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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2011, 12:12 PM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 33 min. 3 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, 12:12 PM CDT (17:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2011, 12:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Ray County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 12:23 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 4 E Gladstone, MO | FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED NEAR THE FORD PLANT. |
| May 25, 12:33 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 S Kearney, MO | BRIEF TOUCH DOWN NEAR INTERSECTION HWY 152 AND HWY 291 |
| May 25, 12:45 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 Wnw Kearney, MO | BRIEF TOUCHDOWN |
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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 117 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.
716 WFUS53 KEAX 251712 TOREAX MOC047-049-095-177-251745- /O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0027.110525T1712Z-110525T1745Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1212 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI... SOUTHEASTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI... NORTH CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI... WEST CENTRAL RAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI... * UNTIL 1245 PM CDT * AT 1208 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR INDEPENDENCE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. SPOTTER HAVE REPORTED STRONG ROTATION WITH THIS STORM. A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LIBERTY...KEARNEY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...LAWSON...PLEASANT VALLEY... GLENAIRE...MISSOURI CITY...WOODS HEIGHTS...CRYSTAL LAKES... EXCELSIOR ESTATES...HOLT...MOSBY...PRATHERSVILLE AND HOMESTEAD. THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES... I-70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 6 AND 18. I-35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 13 AND 36. I-435 LOOP FROM MILE MARKERS 54 TO 64. 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 3953 9436 3946 9408 3898 9434 3904 9456 TIME...MOT...LOC 1712Z 199DEG 31KT 3915 9437 HAIL <.75IN $$ CDB
3 follow-up statements
029 WWUS53 KEAX 251724 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1224 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011 MOC047-049-095-177-251745- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-110525T1745Z/ CLAY MO-CLINTON MO-JACKSON MO-RAY MO- 1224 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL RAY...NORTH CENTRAL JACKSON...SOUTHEASTERN CLINTON AND EASTERN CLAY COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 PM CDT... AT 1222 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COURTNEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS WITH THIS STORM. A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...KEARNEY...LAWSON...MISSOURI CITY... CRYSTAL LAKES...WOODS HEIGHTS...EXCELSIOR ESTATES...HOLT... PRATHERSVILLE...MOSBY AND HOMESTEAD. THIS WILL IMPACT I-35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 15 AND 36. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3908 9431 3914 9450 3953 9436 3946 9408 TIME...MOT...LOC 1724Z 205DEG 23KT 3918 9435 HAIL <.75IN $$ CDB
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WWUS53 KEAX 251735
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1235 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
MOC095-251744-
/O.CAN.KEAX.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-110525T1745Z/
JACKSON MO-
1235 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3953 9436 3946 9408 3922 9422 3922 9423
3924 9425 3923 9430 3919 9433 3918 9436
3925 9446
TIME...MOT...LOC 1734Z 198DEG 20KT 3930 9439
$$
MOC047-049-177-251745-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-110525T1745Z/
CLAY MO-CLINTON MO-RAY MO-
1235 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL RAY...
SOUTHEASTERN CLINTON AND EASTERN CLAY COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 PM CDT...
AT 1231 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LIBERTY...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. SPOTTERS HAVE
REPORTED BRIEF TORNADOES WITH THIS STORM. ADDITIONAL BRIEF TORNADOES
COULD FORM AT ANY TIME.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KEARNEY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...LAWSON...HOLT...EXCELSIOR ESTATES...
CRYSTAL LAKES...WOODS HEIGHTS...MOSBY...PRATHERSVILLE AND
HOMESTEAD.
THIS WILL IMPACT
I-35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 18 AND 36.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3953 9436 3946 9408 3922 9422 3922 9423
3924 9425 3923 9430 3919 9433 3918 9436
3925 9446
TIME...MOT...LOC 1734Z 198DEG 20KT 3930 9439
HAIL <.75IN
$$
CDB841
WWUS53 KEAX 251743
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1243 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
MOC047-049-177-251753-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-110525T1745Z/
CLAY MO-CLINTON MO-RAY MO-
1243 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL RAY...SOUTHEASTERN CLINTON
AND EASTERN CLAY COUNTIES HAS BEEN REISSUED...
PLEASE REFER TO THAT BULLETIN FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER
INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 3953 9436 3946 9408 3922 9422 3922 9423
3924 9425 3923 9430 3919 9433 3918 9436
3925 9446
TIME...MOT...LOC 1743Z 198DEG 20KT 3935 9437
$$
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, 11:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson | 30 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, 12:15 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.