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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Kansas City, MO

September 9, 2014Harrison County, Mercer County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Sep 9, 2014, 7:35 PM CDT for Harrison County, Mercer County, Missouri. It was in force for 25 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: Sep 9, 2014, 7:35 PM CDT (00:35 UTC)
Expired: Sep 9, 2014, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Harrison County, MO, Mercer County, MO

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 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.

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

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 221 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: 1708 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1605 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 155 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 385 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 19.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

497 
WFUS53 KEAX 100035
TOREAX
MOC081-129-100100-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0037.140910T0035Z-140910T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
735 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL HARRISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTHWESTERN MERCER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 733 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A   
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RIDGEWAY...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. 

  HAZARD...TORNADO.

  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 MOUNT MORIAH.

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 4047 9362 4026 9370 4026 9376 4026 9377
      4038 9398 4050 9393
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 297DEG 22KT 4041 9388

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

HAWBLITZEL

1 follow-up statement

102 
WWUS53 KEAX 100056
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
756 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014

MOC081-129-100106-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-140910T0100Z/
HARRISON MO-MERCER MO-
756 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MERCER AND EAST CENTRAL
HARRISON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM CDT...

THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT 
FOR THE AREA FOR WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.

LAT...LON 4047 9362 4026 9370 4026 9376 4026 9377
      4038 9398 4050 9393
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 297DEG 22KT 4035 9373

$$

HAWBLITZEL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 9, 7:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Andrew, Holt, Nodaway	25 min
Sep 9, 7:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Harrison	30 min
Sep 9, 7:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Andrew, Holt, Nodaway	31 min
Sep 9, 7:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Holt, Nodaway	6 hr
Sep 9, 7:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison, Holt	59 hr
Sep 9, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Holt, Nodaway	43 min
Sep 9, 7:54 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Holt, Nodaway	55 hr
Sep 9, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Harrison, Mercer	49 min
Sep 9, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, DeKalb, Gentry	49 min
Sep 9, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, DeKalb	38 min
Sep 9, 9:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew	6 hr
Sep 9, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Adair, Grundy, Linn, Macon, Sullivan	45 min
Sep 9, 10:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Linn and 2 more	6 hr
Sep 9, 10:36 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Nodaway	56 hr
Sep 9, 10:36 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan	67 hr
Sep 9, 10:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Grundy, Linn, Livingston, Sullivan	6 hr
Sep 9, 11:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Atchison, Holt, Nodaway	19 hr
Sep 9, 11:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Adair, Macon	5 hr
Sep 10, 12:11 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison	8 hr
Sep 10, 1:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Daviess, Gentry	3 days
Sep 10, 1:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Daviess, Livingston	4 days
Sep 10, 1:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Linn, Livingston	5 days
Sep 10, 1:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston	7 days
Sep 10, 1:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton	9 days
Sep 10, 1:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Grundy, Livingston	48 hr
Sep 10, 1:49 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Buchanan	5 days
Sep 10, 2:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan	4 days
Sep 10, 4:27 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Adair, Chariton, Grundy, Linn, Livingston, Macon and 1 more	6 hr
Sep 10, 5:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Macon	4 days
Sep 10, 6:34 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison, Nodaway, Worth	12 hr
Sep 10, 7:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Adair, Macon, Putnam, Schuyler	35 hr
Sep 10, 9:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	5 days
Sep 10, 9:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	5 days
Sep 10, 9:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	51 hr
Sep 10, 9:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Ray	71 hr
Sep 10, 9:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Jackson, Lafayette, Ray	4 days
Sep 10, 9:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Lafayette, Saline	4 days
Sep 10, 9:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Saline	6 days
Sep 10, 9:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Saline	6 days
Sep 10, 9:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Howard	6 days
Sep 10, 10:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Adair, Carroll, Chariton, Grundy, Linn, Livingston and 4 more	8 hr
Sep 10, 5:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Caldwell, Chariton, Daviess and 15 more	24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.