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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Kansas City, MO

March 27, 2014Grundy County, Sullivan County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2014, 4:24 PM CDT for Grundy County, Sullivan County, Missouri. It was in force for 36 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: Mar 27, 2014, 4:24 PM CDT (21:24 UTC)
Expired: Mar 27, 2014, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.25 in

Counties Grundy County, MO, Sullivan County, MO

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 238 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

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The text

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

769 
WFUS53 KEAX 272124
TOREAX
MOC079-211-272200-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0005.140327T2124Z-140327T2200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN GRUNDY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  WEST CENTRAL SULLIVAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 419 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GALT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. AT 414 PM...TRAINED WEATHER     
           SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 9 MILES NORTHEAST 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...
  OSGOOD.

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 4021 9324 4015 9346 4019 9351 4027 9338
      4027 9337 4028 9337 4029 9335
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 247DEG 32KT 4019 9336

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

MJ

2 follow-up statements

072 
WWUS53 KEAX 272132
SVSEAX

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

MOC079-272142-
/O.CAN.KEAX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140327T2200Z/
GRUNDY MO-
432 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GRUNDY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 4026 9330 4025 9329 4021 9324 4018 9337
      4028 9337 4029 9335
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 247DEG 32KT 4021 9328

$$

MOC211-272200-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140327T2200Z/
SULLIVAN MO-
432 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL SULLIVAN
COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM CDT...

AT 428 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF GALT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 
MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. AT 414 PM...TRAINED WEATHER 
         SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 9 MILES NORTHEAST 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 WESTERN SULLIVAN 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 4026 9330 4025 9329 4021 9324 4018 9337
      4028 9337 4029 9335
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 247DEG 32KT 4021 9328

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

MJ

224 
WWUS53 KEAX 272142 RRA
SVSEAX

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

MOC211-272151-
/O.CAN.KEAX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140327T2200Z/
SULLIVAN MO-
442 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL SULLIVAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.  HOWEVER...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE AS A 
NEW LINE OF NEW THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT

LAT...LON 4026 9330 4025 9329 4021 9324 4018 9337
      4028 9337 4029 9335
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 247DEG 32KT 4024 9318

$$

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, 3:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	EAX	Daviess, Grundy	29 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, 4:25 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.