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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 25, 2011Lafayette County, Ray County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2011, 1:26 PM CDT for Lafayette County, Ray County, Missouri. It was in force for 34 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: May 25, 2011, 1:26 PM CDT (18:26 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2011, 2:00 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Lafayette County, MO, Ray County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:26 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.

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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 150 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

017 
WFUS53 KEAX 251826
TOREAX
MOC107-177-251900-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0038.110525T1826Z-110525T1900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
126 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTHEASTERN RAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 200 PM CDT

* AT 122 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ODESSA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LEXINGTON...RICHMOND...WELLINGTON...HENRIETTA AND CAMDEN.

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 3906 9409 3930 9401 3922 9376 3921 9376
      3921 9375 3900 9394
TIME...MOT...LOC 1826Z 208DEG 19KT 3907 9396
HAIL <.75IN

$$

CDB

1 follow-up statement

681 
WWUS53 KEAX 251834
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
134 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

MOC107-177-251900-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-110525T1900Z/
LAFAYETTE MO-RAY MO-
134 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN RAY AND
NORTHWESTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT...

AT 131 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WELLINGTON...OR 5 MILES NORTH OF ODESSA...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LEXINGTON...RICHMOND...WELLINGTON...HENRIETTA AND CAMDEN.

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 3906 9409 3930 9401 3922 9376 3921 9376
      3921 9375 3900 9394
TIME...MOT...LOC 1834Z 222DEG 18KT 3908 9393
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, 11:48 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, 1:28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.