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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 5, 2010Schuyler County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2010, 8:08 PM CDT for Schuyler County, Missouri. It was in force for 22 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 5, 2010, 8:08 PM CDT (01:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2010, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Schuyler County, MO

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:09 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 5, 3:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 211 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2010-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2295 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2010-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 258 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2295 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
624 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
258 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
324 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
4.8
Supercell composite
19.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

302 
WFUS53 KEAX 060108
TOREAX
MOC197-060130-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0013.100606T0108Z-100606T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
808 PM CDT SAT JUN 5 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SCHUYLER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 803 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER
  RADAR WERE TRACKING A LARGE TORNADO 7 MILES   NORTHWEST OF         
  LANCASTER. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING   SOUTHEAST AT 
  45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LANCASTER...DOWNING AND GLENWOOD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA.

TO REPEAT...A LARGE TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR 
LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR 
OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE 
OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT 
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 4057 9235 4035 9235 4035 9240 4036 9242
      4053 9270 4053 9271 4054 9269 4056 9270
      4058 9272 4060 9271 4060 9241
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 307DEG 39KT 4057 9258

$$

CDB
2 follow-up statements
490 
WWUS53 KEAX 060120
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
820 PM CDT SAT JUN 5 2010

MOC197-060130-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100606T0130Z/
SCHUYLER MO-
820 PM CDT SAT JUN 5 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN SCHUYLER
COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM CDT...

AT 818 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LANCASTER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DOWNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT 
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF 
PRODUCING TORNADOES.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN PLEASANT HILL.

&&

LAT...LON 4057 9235 4035 9235 4035 9240 4036 9242
      4053 9270 4053 9271 4054 9269 4056 9270
      4058 9272 4060 9271 4060 9241
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 318DEG 36KT 4048 9249

$$

CDB
258 
WWUS53 KEAX 060129
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
829 PM CDT SAT JUN 5 2010

MOC197-060139-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100606T0130Z/
SCHUYLER MO-
829 PM CDT SAT JUN 5 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SCHUYLER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 830 PM CDT...

THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR THE AREA.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN PLEASANT HILL.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT.

LAT...LON 4057 9235 4035 9235 4035 9240 4036 9242
      4053 9270 4053 9271 4054 9269 4056 9270
      4058 9272 4060 9271 4060 9241
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 318DEG 36KT 4041 9241

$$

CDB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 7:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXSchuyler49 min
Jun 5, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPutnam, Schuyler27 min
Jun 5, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAdair, Linn, Macon, Sullivan35 min
Jun 5, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAdair, Schuyler14 min
Jun 5, 8:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXRay23 min
Jun 5, 9:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXMacon43 min
Jun 5, 9:23 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXAdair, Carroll, Chariton, Grundy, Howard, Linn and 4 more19 hr
Jun 5, 9:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXLafayette24 min
Jun 6, 5:13 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan54 hr
Jun 6, 4:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchEAXAdair, Daviess, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Linn and 8 more47 hr

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.