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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2008, 3:50 PM CDT for Sullivan County, Missouri. It was in force for 25 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 12, 2008, 3:50 PM CDT (20:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2008, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Sullivan County, MO
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 12, 3:06 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 258 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 793 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 281 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KEAX 122051
TOREAX
MOC211-122115-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0029.080612T2050Z-080612T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
350 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
* UNTIL 415 PM CDT
* AT 343 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 GALT...OR 10 MILES WEST OF
MILAN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF POLLOCK.
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.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE GOLF
BALL OR LARGER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WELL
AWAY FROM THE STORM CENTER.
LAT...LON 4038 9295 4012 9336 4030 9338 4038 9328
4038 9317 4038 9315
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 220DEG 40KT 4028 9325
$$
BOOKBINDER2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KEAX 122101 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 400 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008 MOC211-122115- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-080612T2115Z/ SULLIVAN MO- 400 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN SULLIVAN COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM CDT... AT 358 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF MILAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO EXIT SULLIVAN COUNTY BY 410 PM. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF POLLOCK SHOULD BE IN SAFE SHELTER NOW IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL GREATER THAN GOLF BALL SIZE DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4038 9295 4027 9313 4033 9333 4038 9328 TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 220DEG 40KT 4036 9315 $$ BOOKBINDER
000 WWUS53 KEAX 122112 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 410 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008 MOC211-122120- /O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-080612T2115Z/ SULLIVAN MO- 410 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN SULLIVAN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM CDT... AT 407 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED INTO PUTNAM COUNTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN KANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSOURI. ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO WESTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY IN THE NEXT 30 TO 45 MINUTES. PERSONS SHOULD STAY TUNED FOR ADDITIONAL WARNINGS. FLASH FLOODING COULD ALSO BECOME AN INCREASING CONCERN AS SEVERAL STORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL TRACK OVER THE SAME AREA. LAT...LON 4038 9295 4027 9313 4033 9333 4038 9328 TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 220DEG 40KT 4044 9305 $$ BOOKBINDER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Platte | 24 hr |
| Jun 11, 9:42 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan | 62 hr |
| Jun 11, 9:42 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Holt, Nodaway | 48 hr |
| Jun 11, 10:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Atchison | 32 min |
| Jun 11, 11:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Atchison | 19 min |
| Jun 11, 11:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Atchison | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 2:38 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan, DeKalb, Gentry, Holt, Nodaway and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 12, 7:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison, Nodaway and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 12, 9:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Platte | 4 hr |
| Jun 12, 11:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Daviess, Gentry | 56 hr |
| Jun 12, 2:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison, Nodaway and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Jun 12, 3:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EAX | Adair, Bates, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass, Chariton and 21 more | 13 hr |
| Jun 12, 3:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Daviess, Grundy | 37 min |
| Jun 12, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Putnam | 32 min |
| Jun 12, 4:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Grundy, Sullivan | 40 min |
| Jun 12, 4:21 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Linn, Livingston | 4 days |
| Jun 12, 4:21 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston | 6 days |
| Jun 12, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Mercer | 38 min |
| Jun 12, 4:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Grundy, Mercer, Putnam, Schuyler, Sullivan | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 4:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Putnam, Schuyler | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Sullivan | 24 min |
| Jun 12, 5:07 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Daviess, Livingston | 60 hr |
| Jun 12, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Putnam, Sullivan | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Adair, Putnam, Sullivan | 19 min |
| Jun 12, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Schuyler | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Schuyler | 32 min |
| Jun 12, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb | 49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.