Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 23, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2011, 11:45 AM CDT for Clay County, Jackson County, Missouri. It was in force for 30 min. 4 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 25, 2011, 11:45 AM CDT (16:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2011, 12:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clay County, MO, Jackson County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 11:45 AM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | Grandview, MO | |
| May 25, 11:57 AM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 Sw Lees Summit, MO | NEAR LONGVIEW LAKE |
| May 25, 12:06 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 E Kansas City, MO | FUNNEL NEAR EAST OF ROYALS STADIUM |
| May 25, 12:23 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 4 E Gladstone, MO | FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED NEAR THE FORD PLANT. |
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 25, 10:37 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 772 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 580 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
450
WFUS53 KEAX 251645
TOREAX
MOC047-095-251715-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0023.110525T1645Z-110525T1715Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1145 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT
* AT 1140 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GRANDVIEW...AND MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RAYTOWN...INDEPENDENCE...SUGAR CREEK...COURTNEY...CLAYCOMO...LAKE
TAPAWINGO...GLENAIRE...PLEASANT VALLEY...UNITY VILLAGE...MAYWOOD...
BIRMINGHAM AND RANDOLPH.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
I-70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 7 AND 20.
I-435 LOOP FROM MILE MARKERS 53 TO 72.
I-470 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 16.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3884 9441 3884 9444 3886 9457 3923 9449
3916 9421 3884 9439 3884 9440
TIME...MOT...LOC 1645Z 194DEG 23KT 3893 9448
HAIL <.75IN
$$
CDB2 follow-up statements
834
WWUS53 KEAX 251652
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1152 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
MOC047-095-251715-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-110525T1715Z/
CLAY MO-JACKSON MO-
1152 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL JACKSON AND SOUTH
CENTRAL CLAY COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 PM CDT...
AT 1149 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LEE'S SUMMIT...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. SPOTTERS
HAVE REPORTED STRONG ROTATION WITH THIS STORM. A TORNADO COULD FORM
AT ANY TIME. SEEK SHELTER NOW.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RAYTOWN...INDEPENDENCE...SUGAR CREEK...COURTNEY...CLAYCOMO...LAKE
TAPAWINGO...GLENAIRE...PLEASANT VALLEY...MAYWOOD...BIRMINGHAM AND
RANDOLPH.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
I-70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 7 AND 19.
I-435 LOOP FROM MILE MARKERS 53 TO 71.
I-470 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 16.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3884 9441 3884 9444 3886 9457 3923 9449
3916 9421 3884 9439 3884 9440
TIME...MOT...LOC 1651Z 194DEG 23KT 3896 9442
HAIL <.75IN
$$
CDB875
WWUS53 KEAX 251658
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1158 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
MOC047-095-251715-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-110525T1715Z/
CLAY MO-JACKSON MO-
1158 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL JACKSON AND SOUTH
CENTRAL CLAY COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 PM CDT...
AT 1154 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RAYTOWN...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. SPOTTERS
CONTINUE TO REPORT STRONG ROTATION WITH THIS STORM AND A TORNADO COULD
FORM AT ANY TIME.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
INDEPENDENCE...SUGAR CREEK...COURTNEY...CLAYCOMO...LAKE
TAPAWINGO...GLENAIRE...PLEASANT VALLEY...MAYWOOD...BIRMINGHAM AND
RANDOLPH.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
I-70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 7 AND 19.
I-435 LOOP FROM MILE MARKERS 53 TO 71.
