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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Kansas City, MO

March 27, 2014Daviess County, Grundy County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2014, 3:46 PM CDT for Daviess County, Grundy County, Missouri. It was in force for 29 min. 6 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: Mar 27, 2014, 3:46 PM CDT (20:46 UTC)
Expired: Mar 27, 2014, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 1.75 in

Counties Daviess County, MO, Grundy County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 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
Mar 27, 3:55 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	4 Nw Trenton, MO	POSSIBLE TORNADO. CONDENSATION FUNNEL APPROXIMATELY HALF WAY TO GROUND. CLOUD ROTATION INCREASING AT TIME OF REPORT.
Mar 27, 3:59 PM CDT	TORNADO	4 Nnw Trenton, MO	TWO REPORTS FROM STORM CHASER AND RURAL FIRE DEPARTMENT NORTH OF TOWN OF A TORNADO
Mar 27, 4:00 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	N Trenton, MO	CONDENSATION FUNNEL RAPIDLY ROTATING.
Mar 27, 4:02 PM CDT	TORNADO	1 S Tindall, MO	EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED THAT THE ROOF WAS REMOVED FROM A HOUSE WITH WALLS HEAVILY DAMAGED. A ROAD AND BRIDGE BARN WAS ALSO HEAVILY DAMAGED 1 MILE SOUTH OF TINDALL. REPORT TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Mar 27, 4:12 PM CDT	TORNADO	4 N Trenton, MO	POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE ALONG HWY 65. INSULATION FROM HOUSE AND CULVERT PIPE FOUND ON EAST SIDE OF HWY 65.
Mar 27, 4:14 PM CDT	TORNADO	9 Ne Trenton, MO	TORNADO LIFTED AROUND 414 PM...ESTIMATED PATH FROM SPOTTER 6 MILES...TORNADO LIFTED 8 MILES NORTH OF TRENTON AND 2 MILES EAST OF HIGHWAY 65

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
Mar 27, 12:54 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 209 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 613 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 436 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 540 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

122 
WFUS53 KEAX 272046
TOREAX
MOC061-079-272115-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0003.140327T2046Z-140327T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
346 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 340 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN NORTH OF 
 JAMESPORT...AND MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED A BRIEF 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...BRIMSON AND TINDALL.

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.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 4008 9343 4002 9383 4010 9389 4013 9382
      4013 9377 4016 9376 4025 9355
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 248DEG 31KT 4007 9376

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

MJ

2 follow-up statements

571 
WWUS53 KEAX 272056
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
356 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014

MOC061-272105-
/O.CAN.KEAX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140327T2115Z/
DAVIESS MO-
356 PM CDT THU MAR 27 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 4005 9371 4013 9374 4016 9374 4025 9355
      4008 9343
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 248DEG 31KT 4010 9364

$$

MOC079-272115-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140327T2115Z/
GRUNDY MO-
356 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL GRUNDY COUNTY
UNTIL 415 PM CDT...

AT 353 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED NEAR TRENTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD NORTHWEST OF TRENTON.
         AT 335 PM...A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE REPORTED A
         TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST 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...
TRENTON AND TINDALL.

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.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 4005 9371 4013 9374 4016 9374 4025 9355
      4008 9343
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 248DEG 31KT 4010 9364

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

MJ

364 
WWUS53 KEAX 272107
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
407 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014

MOC079-272115-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140327T2115Z/
GRUNDY MO-
407 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL GRUNDY COUNTY
UNTIL 415 PM CDT...

AT 402 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NORTH OF  
TRENTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. AT 355 PM...TRAINED
         WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 4 MILES NORTHWEST 
         OF TRENTON. AT 400 PM...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED
         A FUNNEL CLOUD NORTH OF TRENTON. AT 359 PM...FIRE AND 
         RESCUE CREWS REPORTED A TORNADO 4 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF
         TRENTON.

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 CENTRAL GRUNDY COUNTY.

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.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 4009 9361 4014 9366 4017 9367 4025 9355
      4008 9343
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 248DEG 31KT 4014 9355

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

MJ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 27, 3:17 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	EAX	Bates, Cass, Henry, Johnson, Pettis	12 hr
Mar 27, 1:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Nodaway	25 min
Mar 27, 1:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Platte	50 min
Mar 27, 2:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Jackson	52 min
Mar 27, 2:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Jackson	31 min
Mar 27, 2:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Cass	44 min
Mar 27, 2:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	DeKalb	34 min
Mar 27, 2:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Jackson, Lafayette, Ray	36 min
Mar 27, 2:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	EAX	DeKalb	21 min
Mar 27, 2:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass, Henry, Johnson	33 min
Mar 27, 2:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Platte	45 min
Mar 27, 2:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, DeKalb	33 min
Mar 27, 3:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Jackson, Lafayette, Ray, Saline	52 min
Mar 27, 3:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis	34 min
Mar 27, 3:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass, Henry	45 min
Mar 27, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Grundy, Harrison	32 min
Mar 27, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cooper, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline	36 min
Mar 27, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Henry, Johnson, Pettis	42 min
Mar 27, 4:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Howard	48 min
Mar 27, 4:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	EAX	Grundy, Mercer, Sullivan	18 min
Mar 27, 4:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Cooper	45 min
Mar 27, 4:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Grundy, Sullivan	36 min
Mar 27, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cooper, Howard, Pettis, Saline	50 min
Mar 27, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cooper, Pettis	47 min
Mar 27, 4:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Mercer	24 min
Mar 27, 4:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Cooper	25 min
Mar 27, 4:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Linn	46 min
Mar 27, 5:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Chariton, Lafayette, Randolph, Saline	36 min
Mar 27, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Saline	34 min
Mar 27, 5:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Howard	36 min
Mar 27, 6:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Cooper	28 min

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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.