Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 59, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Sep 12, 2008, 5:59 PM CDT for Wyandotte County, Kansas; Clay County, Platte County, Missouri. It was in force for 46 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, 5:59 PM CDT (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 12, 2008, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Wyandotte County, KS, Clay County, MO, Platte County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 122259 TOREAX KSC209-MOC047-165-122345- /O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0059.080912T2259Z-080912T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 559 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL WYANDOTTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS SOUTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI SOUTHEASTERN PLATTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 553 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF EDWARDSVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES WITH DAMAGE NEAR DE SOTO. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... PARKVILLE BY 610 PM CDT. WEATHERBY LAKE...HOUSTON LAKE AND RIVERSIDE BY 615 PM CDT. INTERSTATE 29...LAKE WAUKOMIS...PLATTE WOODS AND NORTHMOOR BY 620 PM CDT. OAKVIEW AND GLADSTONE BY 625 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE OAKS... OAKWOOD AND OAKWOOD PARK. 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 3932 9458 3926 9445 3909 9477 3914 9484 TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 227DEG 19KT 3915 9475 $$ BOOKBINDER
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KEAX 122311 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 611 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008 KSC209-MOC047-165-122345- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-080912T2345Z/ WYANDOTTE KS-CLAY MO-PLATTE MO- 610 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN PLATTE... WESTERN CLAY AND CENTRAL WYANDOTTE COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT... AT 606 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PARKVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. A SECOND SLIGHTLY WEAKER STORM WAS LOCATED OVER BONNER SPRINGS AT 610 PM...AND CONTINUES TO EXHIBIT SOME WEAK ROTATION. IT WILL ALSO TRACK TOWARD THE PARKVILLE AREA IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... PLATTE WOODS...HOUSTON LAKE...WEATHERBY LAKE AND NORTHMOOR BY 615 PM CDT. LAKE WAUKOMIS...OAKVIEW AND GLADSTONE BY 620 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADO INCLUDE OAKWOOD AND OAKWOOD PARK. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3932 9458 3926 9445 3909 9477 3914 9484 TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 227DEG 20KT 3920 9468 $$ BOOKBINDER
000 WWUS53 KEAX 122325 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 625 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008 KSC209-MOC047-165-122345- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-080912T2345Z/ WYANDOTTE KS-CLAY MO-PLATTE MO- 624 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN PLATTE... WESTERN CLAY AND CENTRAL WYANDOTTE COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT... AT 618 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE WAUKOMIS...OR NEAR WEATHERBY LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. A SECOND STORM WITH ROTATION WAS LOCATED NEAR MAYWOOD AND ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE LEAD STORM WILL PASS NORTH OF GLADSTONE. 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 3932 9458 3926 9445 3909 9477 3914 9484 TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 227DEG 20KT 3925 9461 $$ BOOKBINDER
000 WWUS53 KEAX 122336 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 636 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008 KSC209-MOC047-165-122345- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-080912T2345Z/ WYANDOTTE KS-CLAY MO-PLATTE MO- 633 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN PLATTE... WESTERN CLAY AND CENTRAL WYANDOTTE COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT... AT 628 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF TORNADOES. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE WAUKOMIS...OR NEAR GLADSTONE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. A SECOND STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PARKVILLE. BOTH OF THESE STORMS ARE MOVING INTO AN AREA THAT HAS RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL FOR MUCH OF THE DAY...AND TEMPERATURES ARE MUCH COOLER. THEREFORE...THE TORNADIC THREAT IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH IN THE NEXT 10 TO 15 MINUTES...WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING BECOMING THE PRIMARY CONCERN. LAT...LON 3932 9458 3926 9445 3909 9477 3914 9484 TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 227DEG 20KT 3928 9456 $$ BOOKBINDER
000
WWUS53 KEAX 122343
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
643 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008
KSC209-122351-
/O.CAN.KEAX.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-080912T2345Z/
WYANDOTTE KS-
641 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL WYANDOTTE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
AT 636 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED NORTHEAST OF THE
AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED.
FLASH FLOODING IS NOW THE PRIMARY CONCERN OVER EASTERN KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3926 9445 3917 9468 3918 9470 3922 9472
3926 9468 3926 9466 3932 9458
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 223DEG 26KT 3924 9464
$$
MOC047-165-122345-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-080912T2345Z/
CLAY MO-PLATTE MO-
641 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN PLATTE AND
WESTERN CLAY COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT...
AT 636 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH WEAK ROTATION. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR PLATTE WOODS...OR NEAR PARKVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.
THIS TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 645 PM AS THE
THUNDERSTORM TRANSITIONS TO A HEAVY RAIN EVENT. FLASH FLOODING WILL
BECOME THE PRIMARY CONCERN THIS EVENING.
LAT...LON 3926 9445 3917 9468 3918 9470 3922 9472
3926 9468 3926 9466 3932 9458
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 223DEG 26KT 3924 9464
$$
BOOKBINDER000
WWUS53 KEAX 122350
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
650 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008
MOC047-165-122359-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-080912T2345Z/
CLAY MO-PLATTE MO-
649 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PLATTE AND WESTERN CLAY
COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
AT 645 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED...AND NO
LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE
TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
SOME WEAK ROTATION MAY STILL BE OBSERVED THROUGH 7 PM AS THIS STORM
PASSES ALONG HIGHWAY 152...BUT TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND FLASH
FLOODING WILL NOW BECOME THE PRIMARY CONCERN ACROSS THE NORTHLAND.
LAT...LON 3926 9445 3917 9468 3918 9470 3922 9472
3926 9468 3926 9466 3932 9458
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 223DEG 26KT 3925 9463
$$
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 | Doniphan | 6 hr |
| Sep 12, 5:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Linn, Miami | 6 hr |
| Sep 12, 6:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 8 hr |
| Sep 12, 7:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Miami | 6 hr |
| Sep 12, 8:42 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Miami | 4 days |
| Sep 12, 8:42 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Linn | 6 days |
| Sep 12, 11:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan | 8 hr |
| Sep 12, 1:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Miami | 8 hr |
| Sep 12, 4:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Miami | 28 min |
| Sep 12, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson | 24 min |
| Sep 12, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson, Miami | 35 min |
| Sep 12, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson | 47 min |
| Sep 12, 5:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 6 hr |
| Sep 12, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 37 min |
| Sep 12, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson | 31 min |
| Sep 12, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson | 26 min |
| Sep 12, 6:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 6 hr |
| Sep 12, 6:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Johnson, Wyandotte | 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, 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, 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, 4:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Henry, Johnson | 29 min |
| 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, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Pettis, Saline | 33 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, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Jackson | 22 min |
| Sep 12, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Chariton, Howard, Saline | 41 min |
| Sep 12, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Jackson, Ray | 29 min |
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.