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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 27, 2014Linn County, Kansas; Bates County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2014, 5:38 PM CDT for Linn County, Kansas; Bates County, Missouri. It was in force for 37 min. 3 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: Apr 27, 2014, 5:38 PM CDT (22:38 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2014, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Linn County, KS, Bates County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Apr 27, 5:49 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 Ese Prescott, KS	TORNADO SEEN FROM VIDEO SHOT BY BROADCAST MEDIA.
Apr 27, 6:00 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 Wnw Hume, KS	TORNADO WAS STILL ONGOING AT THIS TIME BUT BEGINNING TO ROPE OUT PER BROADCAST MEDIA VIDEO.
Apr 27, 6:13 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	3 Sw Foster, MO	CONDENSATION FUNNEL NO LONGER REACHING THE SURFACE AT THIS TIME.

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
Apr 27, 11:23 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 136 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: 1488 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 991 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 215 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 242 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 4.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

122 
WFUS53 KEAX 272238
TOREAX
KSC107-MOC013-272315-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0008.140427T2238Z-140427T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
538 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN BATES COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 534 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FULTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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...
  PRESCOTT...HUME...WORLAND AND FOSTER.

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 3804 9477 3821 9467 3822 9448 3812 9437
      3805 9445 3806 9461 3804 9461 3803 9462
      3803 9477
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 215DEG 33KT 3797 9469

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

$$

LEIGHTON

4 follow-up statements

994 
WWUS53 KEAX 272242
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
542 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

KSC107-MOC013-272315-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140427T2315Z/
LINN KS-BATES MO-
542 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINN COUNTY
IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...AND SOUTHWESTERN BATES COUNTY IN WEST
CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 615 PM CDT...

AT 538 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FULTON...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...NEWS MEDIA CONFIRMED TORNADO.

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...
PRESCOTT...HUME...WORLAND AND FOSTER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3804 9477 3821 9467 3822 9448 3812 9437
      3805 9445 3806 9461 3804 9461 3803 9462
      3803 9477
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 215DEG 33KT 3800 9466

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

LEIGHTON

524 
WWUS53 KEAX 272252
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
552 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

KSC107-MOC013-272315-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140427T2315Z/
LINN KS-BATES MO-
552 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINN COUNTY
IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...AND SOUTHWESTERN BATES COUNTY IN WEST
CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 615 PM CDT...

AT 548 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PRESCOTT...AND 
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. AT 550 PM A TORNADO WAS ON LIVE 
TELEVISION CROSSING THE LINN COUNTY KANSAS LINE WITH BOURBON COUNTY 
KANSAS. THE STORM IS MOVING INTO BATES COUNTY MISSOURI. 

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...NEWS MEDIA CONFIRMED TORNADO.

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...
HUME...WORLAND AND FOSTER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3820 9468 3821 9467 3822 9448 3812 9437
      3805 9445 3806 9461 3804 9461 3803 9462
      3803 9473
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 214DEG 32KT 3806 9461

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

LEIGHTON

833 
WWUS53 KEAX 272300
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
600 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

KSC107-MOC013-272315-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140427T2315Z/
LINN KS-BATES MO-
600 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL LINN COUNTY
IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...AND SOUTHWESTERN BATES COUNTY IN WEST
CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 615 PM CDT...

AT 549 PM...LOCAL MEDIA RELAYED A REPORT OF A TORNADO 3 MILES 
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF PRESCOTT. 

AT 559 PM THE TORNADO WAS ON LIVE TELEVISION JUST WEST OF HUME.

AT 557 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HUME...AND
MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...PUBLIC CONFIRMED TORNADO.

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...
FOSTER AND WORLAND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3806 9461 3808 9472 3820 9468 3821 9467
      3822 9448 3812 9437 3805 9445
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 195DEG 30KT 3813 9461

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

LEIGHTON

821 
WWUS53 KEAX 272313
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
613 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

KSC107-MOC013-272322-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140427T2315Z/
LINN KS-BATES MO-
613 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL
KANSAS...AND SOUTHWESTERN BATES COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI WILL
EXPIRE AT 615 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA. A TORNADO WARNING FOR BATES COUNTY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 
630 PM.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM. 

LAT...LON 3806 9461 3808 9472 3820 9468 3821 9467
      3822 9448 3812 9437 3805 9445
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 195DEG 30KT 3823 9457

$$

LEIGHTON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 27, 10:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Miami	51 min
Apr 27, 10:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Atchison	46 min
Apr 27, 11:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison, Doniphan	45 min
Apr 27, 11:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte	39 min
Apr 27, 11:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison, Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte	32 min
Apr 27, 11:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Doniphan	52 min
Apr 27, 11:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Linn, Miami	48 min
Apr 27, 11:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Linn, Miami	39 min
Apr 27, 11:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison, Doniphan	50 min
Apr 27, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Linn	31 min
Apr 27, 6:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Johnson	31 min
Apr 27, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Wyandotte	34 min
Apr 27, 6:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Johnson, Miami, Wyandotte	3 hr
Apr 27, 12:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb	30 min
Apr 27, 12:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass, Henry, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette	48 min
Apr 27, 12:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison	51 min
Apr 27, 12:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Carroll, Lafayette, Ray	24 min
Apr 27, 12:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis and 2 more	50 min
Apr 27, 1:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cooper, Henry, Johnson, Pettis, Saline	41 min
Apr 27, 1:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Linn, Livingston and 1 more	48 min
Apr 27, 1:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cooper, Howard, Pettis, Saline	66 min
Apr 27, 1:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Linn, Livingston, Mercer and 2 more	42 min
Apr 27, 1:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Linn, Livingston, Macon, Randolph	49 min
Apr 27, 2:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Adair, Linn, Macon, Putnam, Schuyler, Sullivan	62 min
Apr 27, 2:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates	23 min
Apr 27, 2:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Howard, Macon, Randolph	33 min
Apr 27, 2:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Henry	29 min
Apr 27, 2:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates, Henry	21 min
Apr 27, 4:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Henry	3 hr
Apr 27, 6:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	EAX	Bates	23 min
Apr 27, 6:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Platte	25 min
Apr 27, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, Platte	35 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.