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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 3, 2014Atchison County, Doniphan County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2014, 11:31 PM CDT for Atchison County, Doniphan County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 min. 3 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: Jun 3, 2014, 11:31 PM CDT (04:31 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2014, 12:00 AM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

Counties Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:34 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 3, 11:35 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 Sw Denton, KS
Jun 3, 11:40 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 W Denton, KS	GRAIN BIN AND OUT BUILDING BLOWN ONTO A ROAD FROM POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Jun 3, 11:42 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 68	4 Ese Everest, KS

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
Jun 3, 5:59 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 78 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1643 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1425 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 321 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 10.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

787 
WFUS53 KEAX 040431
TOREAX
KSC005-043-040500-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0016.140604T0431Z-140604T0500Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1131 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL ATCHISON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN DONIPHAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 1130 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EVEREST...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 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...
  ATCHISON...DENTON...LANCASTER...HURON AND DONIPHAN.

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.

TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3966 9534 3974 9534 3971 9504 3952 9514
      3962 9546 3966 9547
TIME...MOT...LOC 0431Z 290DEG 28KT 3969 9541

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

$$

CDB

2 follow-up statements

695 
WWUS53 KEAX 040444
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1144 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

KSC005-043-040500-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-140604T0500Z/
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN KS-
1144 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN DONIPHAN AND
NORTH CENTRAL ATCHISON COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...

AT 1143 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF DENTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 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...
ATCHISON AND DONIPHAN.

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.

TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3961 9537 3966 9534 3971 9533 3971 9504
      3952 9514
TIME...MOT...LOC 0444Z 290DEG 28KT 3966 9529

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

$$

CDB

175 
WWUS53 KEAX 040458
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1158 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

KSC005-043-040508-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-140604T0500Z/
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN KS-
1158 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DONIPHAN AND NORTH CENTRAL
ATCHISON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CDT...

THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT 
FOR THE AREA.  HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS 
THUNDERSTORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM.

LAT...LON 3961 9537 3966 9534 3971 9533 3971 9504
      3952 9514
TIME...MOT...LOC 0458Z 290DEG 28KT 3962 9516

$$

CDB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Doniphan	62 min
Jun 3, 10:01 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Doniphan	5 days
Jun 3, 11:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison, Doniphan	57 min
Jun 3, 11:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Atchison, Doniphan	6 hr
Jun 4, 12:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison, Doniphan	29 min
Jun 4, 12:15 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison, Doniphan	4 hr
Jun 4, 1:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Doniphan	49 min
Jun 4, 2:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Johnson, Wyandotte	46 min
Jun 4, 4:53 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison, Doniphan	12 hr
Jun 4, 10:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison	3 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.