Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2011, 3:45 PM CDT for Carroll County, Lafayette County, Saline County, Missouri. It was in force for 30 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
- May 22, 2011, 3:45 PM CDT (20:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2011, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Carroll County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Saline County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 3:58 PM CDT | TORNADO | Waverly, MO | TREE BLOWN INTO A HOUSE. MOBILE HOME ROOF BLOWN OFF. CONFIRMED BY LOCAL TELEVISON HELECOPTER VIDEO. |
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 22, 12:51 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 3011 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 583 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 335 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 315 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.7
- Supercell composite
- 17.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
380 WFUS53 KEAX 222045 TOREAX MOC033-107-195-222115- /O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0011.110522T2045Z-110522T2115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 345 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... NORTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI... WEST CENTRAL SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI... * UNTIL 415 PM CDT * AT 340 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO BETWEEN CORDER AND DOVER...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF HIGGINSVILLE. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WAVERLY...MALTA BEND AND GRAND PASS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3937 9350 3917 9333 3912 9365 3920 9373 TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 241DEG 19KT 3916 9363 HAIL 1.50IN $$ CUTTER
3 follow-up statements
339 WWUS53 KEAX 222056 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 356 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 MOC033-107-195-222115- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110522T2115Z/ CARROLL MO-LAFAYETTE MO-SALINE MO- 356 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL SALINE... NORTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE AND SOUTH CENTRAL CARROLL COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM CDT... AT 354 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS APPROACHING WAVERLY...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF HIGGINSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CARROLLTON...WAVERLY...MALTA BEND AND GRAND PASS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3913 9360 3922 9367 3937 9350 3917 9333 TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 241DEG 19KT 3919 9356 HAIL 1.50IN $$ CUTTER
318 WWUS53 KEAX 222100 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 400 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 MOC033-107-195-222115- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110522T2115Z/ CARROLL MO-LAFAYETTE MO-SALINE MO- 400 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL SALINE... NORTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE AND SOUTH CENTRAL CARROLL COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM CDT... AT 358 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO IS IN WAVERLY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CARROLLTON...MALTA BEND AND GRAND PASS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST RESORT... EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA. && LAT...LON 3913 9360 3922 9367 3937 9350 3917 9333 TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 241DEG 19KT 3920 9353 HAIL 1.50IN $$ CUTTER
512 WWUS53 KEAX 222104 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 404 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 MOC033-107-195-222115- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110522T2115Z/ CARROLL MO-LAFAYETTE MO-SALINE MO- 404 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL SALINE... NORTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE AND SOUTH CENTRAL CARROLL COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM CDT... AT 358 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO IN WAVERLY THAT HAS PRODUCED DAMAGE. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MALTA BEND AND GRAND PASS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST RESORT... EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA. && LAT...LON 3917 9354 3924 9358 3935 9348 3919 9335 TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 243DEG 21KT 3922 9349 HAIL 1.50IN $$ CUTTER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb, Platte | 27 min |
| May 21, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Andrew, Holt | 30 min |
| May 21, 7:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Buchanan, Platte | 24 min |
| May 21, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb, Gentry, Platte | 33 min |
| May 21, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Nodaway | 31 min |
| May 21, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Andrew, DeKalb, Gentry, Nodaway | 34 min |
| May 21, 7:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Holt | 29 min |
| May 21, 7:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Worth | 40 min |
| May 21, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb | 35 min |
| May 21, 8:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Nodaway | 28 min |
| May 21, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Andrew, Daviess, Gentry, Harrison, Nodaway | 23 min |
| May 21, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Platte | 22 min |
| May 21, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Gentry, Harrison, Worth | 26 min |
| May 21, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Livingston | 34 min |
| May 21, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb, Platte | 36 min |
| May 21, 8:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Holt | 26 min |
| May 21, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Platte | 37 min |
| May 21, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Platte | 29 min |
| May 21, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Daviess, Grundy, Livingston | 36 min |
| May 21, 9:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Mercer, Putnam | 38 min |
| May 21, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Platte | 32 min |
| May 21, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb | 45 min |
| May 21, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Platte | 37 min |
| May 21, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Grundy, Livingston, Mercer, Putnam, Sullivan | 37 min |
| May 21, 9:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Buchanan, Platte | 4 hr |
| May 21, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Daviess, DeKalb | 31 min |
| May 21, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Platte | 35 min |
| May 21, 10:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Putnam, Schuyler, Sullivan | 44 min |
| May 21, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Grundy, Mercer, Sullivan | 17 min |
| May 21, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Platte | 21 min |
| May 21, 10:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Clinton | 30 min |
| May 21, 10:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Clay | 25 min |
| May 21, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Clinton | 24 min |
| May 21, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson | 28 min |
| May 21, 11:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Livingston | 49 min |
| May 21, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson | 34 min |
| May 22, 1:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Chariton, Howard, Macon, Randolph, Saline | 33 min |
| May 22, 2:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Macon | 52 min |
| May 22, 2:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Macon | 43 min |
| May 22, 4:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Platte | 126 days |
| May 22, 1:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Caldwell | 45 min |
| May 22, 1:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Ray | 48 min |
| May 22, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Lafayette, Ray | 29 min |
| May 22, 2:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Lafayette | 35 min |
| May 22, 2:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Sullivan | 32 min |
| May 22, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Lafayette, Ray | 46 min |
| May 22, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Lafayette | 28 min |
| May 22, 3:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Carroll, Lafayette | 36 min |
| May 22, 3:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Carroll | 46 min |
| May 22, 3:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Schuyler | 49 min |
| May 22, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Lafayette | 31 min |
| May 22, 4:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Lafayette, Saline | 27 min |
| May 22, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Putnam, Schuyler | 25 min |
| May 22, 4:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Carroll, Saline | 18 min |
| May 22, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Henry, Johnson | 36 min |
| May 22, 4:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Chariton | 46 min |
| May 22, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Lafayette, Saline | 30 min |
| May 22, 4:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Cooper | 52 min |
| May 22, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Chariton, Howard, Saline | 31 min |
| May 22, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Saline | 31 min |
| May 22, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Henry | 27 min |
| May 22, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard | 23 min |
| May 22, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Chariton, Howard, Randolph | 45 min |
| May 22, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry | 29 min |
| May 22, 5:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Pettis | 40 min |
| May 22, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Pettis | 46 min |
| May 22, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard | 12 min |
| May 22, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry | 30 min |
| May 22, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard, Saline | 34 min |
| May 22, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Howard, Randolph | 30 min |
| May 22, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry | 13 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.