Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 47, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Sep 12, 2008, 4:01 PM CDT for Henry County, Johnson County, Missouri. It was in force for 29 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
- Sep 12, 2008, 4:01 PM CDT (21:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 12, 2008, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 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), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 595 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KEAX 122101 TOREAX MOC083-101-122130- /O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0047.080912T2101Z-080912T2130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 401 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 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 430 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 6 MILES WEST OF CALHOUN...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF CLINTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... LEETON BY 415 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 3868 9368 3865 9350 3843 9370 3845 9377 TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 208DEG 24KT 3849 9371 $$ BOOKBINDER
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KEAX 122117
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
417 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008
MOC083-101-122130-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-080912T2130Z/
HENRY MO-JOHNSON MO-
417 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON AND
NORTHERN HENRY COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 430 PM CDT...
AT 415 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LEETON...OR 6 MILES WEST OF WINDSOR...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 23 MPH.
THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN HENRY AND
SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTIES.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR STORM
SHELTER. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF
NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3867 9362 3865 9351 3864 9351 3858 9356
3858 9357 3856 9357 3854 9361 3849 9364
3849 9374
TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 223DEG 20KT 3855 9363
$$
BOOKBINDER000
WWUS53 KEAX 122127
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
427 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008
MOC083-122136-
/O.CAN.KEAX.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-080912T2130Z/
HENRY MO-
426 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
AT 424 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED INTO SOUTHEAST
JOHNSON COUNTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM. ADDITIONAL SEVERE
WAETHER IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.
LAT...LON 3867 9361 3867 9358 3866 9358 3865 9351
3864 9351 3859 9355 3858 9357 3856 9358
3856 9365
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 223DEG 20KT 3858 9359
$$
MOC101-122130-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-080912T2130Z/
JOHNSON MO-
426 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON
COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 430 PM CDT...
AT 424 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF WINDSOR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH.
THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON
COUNTY...AND ON ITS PRESENT COURSE MAY REMAIN JUST EAST OF WHITEMAN
AFB.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR STORM
SHELTER. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF
NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3867 9361 3867 9358 3866 9358 3865 9351
3864 9351 3859 9355 3858 9357 3856 9358
3856 9365
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 223DEG 20KT 3858 9359
$$
BOOKBINDERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 11:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 12, 3:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Cooper, Howard, Pettis | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 4:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper, Pettis | 6 hr |
| Sep 12, 5:38 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Henry | 5 hr |
| Sep 12, 6:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper, Henry, Howard, Johnson, Pettis, Saline | 5 hr |
| Sep 12, 6:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Cass, Jackson | 8 hr |
| Sep 12, 7:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Cass | 6 hr |
| Sep 12, 7:42 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper | 25 hr |
| Sep 12, 8:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper | 4 days |
| Sep 12, 8:47 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Carroll, Johnson, Lafayette, Ray | 6 hr |
| Sep 12, 9:01 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Henry | 3 days |
| Sep 12, 11:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper, Henry, Howard, Pettis | 12 hr |
| Sep 12, 11:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan, DeKalb, Gentry, Holt, Nodaway and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 12, 1:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Cass | 8 hr |
| Sep 12, 2:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Atchison, Gentry, Harrison, Holt, Nodaway, Worth | 6 hr |
| Sep 12, 2:40 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll | 5 days |
| Sep 12, 2:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Lafayette | 8 hr |
| Sep 12, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson, Pettis | 31 min |
| Sep 12, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Pettis | 31 min |
| Sep 12, 5:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Platte | 6 hr |
| Sep 12, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Pettis, Saline | 33 min |
| Sep 12, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Jackson | 31 min |
| Sep 12, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Jackson | 33 min |
| Sep 12, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cooper, Pettis, Saline | 47 min |
| Sep 12, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Clay, Platte | 46 min |
| Sep 12, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Jackson | 22 min |
| Sep 12, 6:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Platte | 6 hr |
| Sep 12, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Chariton, Howard, Saline | 41 min |
| Sep 12, 6:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Ray | 6 hr |
| Sep 12, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Jackson, Ray | 29 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.