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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Kansas City, MO

October 1, 2014Pettis County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Oct 1, 2014, 6:31 PM CDT for Pettis County, Missouri. It was in force for 21 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: Oct 1, 2014, 6:31 PM CDT (23:31 UTC)
Expired: Oct 1, 2014, 6:52 PM CDT
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Pettis County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 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
Oct 1, 2:40 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 193 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

067 
WFUS53 KEAX 012331
TOREAX
MOC159-020000-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0039.141001T2331Z-141002T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
631 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN PETTIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 629 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF COLE CAMP...AND MOVING EAST AT
  30 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...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN PETTIS 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 3853 9324 3859 9324 3862 9306 3853 9306
      3853 9307 3853 9308
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 261DEG 26KT 3856 9317

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

BLAIR

2 follow-up statements

443 
WWUS53 KEAX 012343
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
643 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014

MOC159-020000-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-141002T0000Z/
PETTIS MO-
643 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN PETTIS COUNTY
UNTIL 700 PM CDT...

AT 640 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLE CAMP...AND MOVING EAST 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...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PETTIS 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 3853 9321 3860 9319 3861 9306 3853 9306
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 259DEG 22KT 3855 9309

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

BLAIR

199 
WWUS53 KEAX 012352
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
652 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014

MOC159-020003-
/O.CAN.KEAX.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-141002T0000Z/
PETTIS MO-
652 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PETTIS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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.

LAT...LON 3853 9321 3860 9319 3861 9306 3853 9306
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 259DEG 22KT 3856 9301

$$

BLAIR

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, 3:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Cooper, Pettis	25 min
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

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.