Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 29, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2009, 6:51 PM CDT for Carroll County, Saline County, Missouri. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report 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
- Jun 17, 2009, 6:51 PM CDT (23:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2009, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Carroll County, MO, Saline County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 6:57 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Carrollton, MO | 40-50 FOOT RADIO TOWER BLOWN DOWN.REPORTS OF TREES DOWN TOO. DIME SIZE HAIL ALSO REPORTED. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 3:09 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 2807 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1117 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KEAX 172351
TOREAX
MOC033-195-180015-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0029.090617T2351Z-090618T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
651 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
NORTHWESTERN SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 650 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CARROLLTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MALTA BEND AROUND 715 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE GRAND
PASS AND WAKENDA.
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.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE... LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
&&
LAT...LON 3915 9337 3922 9349 3928 9349 3928 9350
3924 9350 3922 9350 3929 9362 3937 9355
3931 9324
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 290DEG 22KT 3932 9355
$$
212 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KEAX 180000
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
700 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009
MOC033-195-180015-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-090618T0015Z/
SALINE MO-CARROLL MO-
700 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CARROLL AND
NORTHWESTERN SALINE COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT...
AT 659 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF WAVERLY...OR 5 MILES SOUTH OF
CARROLLTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MALTA BEND AROUND 715 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADO INCLUDE WAKENDA AND GRAND
PASS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR STORM
SHELTER. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF
NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET
INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE... LIE FLAT
IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR
HANDS.
IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 100 MPH. SEEK SHELTER
NOW
THIS TORNADO IS LIKELY OBSCURED BY RAIN AND MAY NOT BE VISIBLE. TAKE
COVER IN SAFE SHELTER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT
MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN KANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3915 9337 3922 9349 3928 9349 3928 9350
3926 9350 3922 9350 3927 9357 3935 9351
3931 9324
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 296DEG 22KT 3928 9349
$$
21000
WWUS53 KEAX 180011
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
711 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009
MOC033-195-180020-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-090618T0015Z/
SALINE MO-CARROLL MO-
711 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009
THE TORNADIC CIRCULATION HAS WEAKENED...AND THE WARNING WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
EXTREME DAMAGING WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN KANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3915 9337 3922 9349 3928 9349 3928 9350
3926 9350 3922 9350 3927 9357 3935 9351
3931 9324
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 296DEG 22KT 3925 9342
$$
21The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Buchanan | 34 min |
| Jun 17, 2:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Buchanan | 36 min |
| Jun 17, 3:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Andrew, DeKalb | 37 min |
| Jun 17, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan | 32 min |
| Jun 17, 4:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | DeKalb | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb | 49 min |
| Jun 17, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Holt | 47 min |
| Jun 17, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb | 29 min |
| Jun 17, 5:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Andrew | 34 min |
| Jun 17, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Caldwell, Clinton, DeKalb | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, DeKalb, Livingston and 1 more | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 5:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Ray | 4 hr |
| Jun 17, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Carroll, Lafayette, Livingston, Ray | 32 min |
| Jun 17, 6:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Lafayette, Ray, Saline | 36 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.