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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 30, 2014, 5:45 PM CDT for Harrison County, Mercer County, Missouri. It was in force for 30 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 30, 2014, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2014, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
Counties Harrison County, MO, Mercer County, MO
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 6:11 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 1 Sw Princeton, MO | WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED 50 TO 60 MPH. HEAVY RAIN. SMALL BRANCHES ABOUT 1 INCH IN DIAMETER DOWN. |
| Jun 30, 6:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Princeton, MO |
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 30, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 2105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -355 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1205 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 254 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
036
WFUS53 KEAX 302245
TOREAX
MOC081-129-302315-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0028.140630T2245Z-140630T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
545 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL HARRISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
WESTERN MERCER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 543 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF RIDGEWAY...AND MOVING EAST AT
40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG 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...
RIDGEWAY...CAINSVILLE...PRINCETON AND MOUNT MORIAH.
THIS WILL IMPACT
I-35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 97 AND 104.
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 4053 9364 4033 9355 4033 9408 4042 9408
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 259DEG 33KT 4037 9402
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
MJ1 follow-up statement
143
WWUS53 KEAX 302300
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
600 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014
MOC081-129-302315-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-140630T2315Z/
HARRISON MO-MERCER MO-
600 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN MERCER AND EAST
CENTRAL HARRISON COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT...
AT 558 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR RIDGEWAY...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CAINSVILLE AND PRINCETON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4033 9392 4046 9393 4053 9364 4033 9355
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 269DEG 34KT 4037 9382
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
MJThe 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, 9:36 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, 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.