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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Sep 9, 2014, 6:00 PM CDT for Atchison 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
- Sep 9, 2014, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 2014, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
County Atchison County, MO
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 6:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 75 | 1 W Fairfax, MO | |
| Sep 9, 6:21 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Tarkio, MO | SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN ACROSS TOWN. POWER OUT ACROSS TOWN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 1246 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -266 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1436 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
992
WFUS53 KEAX 092300
TOREAX
MOC005-092330-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0033.140909T2300Z-140909T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
600 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN ATCHISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 557 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TARKIO...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. IN ADDITION...70 TO 75
MPH WINDS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED WITH THIS STORM IN TARKIO WITH FLYING
DEBRIS LASTING OVER 5 MINUTES.
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...
FAIRFAX.
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 4048 9520 4048 9519 4032 9518 4026 9518
4032 9549 4051 9545 4051 9520
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 287DEG 26KT 4039 9538
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
HAWBLITZEL2 follow-up statements
447
WWUS53 KEAX 092310
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
610 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014
MOC005-092330-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-140909T2330Z/
ATCHISON MO-
610 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN ATCHISON
COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM CDT...
AT 608 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR FAIRFAX...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN ATCHISON COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4034 9518 4033 9518 4026 9518 4026 9519
4034 9542 4041 9539 4041 9518
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 293DEG 20KT 4036 9533
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
HAWBLITZEL348
WWUS53 KEAX 092323
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
623 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014
MOC005-092333-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-140909T2330Z/
ATCHISON MO-
623 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ATCHISON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 630 PM CDT...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR THE AREA. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS AND 70 MPH WINDS ARE
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 4034 9518 4033 9518 4026 9518 4026 9519
4034 9542 4041 9539 4041 9518
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 293DEG 20KT 4033 9524
$$
HAWBLITZELThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 11:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EAX | Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Chariton, Daviess, DeKalb and 14 more | 20 hr |
| Sep 9, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison | 51 min |
| Sep 9, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison | 51 min |
| Sep 9, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Atchison | 31 min |
| Sep 9, 6:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Atchison | 6 hr |
| Sep 9, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Holt | 48 min |
| Sep 9, 6:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Atchison | 6 hr |
| Sep 9, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Atchison, Holt, Nodaway | 49 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.