Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at May 13, 2009, 5:38 PM CDT for Adair County, Missouri. It was in force for 22 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 2009, 5:38 PM CDT (22:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2009, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Adair County, MO
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 193 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 5:46 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 W Novinger, MO | DAMAGE TO A HOUSE AT ROUTE 6 AND CAMPBELL CEMETERY RD. TIME APPROXIMATED. |
| May 13, 5:48 PM CDT | TORNADO | Novinger, MO | TORNADO SPOTTED NEAR NOVINGER...APPROXIMATE WIDTH OF 1/4 TO 1/2 MILE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2:39 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 231 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
- 556 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 332 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 344 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 132238 TOREAX MOC001-132300- /O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0013.090513T2238Z-090513T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 538 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI... * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 536 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR NOVINGER...OR 11 MILES WEST OF KIRKSVILLE. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... NOVINGER AROUND 545 PM CDT. KIRKSVILLE AROUND 555 PM CDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. THIS IS A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM. IN ADDITION TO TORNADOES... SUPERCELLS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. && LAT...LON 4032 9235 4016 9236 4018 9284 4022 9284 TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 262DEG 32KT 4021 9277 $$ CUTTER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KEAX 132246 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 546 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009 MOC001-132300- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090513T2300Z/ ADAIR MO- 546 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ADAIR COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 545 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NOVINGER...OR 8 MILES WEST OF KIRKSVILLE... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... KIRKSVILLE AROUND 600 PM CDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE... LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI. LAT...LON 4032 9235 4016 9236 4018 9284 4022 9284 TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 267DEG 22KT 4022 9273 $$ CUTTER
000 WWUS53 KEAX 132251 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 551 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009 MOC001-132300- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090513T2300Z/ ADAIR MO- 551 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ADAIR COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 549 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NOVINGER...OR 8 MILES WEST OF KIRKSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... KIRKSVILLE AROUND 600 PM CDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...GET TO SAFE SHELTER NOW && A TORNADO WATCH 293 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI. LAT...LON 4032 9235 4016 9236 4018 9284 4022 9284 TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 267DEG 20KT 4022 9271 $$ CUTTER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 9:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Linn | 48 min |
| May 13, 10:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Macon | 39 min |
| May 13, 11:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Adair | 35 min |
| May 13, 4:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Livingston | 36 min |
| May 13, 4:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Putnam | 37 min |
| May 13, 5:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Linn | 26 min |
| May 13, 5:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Sullivan | 23 min |
| May 13, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Adair, Putnam, Schuyler, Sullivan | 30 min |
| May 13, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Ray | 27 min |
| May 13, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn, Sullivan | 27 min |
| May 13, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Linn, Sullivan | 34 min |
| May 13, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Ray | 46 min |
| May 13, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn | 28 min |
| May 13, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Jackson | 30 min |
| May 13, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Adair | 30 min |
| May 13, 6:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Linn | 27 min |
| May 13, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn, Macon | 23 min |
| May 13, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson, Lafayette | 35 min |
| May 13, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn, Macon | 30 min |
| May 13, 6:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Carroll | 31 min |
| May 13, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Saline | 16 min |
| May 13, 6:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Macon | 31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.