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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 27, 2014Bates County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2014, 6:07 PM CDT for Bates County, Missouri. It was in force for 23 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
Apr 27, 2014, 6:07 PM CDT (23:07 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 2014, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Observed
Hail
1.0 in

County Bates County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 27, 11:23 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 131 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2014-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1488 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2014-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 215 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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

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The text

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

903 
WFUS53 KEAX 272307
TOREAX
MOC013-272330-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0009.140427T2307Z-140427T2330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL BATES COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 602 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HUME...AND   
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ANOTHER CIRCULATION THAT MAY TURN INTO 
ANOTHER TORNADO WAS LOCATED SOUTHWEST OF FOSTER. 

AT 605 PM A TORNADO NEAR HUME WAS ON LIVE TELEVISION. 

  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...
  BUTLER...FOSTER AND AMORET.

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.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3817 9462 3829 9461 3837 9457 3833 9438
      3822 9428 3810 9439
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 209DEG 22KT 3816 9451

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

LEIGHTON
2 follow-up statements
328 
WWUS53 KEAX 272325
SVSEAX

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

MOC013-272330-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140427T2330Z/
BATES MO-
625 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL BATES COUNTY UNTIL
630 PM CDT...

AT 613 PM...LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 3 
MILES SOUTHWEST OF FOSTER.

AT 620 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF BUTLER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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...
BUTLER.

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.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3816 9435 3822 9454 3829 9457 3836 9453
      3833 9438 3822 9428
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 209DEG 22KT 3826 9444

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

$$

LEIGHTON
734 
WWUS53 KEAX 272329
SVSEAX

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

MOC013-272339-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140427T2330Z/
BATES MO-
629 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL BATES COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM
CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
 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 2 AM. 

LAT...LON 3816 9435 3822 9454 3829 9457 3836 9453
      3833 9438 3822 9428
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 209DEG 22KT 3829 9442

$$

LEIGHTON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 11:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Holt, Nodaway45 min
Apr 27, 11:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Platte32 min
Apr 27, 11:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Holt, Nodaway52 min
Apr 27, 11:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Cass39 min
Apr 27, 11:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, DeKalb, Platte50 min
Apr 27, 12:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb30 min
Apr 27, 12:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette48 min
Apr 27, 12:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDaviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison51 min
Apr 27, 12:51 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXCarroll, Lafayette, Ray24 min
Apr 27, 12:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Carroll, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis and 2 more50 min
Apr 27, 1:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Henry, Johnson, Pettis, Saline41 min
Apr 27, 1:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Linn, Livingston and 1 more48 min
Apr 27, 1:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Howard, Pettis, Saline66 min
Apr 27, 1:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDaviess, Grundy, Harrison, Linn, Livingston, Mercer and 2 more42 min
Apr 27, 1:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Howard, Linn, Livingston, Macon, Randolph49 min
Apr 27, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAdair, Linn, Macon, Putnam, Schuyler, Sullivan62 min
Apr 27, 2:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates23 min
Apr 27, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHoward, Macon, Randolph33 min
Apr 27, 2:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry29 min
Apr 27, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Henry21 min
Apr 27, 4:16 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXHenry3 hr
Apr 27, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates31 min
Apr 27, 5:38 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXBates37 min
Apr 27, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson, Platte34 min
Apr 27, 6:38 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXClay, Jackson, Platte3 hr
Apr 27, 6:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXPlatte25 min
Apr 27, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, Clay, Clinton, Platte35 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.