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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 19, 2013Putnam County, Schuyler County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2013, 9:21 PM CDT for Putnam County, Schuyler County, Missouri. It was in force for 24 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 19, 2013, 9:21 PM CDT (02:21 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2013, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

Counties Putnam County, MO, Schuyler County, MO

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 19, 9:45 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 N Downing, MODELAYED REPORT...HALF OF THE ROOF RIPPED OFF OF A 150 FOOT LONG HOG CONFINEMENT BUILDING. UNKNOWN NUMBER OF DEAD HOGS.
May 19, 9:45 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGLancaster, MOWIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE ACROSS SCHUYLER COUNTY. TRACTOR TRAILER BLOWN OVER.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 19, 6:25 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 333 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2013-05-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2039 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2013-05-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2039 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1598 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

715 
WFUS53 KEAX 200221
TOREAX
MOC171-197-200245-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0002.130520T0221Z-130520T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
921 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SCHUYLER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 918 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR QUEEN CITY...AND MOVING NORTH AT 60 MPH.

RECENT LOCAL STORM REPORTS: AT 913 PM...LOCAL MEDIA RELAYED A REPORT 
OF STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE 1 MILE NORTH OF KIRKSVILLE.
**!

  HAZARD...TORNADO.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
           SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
           OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
           EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LANCASTER...DOWNING AND GLENWOOD.

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 4060 9234 4044 9235 4034 9246 4034 9266
      4037 9278 4059 9273 4060 9235
TIME...MOT...LOC 0221Z 197DEG 52KT 4047 9259

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

MELL
1 follow-up statement
795 
WWUS53 KEAX 200237
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
937 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

MOC171-197-200247-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130520T0245Z/
PUTNAM MO-SCHUYLER MO-
937 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SCHUYLER AND EASTERN PUTNAM COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 945 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.  HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4060 9234 4044 9235 4034 9246 4034 9266
      4037 9278 4059 9273 4060 9235
TIME...MOT...LOC 0237Z 197DEG 52KT 4069 9250

$$

MELL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, Clay, Clinton, DeKalb, Platte50 min
May 19, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDaviess, DeKalb, Harrison49 min
May 19, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Clay, Jackson48 min
May 19, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Henry46 min
May 19, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline45 min
May 19, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Grundy, Linn, Livingston48 min
May 19, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan, DeKalb, Gentry45 min
May 19, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Johnson and 2 more46 min
May 19, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGrundy, Harrison, Mercer44 min
May 19, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Linn, Saline39 min
May 19, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Daviess, DeKalb, Harrison27 min
May 19, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHarrison, Mercer30 min
May 19, 8:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXPutnam, Sullivan40 min
May 19, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Linn, Livingston and 1 more25 min
May 19, 8:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXAdair, Schuyler51 min
May 19, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAdair, Putnam, Schuyler51 min
May 19, 10:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXBates49 min
May 19, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Henry36 min
May 19, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry, Johnson24 min
May 19, 11:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXChariton, Saline45 min
May 19, 11:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJohnson, Pettis, Saline52 min
May 19, 11:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCooper, Howard41 min
May 20, 12:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXHenry, Pettis37 min
May 20, 8:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Cass23 min
May 20, 8:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Cass, Jackson, Johnson28 min
May 20, 9:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry, Johnson29 min
May 20, 9:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXBates34 min
May 20, 9:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJohnson30 min
May 20, 10:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJohnson, Pettis35 min
May 20, 10:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCass33 min
May 20, 10:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXSaline30 min
May 20, 11:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJohnson33 min
May 20, 11:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXSaline25 min
May 20, 11:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXHoward24 min
May 20, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Cass42 min
May 20, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Cass, Jackson, Johnson43 min
May 20, 3:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCass42 min
May 20, 4:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJohnson45 min
May 20, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Lafayette46 min
May 20, 4:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCooper, Pettis28 min
May 20, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Pettis43 min
May 20, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Pettis, Saline40 min
May 20, 4:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXPettis3 hr
May 20, 5:00 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXJohnson, Pettis30 min
May 20, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Howard, Pettis, Saline41 min
May 20, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Randolph39 min
May 20, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAdair, Schuyler35 min
May 20, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Howard, Saline46 min
May 20, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHoward, Randolph52 min
May 20, 6:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXSchuyler47 min
May 20, 6:46 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCass, Henry, Johnson28 hr
May 20, 6:46 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXJohnson, Pettis41 hr
May 20, 6:46 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCooper, Saline5 days

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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.