Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Kansas City, MO
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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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 9:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Downing, MO | DELAYED 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 CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lancaster, MO | WIDESPREAD 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 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.
- 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
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
$$
MELL1 follow-up statement
795
WWUS53 KEAX 200237
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
937 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013
MOC171-197-200247-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130520T0245Z/
PUTNAM MO-SCHUYLER MO-
937 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SCHUYLER AND EASTERN PUTNAM COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 945 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4060 9234 4044 9235 4034 9246 4034 9266
4037 9278 4059 9273 4060 9235
TIME...MOT...LOC 0237Z 197DEG 52KT 4069 9250
$$
MELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, DeKalb, Platte | 50 min |
| May 19, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Daviess, DeKalb, Harrison | 49 min |
| May 19, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Clay, Jackson | 48 min |
| May 19, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Henry | 46 min |
| May 19, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline | 45 min |
| May 19, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Grundy, Linn, Livingston | 48 min |
| May 19, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan, DeKalb, Gentry | 45 min |
| May 19, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Johnson and 2 more | 46 min |
| May 19, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Grundy, Harrison, Mercer | 44 min |
| May 19, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Saline | 39 min |
| May 19, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Daviess, DeKalb, Harrison | 27 min |
| May 19, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Harrison, Mercer | 30 min |
| May 19, 8:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Putnam, Sullivan | 40 min |
| May 19, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Linn, Livingston and 1 more | 25 min |
| May 19, 8:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Adair, Schuyler | 51 min |
| May 19, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Adair, Putnam, Schuyler | 51 min |
| May 19, 10:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Bates | 49 min |
| May 19, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Henry | 36 min |
| May 19, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Henry, Johnson | 24 min |
| May 19, 11:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Chariton, Saline | 45 min |
| May 19, 11:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Johnson, Pettis, Saline | 52 min |
| May 19, 11:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Cooper, Howard | 41 min |
| May 20, 12:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Henry, Pettis | 37 min |
| May 20, 8:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass | 23 min |
| May 20, 8:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Jackson, Johnson | 28 min |
| May 20, 9:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Henry, Johnson | 29 min |
| May 20, 9:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Bates | 34 min |
| May 20, 9:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Johnson | 30 min |
| May 20, 10:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Johnson, Pettis | 35 min |
| May 20, 10:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Cass | 33 min |
| May 20, 10:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Saline | 30 min |
| May 20, 11:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Johnson | 33 min |
| May 20, 11:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Saline | 25 min |
| May 20, 11:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Howard | 24 min |
| May 20, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass | 42 min |
| May 20, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Jackson, Johnson | 43 min |
| May 20, 3:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Cass | 42 min |
| May 20, 4:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Johnson | 45 min |
| May 20, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Lafayette | 46 min |
| May 20, 4:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Cooper, Pettis | 28 min |
| May 20, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Pettis | 43 min |
| May 20, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Pettis, Saline | 40 min |
| May 20, 4:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Pettis | 3 hr |
| May 20, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson, Pettis | 30 min |
| May 20, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard, Pettis, Saline | 41 min |
| May 20, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Chariton, Randolph | 39 min |
| May 20, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Adair, Schuyler | 35 min |
| May 20, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard, Saline | 46 min |
| May 20, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Howard, Randolph | 52 min |
| May 20, 6:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Schuyler | 47 min |
| May 20, 6:46 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cass, Henry, Johnson | 28 hr |
| May 20, 6:46 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Johnson, Pettis | 41 hr |
| May 20, 6:46 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper, Saline | 5 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.