I-470 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 16.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3884 9441 3884 9444 3886 9457 3923 9449
3916 9421 3884 9439 3884 9440
TIME...MOT...LOC 1658Z 197DEG 23KT 3901 9438
HAIL <.75IN
$$
CDBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 9:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Holt, Nodaway | 38 min |
| May 24, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Platte | 27 min |
| May 24, 10:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EAX | Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clinton and 15 more | 19 hr |
| May 24, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass | 27 min |
| May 24, 10:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Clay, Clinton, Jackson | 41 min |
| May 24, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, Platte | 31 min |
| May 24, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Henry, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette | 34 min |
| May 24, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson | 19 min |
| May 24, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Henry | 24 min |
| May 24, 10:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Andrew, Caldwell, Clinton, DeKalb, Gentry | 32 min |
| May 24, 10:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Johnson, Lafayette, Ray | 33 min |
| May 24, 11:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Henry, Johnson | 39 min |
| May 24, 11:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Daviess, Harrison, Livingston, Worth | 39 min |
| May 24, 11:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Carroll, Pettis, Saline | 52 min |
| May 25, 12:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline | 33 min |
| May 25, 12:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Grundy, Linn, Livingston, Mercer | 38 min |
| May 25, 12:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Randolph | 40 min |
| May 25, 1:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Putnam, Sullivan | 40 min |
| May 25, 1:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Adair, Macon, Randolph, Schuyler | 52 min |
| May 25, 2:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Daviess, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer, Putnam and 2 more | 5 hr |
| May 25, 2:22 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Nodaway | 18 hr |
| May 25, 2:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Ray | 50 hr |
| May 25, 2:26 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll | 59 hr |
| May 25, 2:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Jackson | 32 min |
| May 25, 3:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Cass, Jackson | 31 min |
| May 25, 3:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Henry | 33 min |
| May 25, 4:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Ray | 5 hr |
| May 25, 5:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper, Saline | 4 days |
| May 25, 5:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Chariton, Macon | 29 hr |
| May 25, 5:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Linn, Livingston | 3 days |
| May 25, 5:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston | 4 days |
| May 25, 5:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton | 5 days |
| May 25, 5:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson, Ray | 107 days |
| May 25, 5:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Buchanan | 64 hr |
| May 25, 5:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Platte | 4 days |
| May 25, 5:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Platte | 5 days |
| May 25, 5:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Chariton, Howard, Saline | 102 days |
| May 25, 5:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard | 104 days |
| May 25, 8:02 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Johnson, Pettis | 36 hr |
| May 25, 8:43 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper | 43 hr |
| May 25, 10:02 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Platte | 107 days |
| May 25, 10:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cass | 18 min |
| May 25, 11:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson | 35 min |
| May 25, 11:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry, Johnson, Pettis | 34 min |
| May 25, 11:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson | 30 min |
| May 25, 11:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Henry, Johnson, Pettis | 26 min |
| May 25, 11:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Jackson | 34 min |
| May 25, 11:40 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Howard | 10 hr |
| May 25, 11:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette | 35 min |
| May 25, 11:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry, Johnson, Pettis | 47 min |
| May 25, 11:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson, Platte | 27 min |
| May 25, 11:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Pettis | 39 min |
| May 25, 12:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette | 35 min |
| May 25, 12:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Ray | 33 min |
| May 25, 12:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Pettis | 45 min |
| May 25, 12:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Clay, Clinton, Platte | 30 min |
| May 25, 12:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cooper, Pettis, Saline | 35 min |
| May 25, 12:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson, Lafayette | 31 min |
| May 25, 12:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Jackson, Lafayette, Ray | 23 min |
| May 25, 12:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Clay, Clinton | 34 min |
| May 25, 12:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper | 41 min |
| May 25, 12:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard, Pettis | 26 min |
| May 25, 12:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Lafayette | 37 min |
| May 25, 12:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Ray | 32 min |
| May 25, 1:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Lafayette | 24 min |
| May 25, 1:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard | 38 min |
| May 25, 1:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Ray | 28 min |
| May 25, 1:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Lafayette, Ray | 34 min |
| May 25, 1:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Carroll, Lafayette, Ray | 32 min |
| May 25, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard, Randolph | 45 min |
| May 25, 1:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Holt | 52 min |
| May 25, 1:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Pettis | 24 min |
| May 25, 1:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Carroll, Lafayette, Ray | 23 min |
| May 25, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Carroll | 30 min |
| May 25, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Randolph | 26 min |
| May 25, 2:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Carroll, Lafayette, Ray, Saline | 32 min |
| May 25, 2:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Carroll, Saline | 35 min |
| May 25, 2:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Livingston | 27 min |
| May 25, 3:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Andrew, Holt, Nodaway | 3 hr |
| May 25, 3:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Holt, Nodaway | 3 hr |
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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.