Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 23, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 2014, 9:28 PM CDT for Buchanan County, Missouri. It was in force for 17 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, 9:28 PM CDT (02:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2014, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Buchanan County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:30 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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 85 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.
863
WFUS53 KEAX 300228
TOREAX
MOC021-300245-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0023.140630T0228Z-140630T0245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
928 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 945 PM CDT
* AT 925 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RUSHVILLE...
AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
AT 912 PM...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 1 MILE
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ATCHISON.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
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...
DE KALB.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3958 9507 3958 9506 3959 9505 3962 9506
3963 9505 3967 9485 3954 9484 3953 9509
TIME...MOT...LOC 0228Z 275DEG 22KT 3956 9500
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
AEP1 follow-up statement
186
WWUS53 KEAX 300238
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
938 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2014
MOC021-300245-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-140630T0245Z/
BUCHANAN MO-
938 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN BUCHANAN
COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM CDT...
AT 937 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RUSHVILLE...AND
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DE KALB.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3958 9506 3959 9505 3962 9506 3962 9505
3961 9485 3954 9484 3955 9508
TIME...MOT...LOC 0238Z 275DEG 17KT 3956 9494
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
AEPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan, Holt | 34 min |
| Jun 29, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Andrew, Nodaway | 29 min |
| Jun 29, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Platte | 41 min |
| Jun 29, 8:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Nodaway | 8 hr |
| Jun 29, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Platte | 25 min |
| Jun 29, 8:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Buchanan | 4 min |
| Jun 29, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Platte | 30 min |
| Jun 29, 8:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Buchanan | 34 min |
| Jun 29, 9:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Buchanan | 6 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, 9:36 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.