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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 2015, 9:44 PM CDT for Bates County, Missouri. It was in force for 31 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
- Apr 7, 2015, 9:44 PM CDT (02:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2015, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
County Bates County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:47 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 9:44 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 7 Sw Passaic, MO | |
| Apr 7, 9:53 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Se Amoret, MO | BRIEF TORNADO DESTOYED 60 FOOT MACHINE SHOP AND REMOVED SHINGLES OF HOUSE GARAGE. PRELIMINARY RATING EF0. |
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 7, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 1427 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1716 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS53 KEAX 080244
TOREAX
MOC013-080315-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0002.150408T0244Z-150408T0315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
944 PM CDT TUE APR 7 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL BATES COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
* AT 941 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF HUME...AND MOVING EAST AT 15
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG 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...
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 3828 9436 3812 9438 3819 9458 3825 9457
TIME...MOT...LOC 0244Z 271DEG 15KT 3821 9452
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
LEIGHTON2 follow-up statements
941
WWUS53 KEAX 080259
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
959 PM CDT TUE APR 7 2015
MOC013-080315-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150408T0315Z/
BATES MO-
959 PM CDT TUE APR 7 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL BATES COUNTY UNTIL
1015 PM CDT...
AT 942 PM...THE PUBLIC REPORTED PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL IN AMORET.
AT 944 PM...THE PUBLIC REPORTED PENNY SIZE HAIL 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
PASSAIC.
AT 953 PM...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 3
MILES EAST OF AMORET.
AT 958 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF BUTLER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL BATES COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3819 9454 3825 9455 3828 9436 3813 9438
TIME...MOT...LOC 0259Z 223DEG 10KT 3826 9449
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
LEIGHTON359 WWUS53 KEAX 080308 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1008 PM CDT TUE APR 7 2015 MOC013-080317- /O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150408T0315Z/ BATES MO- 1008 PM CDT TUE APR 7 2015 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL BATES COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1015 PM CDT... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 2 AM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BATES COUNTY UNTIL 1015 PM. LAT...LON 3819 9454 3825 9455 3828 9436 3813 9438 TIME...MOT...LOC 0307Z 223DEG 10KT 3828 9447 $$ LEIGHTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass | 51 min |
| Apr 7, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates | 50 min |
| Apr 7, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Lafayette | 48 min |
| Apr 7, 10:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Carroll | 48 min |
| Apr 7, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass | 45 min |
| Apr 7, 10:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Lafayette | 34 min |
| Apr 7, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Saline | 38 min |
| Apr 7, 11:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Henry | 45 min |
| Apr 8, 5:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan | 40 min |
| Apr 8, 6:22 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | EAX | Buchanan, Carroll, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Cooper and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 8, 6:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Cass | 46 min |
| Apr 8, 6:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Buchanan | 30 min |
| Apr 8, 6:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass | 39 min |
| Apr 8, 7:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Ray | 28 min |
| Apr 8, 7:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass | 25 min |
| Apr 8, 7:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson, Ray | 46 min |
| Apr 8, 7:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson | 30 min |
| Apr 8, 7:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Livingston | 37 min |
| Apr 8, 8:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson | 43 min |
| Apr 8, 8:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll | 28 min |
| Apr 8, 8:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Chariton | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 8:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson | 44 min |
| Apr 8, 8:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Carroll, Livingston | 38 min |
| Apr 8, 8:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Gentry, Nodaway, Worth | 42 min |
| Apr 8, 8:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Macon | 48 min |
| Apr 8, 9:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Chariton, Linn, Macon, Randolph | 38 min |
| Apr 8, 9:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Pettis | 36 min |
| Apr 8, 9:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pettis, Saline | 45 min |
| Apr 8, 9:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Daviess | 38 min |
| Apr 8, 9:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Cooper | 51 min |
| Apr 8, 9:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard, Saline | 19 min |
| Apr 8, 9:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Saline | 36 min |
| Apr 8, 10:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Harrison | 24 min |
| Apr 8, 10:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Saline | 42 min |
| Apr 8, 2:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EAX | Bates, Carroll, Cass, Chariton, Clay, Cooper and 10 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates | 26 min |
| Apr 8, 4:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Bates | 44 min |
| Apr 8, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Henry, Johnson | 39 min |
| Apr 8, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Henry, Johnson, Pettis | 51 min |
| Apr 8, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Platte | 30 min |
| Apr 8, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Clinton | 18 min |
| Apr 8, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard, Pettis, Randolph, Saline | 54 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.