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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 2014, 8:37 PM CDT for Doniphan County, Kansas; Buchanan County, Missouri. It was in force for 4 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 2014, 8:37 PM CDT (01:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2014, 8:41 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.25 in
Counties Doniphan County, KS, Buchanan County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 29, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 4952 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 878 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 9.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
058
WFUS53 KEAX 300137
TOREAX
KSC043-MOC021-300200-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0020.140630T0137Z-140630T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
837 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN DONIPHAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...
CENTRAL BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 834 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RUSHVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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...
WATHENA...ELWOOD...ST. JOSEPH AND ST. JOSEPH AIRPORT.
THIS WILL IMPACT
I-229 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 8.
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 3982 9494 3975 9474 3961 9501 3962 9506
3963 9510 3964 9512 3965 9512 3965 9515
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 228DEG 22KT 3966 9504
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
AEP1 follow-up statement
534
WWUS53 KEAX 300141
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
841 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2014
KSC043-MOC021-300151-
/O.CAN.KEAX.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-140630T0200Z/
DONIPHAN KS-BUCHANAN MO-
841 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL BUCHANAN AND SOUTHEASTERN DONIPHAN
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
HOWEVER...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3982 9494 3975 9474 3961 9501 3962 9506
3963 9510 3964 9512 3965 9512 3965 9515
TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 228DEG 22KT 3968 9502
$$
AEPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Doniphan | 34 min |
| Jun 29, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan | 41 min |
| Jun 29, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Atchison | 25 min |
| Jun 29, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan | 30 min |
| Jun 29, 8:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Atchison | 34 min |
| Jun 29, 9:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Atchison | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 7:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Nodaway | 37 min |
| Jun 29, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Gentry, Nodaway | 47 min |
| Jun 29, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Andrew, Nodaway | 29 min |
| Jun 29, 8:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Nodaway | 8 hr |
| Jun 29, 9:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Mercer | 26 min |
| Jun 29, 9:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Platte | 24 min |
| Jun 29, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Mercer, Putnam, Sullivan | 48 min |
| Jun 29, 9:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Buchanan | 17 min |
| Jun 29, 9:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Grundy, Mercer | 24 min |
| Jun 29, 9:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Buchanan | 15 min |
| Jun 29, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan | 38 min |
| Jun 29, 9:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Mercer, Putnam, Sullivan | 32 min |
| Jun 29, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Putnam, Sullivan | 48 min |
| Jun 29, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Clinton | 17 min |
| Jun 29, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Harrison, Mercer | 37 min |
| Jun 29, 10:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Buchanan | 39 min |
| Jun 29, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Putnam, Schuyler | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 11:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Putnam, Schuyler | 8 hr |
| Jun 29, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Putnam, Schuyler | 47 min |
| Jun 30, 12:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Schuyler | 31 min |
| Jun 30, 11:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EAX | Adair, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer, Nodaway and 4 more | 11 hr |
| Jun 30, 4:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Worth | 37 min |
| Jun 30, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Gentry, Harrison, Worth | 46 min |
| Jun 30, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Gentry, Harrison | 26 min |
| Jun 30, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Harrison, Mercer | 30 min |
| Jun 30, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Mercer, Putnam, Sullivan | 44 min |
| Jun 30, 6:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Harrison | 41 min |
| Jun 30, 6:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Gentry, Harrison, Mercer, Worth | 4 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.