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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 10, 2014Macon County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2014, 6:59 PM CDT for Macon County, Missouri. It was in force for 16 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, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2014, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

County Macon County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 179 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 10, 7:00 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 Sse Anabel, MOSHINGLES OFF ROOF AND A FEW TREES DOWN...POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE
May 10, 7:00 PM CDTHAIL 2.253 Sse Anabel, MODELAYED REPORT

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, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 267 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, Davenport, 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2014-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1734 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 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.

789 
WFUS53 KEAX 102359
TOREAX
MOC121-110015-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0013.140510T2359Z-140511T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MACON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 657 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A   
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CLARENCE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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...

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 3961 9238 3973 9239 3977 9229 3961 9229
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 253DEG 24KT 3972 9228

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

BLAIR
1 follow-up statement
279 
WWUS53 KEAX 110008
SVSEAX

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

MOC121-110018-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140511T0015Z/
MACON MO-
708 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MACON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
715 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.

LAT...LON 3961 9238 3973 9239 3977 9229 3961 9229
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 253DEG 24KT 3974 9220

$$

BLAIR

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, 5:42 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXLafayette, Ray33 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

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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.