ALONG THE MISSOURI 
RIVER MOVING INTO HOLT AND SOUTHERN ATCHISON COUNTIES. THESE STORMS 
WERE RACING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  CRAIG BY 755 PM CDT.
  FAIRFAX AND MOUND CITY BY 800 PM CDT.
  FOREST CITY BY 805 PM CDT.
  OREGON BY 810 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF CORNING...BIGELOW...BIG LAKE AND FORTESCUE ARE ALSO IN 
THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS. THIS INCLUDED 
INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 70 AND 105.

A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND AND 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.

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.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR STORM 
SHELTER. 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 4050 9522 4047 9520 4027 9519 4026 9508
      4016 9508 4013 9506 4007 9507 4004 9502
      3999 9502 3991 9519 4032 9560
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 231DEG 45KT 4020 9547 4006 9538
          3988 9541

$$

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000 
WWUS53 KEAX 060101
SVSEAX

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

MOC005-087-060115-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-080606T0115Z/
HOLT MO-ATCHISON MO-
758 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN ATCHISON AND
HOLT COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT...

...THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING 
SITUATION...

AT 755 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM 
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A TORNADO NEAR CORNING ALONG INTERSTATE 29 
ALONG THE ATCHISON AND HOLT COUNTY LINE. A SECOND AREA OF VERY 
STRONG ROTATION AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES WAS LOCATED NEAR CRAIG.
THESE TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WERE RACING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  FAIRFAX...MOUND CITY AND FOREST CITY BY 805 PM CDT.
  OREGON BY 810 PM CDT.

PERSONS IN FAIRFAX SHOULD BE IN SHELTER NOW

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR STORM 
SHELTER. 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.

THESE TORNADOES ARE 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 4050 9522 4047 9520 4027 9519 4026 9508
      4016 9508 4013 9506 4007 9507 4004 9502
      3999 9502 3991 9519 4032 9560
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 231DEG 45KT 4029 9540 4019 9529
          3994 9534

$$

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000 
WWUS53 KEAX 060118
SVSEAX

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

MOC005-087-060127-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-080606T0115Z/
HOLT MO-ATCHISON MO-
817 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ATCHISON AND HOLT COUNTIES
HAS EXPIRED...

AT 813 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED INTO EASTERN 
ATCHISON AND NODAWAY COUNTIES. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS 
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT LIKELY IN THE NEAR 
TERM...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL 
LIKELY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING IN THE AREA. 

LAT...LON 4050 9522 4047 9520 4027 9519 4026 9508
      4016 9508 4013 9506 4007 9507 4004 9502
      3999 9502 3991 9519 4032 9560
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 231DEG 45KT 4031 9536 4021 9525
          3996 9530

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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 5, 7:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Atchison, Gentry, Holt, Nodaway, Worth	6 hr
Jun 5, 8:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Atchison, Nodaway	50 min
Jun 5, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Nodaway, Worth	36 min
Jun 5, 9:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	43 min
Jun 5, 9:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Holt	3 days
Jun 5, 10:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Buchanan	15 min
Jun 5, 10:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Andrew	18 min
Jun 5, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, DeKalb, Platte	36 min
Jun 5, 10:15 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Cass, Clay, Jackson, Platte	6 hr
Jun 5, 11:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb	44 min
Jun 5, 11:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass	41 min
Jun 5, 11:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Henry, Johnson	45 min
Jun 5, 11:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Johnson, Lafayette	31 min
Jun 6, 12:22 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Lafayette, Saline	23 min
Jun 6, 12:26 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Johnson, Pettis, Saline	19 min
Jun 6, 12:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Howard, Saline	23 min
Jun 6, 1:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Johnson, Pettis	18 hr
Jun 6, 1:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Saline	10 days
Jun 6, 9:20 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Atchison, Gentry, Holt, Nodaway, Worth	3 days
Jun 6, 11:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Linn, Livingston	3 days
Jun 6, 11:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston	5 days
Jun 6, 11:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton	13 days

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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.