Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 20, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jul 1, 2015, 7:17 PM CDT for Cass County, Jackson County, Johnson County, Missouri. It was in force for 43 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
- Jul 1, 2015, 7:17 PM CDT (00:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2015, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.25 in
Counties Cass County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 7:29 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 Nne Pleasant Hill, MO | BRIEF FUNNEL SPOTTED NORTHEAST OF NWS OFFICE AT 729 PM. QUICKLY DISSIPATED BUT BROAD ROTATION CONTINUED. |
| Jul 1, 8:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Sse Greenwood, MO | 2 TO 3 INCH TREE LIMBS REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE 24000 BLOCK OF HWY 58, POSSIBLY DUE TO TORNADO |
| Jul 1, 8:05 PM CDT | TORNADO | Se Pleasant Hill, MO | SPOTTER REPORTS TORNADO ON GROUND AT HWY 7 AND HWY 58. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 6:03 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 844 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1888 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
880
WFUS53 KEAX 020017
TOREAX
MOC037-095-101-020100-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0020.150702T0017Z-150702T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
717 PM CDT WED JUL 1 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
WEST CENTRAL JOHNSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 713 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GREENWOOD...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. AT 658 PM...LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD IN LEE'S SUMMIT.
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...
PLEASANT HILL...LONE JACK...KINGSVILLE AND STRASBURG.
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 3875 9405 3869 9426 3884 9436 3888 9411
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 316DEG 15KT 3886 9430
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
BLAIR1 follow-up statement
256
WWUS53 KEAX 020049
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
749 PM CDT WED JUL 1 2015
MOC101-020059-
/O.CAN.KEAX.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-150702T0100Z/
JOHNSON MO-
749 PM CDT WED JUL 1 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL JOHNSON COUNTY IN WEST
CENTRAL MISSOURI IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3869 9426 3884 9436 3887 9416 3875 9412
3873 9412
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 304DEG 12KT 3882 9431
$$
MOC037-095-020100-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-150702T0100Z/
CASS MO-JACKSON MO-
749 PM CDT WED JUL 1 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL JACKSON AND
NORTHEASTERN CASS COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CDT...
AT 747 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE WINNEBAGO...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 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...
PLEASANT HILL AND STRASBURG.
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 3869 9426 3884 9436 3887 9416 3875 9412
3873 9412
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 304DEG 12KT 3882 9431
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
BLAIRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 7:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Lafayette | 38 min |
| Jul 1, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson | 47 min |
| Jul 1, 7:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson | 6 hr |
| Jul 1, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cass | 31 min |
| Jul 1, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson | 42 min |
| Jul 1, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pettis | 32 min |
| Jul 1, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Johnson | 46 min |
| Jul 1, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry, Johnson, Pettis | 41 min |
| Jul 1, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pettis | 39 min |
| Jul 1, 8:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cass | 32 min |
| Jul 1, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass | 51 min |
| Jul 1, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass | 43 min |
| Jul 1, 10:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Henry, Johnson, Pettis | 16 hr |
| Jul 1, 10:11 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper | 41 hr |
| Jul 1, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry | 39 min |
| Jul 1, 10:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Henry | 38 min |
| Jul 1, 10:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass | 6 hr |
| Jul 1, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates | 44 min |
| Jul 1, 10:45 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Howard | 31 hr |
| Jul 1, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates | 48 min |
| Jul 1, 11:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Bates | 6 hr |
| Jul 2, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates | 41 min |
| Jul 2, 1:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson | 12 hr |
| Jul 2, 6:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Henry | 41 hr |
| Jul 2, 1:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Cass | 24 hr |
| Jul 2, 2:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Pettis | 24 hr |
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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.