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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 29, 2012, 7:36 PM CDT for Atchison County, Missouri. It was in force for 24 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
- Mar 29, 2012, 7:36 PM CDT (00:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Atchison County, MO
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 761 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 647 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
575 WFUS53 KEAX 300036 TOREAX MOC005-300100- /O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0002.120330T0036Z-120330T0100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 736 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL ATCHISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI... * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT 732 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ROCKPORT...OR 6 MILES WEST OF TARKIO...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TARKIO. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE JUST WEST OF TARKIO. 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 4055 9533 4045 9526 4038 9551 4044 9557 TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 242DEG 16KT 4043 9548 HAIL 2.00IN $$ MJ
2 follow-up statements
948 WWUS53 KEAX 300047 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 747 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012 MOC005-300100- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120330T0100Z/ ATCHISON MO- 747 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ATCHISON COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM CDT... AT 743 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TARKIO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. AT 735 PM...NUMEROUS FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE REPORTED NEAR ROCKPORT WITH THIS STORM AS WELL AS A ROTATING WALL CLOUD. AT 735 PM...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN TARKIO. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TARKIO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW. && LAT...LON 4040 9547 4047 9550 4055 9533 4045 9526 TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 242DEG 16KT 4045 9543 HAIL 2.00IN $$ MJ
667 WWUS53 KEAX 300100 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 800 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012 MOC005-300108- /O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120330T0100Z/ ATCHISON MO- 800 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL ATCHISON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE. HOWEVER LARGE HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL ATCHISON COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM. LAT...LON 4040 9547 4047 9550 4055 9533 4045 9526 TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 240DEG 27KT 4047 9528 $$ MJ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison | 34 min |
| Mar 29, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Nodaway | 48 min |
| Mar 29, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison | 37 min |
| Mar 29, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Holt | 35 min |
| Mar 29, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Nodaway | 32 min |
| Mar 30, 12:20 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston | 39 hr |
| Mar 30, 4:54 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Nodaway | 15 hr |
| Mar 30, 9:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan | 23 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.