Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 36, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2008, 5:26 PM CDT for Schuyler County, Missouri. It was in force for 34 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, 5:26 PM CDT (22:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2008, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Schuyler County, MO
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 175 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 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
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 698 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 983 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 7.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KEAX 122227
TOREAX
MOC197-122300-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0036.080612T2226Z-080612T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
526 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SCHUYLER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 525 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR OUT
OF DES MOINES INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
A TORNADO. ROTATION WITH THIS STORM CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF QUEEN CITY...OR 13 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF LANCASTER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
QUEEN CITY BY 535 PM CDT.
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 4038 9236 4036 9268 4039 9270 4039 9269
4039 9268 4040 9268 4043 9271 4058 9237
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 245DEG 46KT 4041 9271
$$
BOOKBINDER4 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KEAX 122241
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
541 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008
MOC197-122300-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-080612T2300Z/
SCHUYLER MO-
541 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SCHUYLER COUNTY UNTIL 600
PM CDT...
AT 533 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR QUEEN CITY...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LANCASTER...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
THE TOWN OF DOWNING IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR STORM
SHELTER. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF
NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 4058 9237 4038 9236 4038 9268 4039 9269
4039 9268 4040 9268 4042 9271 4043 9271
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 256DEG 45KT 4046 9250
$$
BOOKBINDER000
WWUS53 KEAX 122247
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
546 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008
MOC197-122300-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-080612T2300Z/
SCHUYLER MO-
546 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN SCHUYLER COUNTY
UNTIL 600 PM CDT...
AT 542 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF LANCASTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50
MPH.
PERSONS FROM JUST SOUTH OF LANCASTER TO NEAR DOWNING SHOULD BE IN
SAFE 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.
LAT...LON 4058 9237 4048 9237 4046 9236 4045 9237
4043 9236 4042 9260 4047 9263 4048 9260
4049 9258
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 250DEG 42KT 4048 9244
$$
BOOKBINDER000
WWUS53 KEAX 122254
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
553 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008
MOC197-122300-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-080612T2300Z/
SCHUYLER MO-
553 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN SCHUYLER COUNTY
UNTIL 600 PM CDT...
AT 551 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE VERY STRONG ROTATION NEAR AND JUST NORTHWEST OF DOWNING.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING RAPIDLY EAST-NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
PERSONS IN DOWNING SHOULD BE IN SAFE SHELTER NOW THIS STORM IS
EXPECTED TO EXIT THE COUNTY IN THE NEXT 10 MINUTES.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR STORM
SHELTER. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF
NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 4047 9237 4047 9238 4045 9247 4052 9251
4053 9250 4057 9238 4057 9237
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 250DEG 42KT 4046 9232
$$
BOOKBINDER000
WWUS53 KEAX 122302
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
602 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008
MOC197-122312-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-080612T2300Z/
SCHUYLER MO-
602 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN SCHUYLER COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
AT 559 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED INTO SCOTLAND
COUNTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
NO ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
LAT...LON 4047 9237 4047 9238 4045 9247 4052 9251
4053 9250 4057 9238 4057 9237
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 250DEG 42KT 4042 9228
$$
BOOKBINDERThe 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, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Sullivan | 25 min |
| 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, 5:31 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.