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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 30, 2014Daviess County, Grundy County, Sullivan County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 30, 2014, 8:10 PM CDT for Daviess County, Grundy County, Sullivan County, Missouri. It was in force for 35 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 30, 2014, 8:10 PM CDT (01:10 UTC)
Expired: Jun 30, 2014, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Daviess County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Sullivan County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 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.

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 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 219 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: 4172 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1387 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 241 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 265 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.2
Supercell composite: 34.9

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The text

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

542 
WFUS53 KEAX 010110
TOREAX
MOC061-079-211-010145-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0029.140701T0110Z-140701T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
810 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  GRUNDY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTHWESTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 808 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF TRENTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT 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...
  TRENTON...GALT...TINDALL...LAREDO AND HUMPHREYS.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4018 9324 4003 9330 4003 9336 3997 9336
      4005 9385 4013 9382 4013 9376 4026 9376
TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 279DEG 36KT 4013 9370

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

MJ

2 follow-up statements

848 
WWUS53 KEAX 010124
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
824 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014

MOC061-010133-
/O.CAN.KEAX.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-140701T0145Z/
DAVIESS MO-
824 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DAVIESS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 4018 9324 4004 9330 4003 9336 3997 9336
      4003 9376 4004 9376 4005 9376 4012 9368
      4023 9360
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 279DEG 36KT 4011 9353

$$

MOC079-211-010145-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-140701T0145Z/
GRUNDY MO-SULLIVAN MO-
824 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN SULLIVAN AND
GRUNDY COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT...

AT 821 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED NEAR TRENTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. AT 805 PM...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 
REPORTED A TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF GILMAN CITY.

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...
GALT...LAREDO AND HUMPHREYS.

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 4018 9324 4004 9330 4003 9336 3997 9336
      4003 9376 4004 9376 4005 9376 4012 9368
      4023 9360
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 279DEG 36KT 4011 9353

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

MJ

731 
WWUS53 KEAX 010142
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
842 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014

MOC079-211-010152-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-140701T0145Z/
GRUNDY MO-SULLIVAN MO-
842 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN SULLIVAN AND GRUNDY COUNTIES
WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT.

LAT...LON 4018 9324 4004 9330 4003 9336 3997 9336
      4003 9376 4004 9376 4005 9376 4012 9368
      4023 9360
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 279DEG 36KT 4008 9328

$$

MJ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 30, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Adair, Putnam, Sullivan	43 min
Jun 30, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison and 1 more	42 min
Jun 30, 7:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer, Sullivan	40 min
Jun 30, 7:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Buchanan	35 min
Jun 30, 8:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Adair, Putnam, Schuyler	19 min
Jun 30, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Adair	19 min
Jun 30, 9:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Carroll	34 min
Jun 30, 9:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Linn	31 min
Jun 30, 9:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Ray	42 min
Jun 30, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Ray	49 min
Jun 30, 9:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Ray	27 min
Jun 30, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Lafayette, Ray	46 min
Jun 30, 10:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Saline	44 min
Jun 30, 11:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Howard	21 min
Jul 1, 3:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Bates	32 min
Jul 1, 10:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	4 days

Nearby

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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.