Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 24, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 2014, 9:36 PM CDT for Grundy County, Mercer County, Missouri. It was in force for 24 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
- Jun 29, 2014, 9:36 PM CDT (02:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2014, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.25 in
Counties Grundy County, MO, Mercer County, MO
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:37 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 29, 10:01 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Ese Princeton, MO | STORM SPOTTERS CONFIRM TREES DOWN AND POWER POLES SNAPPED ON HIGHWAY E A COUPLE MILES EAST OF HIGHWAY C. |
| Jun 29, 10:04 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Wsw Newtown, MO | TREES AND POWERLINES BLOCKING HIGHWAY E. POSSIBLE BARN DAMAGE |
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 29, 4:04 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 29, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 232 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.
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WFUS53 KEAX 300236
TOREAX
MOC079-129-300300-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0024.140630T0236Z-140630T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
936 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN GRUNDY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
SOUTHERN MERCER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
* AT 935 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPICKARD...AND MOVING EAST
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...
PRINCETON AND MILL GROVE.
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 4022 9337 4027 9375 4040 9374 4041 9337
TIME...MOT...LOC 0236Z 275DEG 21KT 4031 9363
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
321 follow-up statement
152
WWUS53 KEAX 300254
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
954 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2014
MOC079-300303-
/O.CAN.KEAX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-140630T0300Z/
GRUNDY MO-
954 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GRUNDY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4041 9337 4027 9337 4027 9346 4029 9356
4037 9357
TIME...MOT...LOC 0253Z 269DEG 18KT 4033 9351
$$
MOC129-300300-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-140630T0300Z/
MERCER MO-
954 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN MERCER COUNTY
UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...
AT 951 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PRINCETON...AND MOVING EAST AT 20
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...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN MERCER COUNTY.
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 4041 9337 4027 9337 4027 9346 4029 9356
4037 9357
TIME...MOT...LOC 0253Z 269DEG 18KT 4033 9351
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
32The 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, 9:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Buchanan | 17 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.