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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2011, 11:48 AM CDT for Clay County, Jackson County, Platte County, Missouri; Wyandotte County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 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 25, 2011, 11:48 AM CDT (16:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2011, 12:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Wyandotte County, KS, Clay County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Platte County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 91 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.
017
WFUS53 KEAX 251648
TOREAX
KSC209-MOC047-095-165-251715-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0024.110525T1648Z-110525T1715Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1148 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN WYANDOTTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...
SOUTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
WEST CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
SOUTHEASTERN PLATTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT
* AT 1144 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MISSION WOODS...OR NEAR WESTWOOD...AND
MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
TORNADOES AND ADDITIONAL TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE AT ANY TIME.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KANSAS CITY...KANSAS CITY KANSAS...NORTH KANSAS CITY...RIVERSIDE...
PARKVILLE...GLADSTONE...WEATHERBY LAKE...CLAYCOMO...LIBERTY...
KANSAS CITY DOWNTOWN...AVONDALE...NORTHMOOR...HOUSTON LAKE...
OAKVIEW...PLATTE WOODS...LAKE WAUKOMIS...PLEASANT VALLEY...
GLENAIRE...FERRELVIEW AND RANDOLPH.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
I-70 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 6.
I-70 IN KANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 417 AND 423.
I-35 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 22.
I-635 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 12.
I-435 LOOP FROM MILE MARKERS 35 TO 57.
I-29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 13.
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 3937 9469 3932 9437 3902 9456 3903 9461
3905 9461 3905 9473
TIME...MOT...LOC 1648Z 194DEG 23KT 3906 9461
HAIL <.75IN
$$
CDB2 follow-up statements
427 WWUS53 KEAX 251701 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1201 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011 KSC209-MOC047-095-165-251715- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-110525T1715Z/ WYANDOTTE KS-CLAY MO-JACKSON MO-PLATTE MO- 1201 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN PLATTE... NORTHWESTERN JACKSON...SOUTHWESTERN CLAY AND NORTHEASTERN WYANDOTTE COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 PM CDT... AT 1158 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KANSAS CITY DOWNTOWN...OR NEAR NORTH KANSAS CITY...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. LOCAL NEWS HELICOPTER FOOTAGE AND SPOTTERS CONTINUE TO INDICATE A WELL DEFINED WALL CLOUD. THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND ADDITIONAL TORNADOES MAY FORM AT ANY TIME. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RIVERSIDE...PARKVILLE...GLADSTONE...CLAYCOMO...LIBERTY... AVONDALE...NORTHMOOR...HOUSTON LAKE...OAKVIEW...PLATTE WOODS...LAKE WAUKOMIS...PLEASANT VALLEY...GLENAIRE...FERRELVIEW...RANDOLPH... OAKS...OAKWOOD...OAKWOOD PARK AND HOOVER. THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES... I-70 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 6. I-70 IN KANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 418 AND 423. I-35 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 22. I-635 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 5 AND 12. I-435 LOOP FROM MILE MARKERS 35 TO 57. I-29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 11. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3907 9453 3910 9469 3937 9469 3932 9437 TIME...MOT...LOC 1700Z 194DEG 23KT 3913 9459 HAIL <.75IN $$ CDB
081 WWUS53 KEAX 251706 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1206 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011 KSC209-MOC047-095-165-251715- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-110525T1715Z/ WYANDOTTE KS-CLAY MO-JACKSON MO-PLATTE MO- 1206 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN PLATTE... NORTHWESTERN JACKSON...SOUTHWESTERN CLAY AND NORTHEASTERN WYANDOTTE COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 PM CDT... AT 1203 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTH KANSAS CITY...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. SPOTTERS CONITNUE TO REPORT BRIEF TORNADOES WITH THIS STORM. ADDITIONAL TORNADOES MAY FORM AT ANY TIME. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PARKVILLE...GLADSTONE...CLAYCOMO...LIBERTY...NORTHMOOR...HOUSTON LAKE...OAKVIEW...PLATTE WOODS...LAKE WAUKOMIS...PLEASANT VALLEY... GLENAIRE...FERRELVIEW...OAKS...OAKWOOD...OAKWOOD PARK AND HOOVER. THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES... I-70 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 6. I-70 IN KANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 418 AND 423. I-35 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 2 AND 22. I-635 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 5 AND 12. I-435 LOOP FROM MILE MARKERS 35 TO 57. I-29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 11. 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 3907 9453 3910 9469 3937 9469 3932 9437 TIME...MOT...LOC 1706Z 194DEG 23KT 3917 9458 HAIL <.75IN $$ CDB
The 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, 11:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson | 30 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 |
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.