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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 10, 2014Lafayette County, Ray County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2014, 5:42 PM CDT for Lafayette County, Ray County, Missouri. It was in force for 33 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 10, 2014, 5:42 PM CDT (22:42 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2014, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.75 in

Counties Lafayette County, MO, Ray County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 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 10, 5:51 PM CDTHAIL 1.751 S Richmond, MO
May 10, 6:06 PM CDTTORNADO2 N Lexington, MOCONFIRMED BY STORM CHASER

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 10, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2014-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2014-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 184 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1969 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

873 
WFUS53 KEAX 102242
TOREAX
MOC107-177-102315-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0011.140510T2242Z-140510T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
542 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTH CENTRAL RAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 538 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ORRICK...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
           TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
           LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LEXINGTON...HENRIETTA...HARDIN AND CAMDEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND HAS CAUSED 
DAMAGE TO THE TOWN OF ORRICK. TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR STORM 
SHELTER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3928 9383 3914 9386 3918 9407 3926 9407
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 274DEG 20KT 3921 9404

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

CDB
1 follow-up statement
969 
WWUS53 KEAX 102254
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
554 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014

MOC107-177-102315-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140510T2315Z/
LAFAYETTE MO-RAY MO-
554 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL RAY AND
NORTH CENTRAL LAFAYETTE COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT...

AT 552 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED NEAR HENRIETTA...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
         LIKELY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEXINGTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3917 9403 3926 9401 3928 9383 3914 9386
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 277DEG 22KT 3920 9394

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

CDB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 2:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXNodaway52 min
May 10, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHolt, Nodaway47 min
May 10, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGentry, Nodaway, Worth42 min
May 10, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison, Holt, Nodaway51 min
May 10, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGentry, Harrison48 min
May 10, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Platte46 min
May 10, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Clinton40 min
May 10, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGentry, Nodaway57 min
May 10, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDaviess, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer50 min
May 10, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, Platte40 min
May 10, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Lafayette, Ray49 min
May 10, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Ray30 min
May 10, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDeKalb, Gentry53 min
May 10, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGrundy, Linn, Livingston, Sullivan50 min
May 10, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, Platte47 min
May 10, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDaviess, Grundy, Livingston53 min
May 10, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAdair, Linn, Macon, Sullivan47 min
May 10, 6:02 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXCarroll, Lafayette, Ray28 min
May 10, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Carroll, Livingston50 min
May 10, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Lafayette, Saline48 min
May 10, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPlatte61 min
May 10, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAdair, Macon53 min
May 10, 6:59 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXMacon16 min

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.