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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 5, 2008Henry County, Johnson County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2008, 11:45 PM CDT for Henry County, Johnson County, Missouri. It was in force for 45 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: Jun 5, 2008, 11:45 PM CDT (04:45 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2008, 12:30 AM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Henry County, MO, Johnson County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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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, 9:43 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 154 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KEAX 060445
TOREAX
MOC083-101-060530-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0022.080606T0445Z-080606T0530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1145 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
  SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 1140 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING   
  STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND EMBEDDED TORNADOES. THESE DANGEROUS 
  STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GARDEN CITY TO 8 
  MILES NORTHWEST OF MONTROSE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  URICH BY 1150 PM CDT.
  CHILHOWEE BY MIDNIGHT CDT.
  CALHOUN BY 1205 AM CDT.
  WARRENSBURG AND LEETON BY 1210 AM CDT.
  WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE BY 1220 AM CDT.
  KNOB NOSTER BY 1225 AM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF QUICK CITY...HARTWELL...BLAIRSTOWN...POST OAK AND
CENTERVIEW ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THESE TORNADIC STORMS.

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.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY 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 3834 9408 3839 9408 3839 9407 3849 9408
      3849 9407 3856 9407 3856 9408 3866 9408
      3894 9351 3848 9353
TIME...MOT...LOC 0445Z 233DEG 47KT 3855 9408 3838 9402

$$

BOOKBINDER

4 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KEAX 060455
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1154 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

MOC083-101-060530-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-080606T0530Z/
HENRY MO-JOHNSON MO-
1154 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON AND
NORTHERN HENRY COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 1230 AM CDT...

AT 1149 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT 
LINE WINDS AND EMBEDDED TORNADOES. THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WERE 
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF CREIGHTON 
TO URICH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  CHILHOWEE BY MIDNIGHT CDT.
  CALHOUN BY 1205 AM CDT.
  WARRENSBURG AND LEETON BY 1210 AM CDT.
  WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE AND KNOB NOSTER BY 1220 AM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF POST OAK AND CENTERVIEW ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS
LINE OF TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS.

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.

MOBILE HOMES ARE EASILY DESTROYED BY TORNADIC WINDS AND SHOULD BE
EVACUATED FOR A STURDY SHELTER. IF POSSIBLE...MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR
STORM SHELTER. IF NO SAFE SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING 
FOR NORTHEASTERN KANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3834 9408 3839 9408 3839 9407 3849 9408
      3849 9407 3856 9407 3856 9408 3866 9408
      3894 9351 3848 9353
TIME...MOT...LOC 0454Z 233DEG 47KT 3862 9396 3845 9390

$$

21

000 
WWUS53 KEAX 060503
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1202 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008

MOC083-101-060530-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-080606T0530Z/
HENRY MO-JOHNSON MO-
1202 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON AND
NORTHERN HENRY COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 1230 AM CDT...

AT 1158 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EMBEDDED 
TORNADOES.  THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE 
EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES EAST OF HOLDEN TO CHILHOWEE TO 8 MILES SOUTH 
OF CHILHOWEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART 
OF THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS NORTH OF CHILHOWEE...HEADING TOWARDS KNOB 
NOSTER.

THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  CALHOUN...WARRENSBURG AND LEETON BY 1210 AM CDT.
  WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE AND KNOB NOSTER BY 1220 AM CDT.

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.

MOBILE HOMES ARE EASILY DESTROYED BY TORNADIC WINDS AND SHOULD BE
EVACUATED FOR A STURDY SHELTER. IF POSSIBLE...MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR
STORM SHELTER. IF NO SAFE SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING 
FOR NORTHERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3834 9408 3839 9408 3839 9407 3849 9408
      3849 9407 3856 9407 3856 9408 3866 9408
      3894 9351 3848 9353
TIME...MOT...LOC 0502Z 233DEG 47KT 3873 9384 3865 9381
          3851 9379

$$

21

000 
WWUS53 KEAX 060519
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1219 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008

MOC083-101-060530-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-080606T0530Z/
HENRY MO-JOHNSON MO-
1219 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN JOHNSON AND
NORTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 1230 AM
CDT...

AT 1217 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT 
LINE WINDS AND EMBEDDED TORNADOES.  THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WERE 
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF KNOB NOSTER 
TO KNOB NOSTER TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEETON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 
55 MPH. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THESE STORMS WAS NEAR KNOB NOSTER.

THIS LINE OF TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF EASTERN JOHNSON AND NORTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTIES.

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.

MOBILE HOMES ARE EASILY DESTROYED BY TORNADIC WINDS AND SHOULD BE
EVACUATED FOR A STURDY SHELTER. IF POSSIBLE...MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR
STORM SHELTER. IF NO SAFE SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FRIDAY 
MORNING FOR NORTHERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3883 9374 3894 9352 3893 9351 3881 9352
      3880 9352 3848 9353 3843 9372
TIME...MOT...LOC 0519Z 233DEG 47KT 3886 9360 3877 9356
          3864 9356

$$

21

000 
WWUS53 KEAX 060529
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1228 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008

MOC083-101-060538-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-080606T0530Z/
HENRY MO-JOHNSON MO-
1228 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN JOHNSON AND NORTHEASTERN HENRY
COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI WILL EXPIRE AT 1230 AM CDT...

AT 1227 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. 
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A 
TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN REISSUED FOR EXTREME EASTERN JOHNSON 
COUNTY...NORTHWEST PETTIS...AND SOUTHERN SALINE COUNTY UNTIL 1245 
AM. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THIS STORM WAS NORTHEAST OF KNOB 
NOSTER.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING 
FOR NORTHERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3883 9374 3894 9352 3893 9351 3881 9352
      3880 9352 3848 9353 3843 9372
TIME...MOT...LOC 0528Z 233DEG 47KT 3893 9348 3884 9344
          3871 9344

$$

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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, 7:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Atchison, Holt	36 min
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, 11:59 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

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.