Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 38, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Oct 1, 2014, 3:07 PM CDT for Cooper County, Pettis County, Missouri. It was in force for 25 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
- Oct 1, 2014, 3:07 PM CDT (20:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 1, 2014, 3:32 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
Counties Cooper County, MO, Pettis County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 3:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Otterville, MO | CITY OF OTTERVILLE HAS NO POWER. |
| Oct 1, 3:10 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Otterville, MO | CITY OF OTTERVILLE HAS NO POWER. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 192 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1166 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
114
WFUS53 KEAX 012007
TOREAX
MOC053-159-012045-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0038.141001T2007Z-141001T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
307 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN COOPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
EAST CENTRAL PETTIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 345 PM CDT
* AT 304 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SMITHTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
AT 241 PM...LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A 60 MPH WIND GUST IN
SEDALIA.
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...
OTTERVILLE...BUNCETON AND CLIFTON CITY.
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 3869 9278 3869 9305 3868 9313 3883 9316
3884 9311 3887 9276
TIME...MOT...LOC 2008Z 271DEG 21KT 3873 9305
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
AEP2 follow-up statements
442
WWUS53 KEAX 012017
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
317 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014
MOC159-012026-
/O.CAN.KEAX.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-141001T2045Z/
PETTIS MO-
317 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL PETTIS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3869 9305 3884 9305 3887 9276 3869 9278
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 271DEG 21KT 3873 9299
$$
MOC053-012045-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-141001T2045Z/
COOPER MO-
317 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN COOPER COUNTY
UNTIL 345 PM CDT...
AT 315 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR OTTERVILLE...AND MOVING EAST 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...
BUNCETON.
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 3869 9305 3884 9305 3887 9276 3869 9278
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 271DEG 21KT 3873 9299
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
AEP715 WWUS53 KEAX 012032 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 332 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014 MOC053-012042- /O.CAN.KEAX.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-141001T2045Z/ COOPER MO- 332 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN COOPER COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. HOWEVER...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT. LAT...LON 3869 9305 3884 9305 3887 9276 3869 9278 TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 271DEG 21KT 3873 9287 $$ AEP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 5:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb and 5 more | 4 hr |
| Oct 1, 2:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Johnson | 30 min |
| Oct 1, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry, Johnson | 50 min |
| Oct 1, 2:15 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Howard | 56 hr |
| Oct 1, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline | 45 min |
| Oct 1, 2:39 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Atchison, Holt | 28 hr |
| Oct 1, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard, Johnson, Pettis, Saline | 43 min |
| Oct 1, 2:49 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan | 5 days |
| Oct 1, 2:49 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Platte | 4 days |
| Oct 1, 2:49 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Platte | 4 days |
| Oct 1, 3:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EAX | Bates, Cass, Cooper, Henry, Howard, Johnson and 2 more | 28 hr |
| Oct 1, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper | 51 min |
| Oct 1, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates | 52 min |
| Oct 1, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass | 42 min |
| Oct 1, 4:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Cass | 52 min |
| Oct 1, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson | 39 min |
| Oct 1, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson | 34 min |
| Oct 1, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson | 28 min |
| Oct 1, 5:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Clay | 52 min |
| Oct 1, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry | 38 min |
| Oct 1, 6:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Pettis | 21 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.