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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 1, 2015Cass County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jul 1, 2015, 8:58 PM CDT for Cass County, Missouri. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report 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, 8:58 PM CDT (01:58 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2015, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

County Cass County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:58 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 1, 9:12 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD2 Sw Pleasant Hill, MOHIGHWAY PATROL REPORTS SPOTTER SAW 2 FUNNEL CLOUDS ON BETWEEN HWY 291 AND HWY 7. THEY WERE ON HWY P AT THE 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 1, 6:03 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 00:00Z on 2015-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 844 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 00:00Z on 2015-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 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
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

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The text

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

823 
WFUS53 KEAX 020158
TOREAX
MOC037-020230-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0022.150702T0158Z-150702T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
858 PM CDT WED JUL 1 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CASS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 855 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RAYMORE...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 EAST LYNNE.

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 3866 9418 3865 9444 3879 9452 3883 9429
TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 331DEG 14KT 3875 9438

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

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 7:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXLafayette38 min
Jul 1, 7:17 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXCass, Jackson, Johnson43 min
Jul 1, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson47 min
Jul 1, 7:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCass, Jackson6 hr
Jul 1, 7:59 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXCass31 min
Jul 1, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Jackson42 min
Jul 1, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis32 min
Jul 1, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Johnson46 min
Jul 1, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry, Johnson, Pettis41 min
Jul 1, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis39 min
Jul 1, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Cass51 min
Jul 1, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Cass43 min
Jul 1, 10:07 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXHenry, Johnson, Pettis16 hr
Jul 1, 10:11 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCooper41 hr
Jul 1, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry39 min
Jul 1, 10:22 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXHenry38 min
Jul 1, 10:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXBates, Cass6 hr
Jul 1, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates44 min
Jul 1, 10:45 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXHoward31 hr
Jul 1, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates48 min
Jul 1, 11:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXBates6 hr
Jul 2, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates41 min
Jul 2, 1:58 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXCass, Jackson12 hr
Jul 2, 6:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry41 hr
Jul 2, 1:59 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXCass24 hr
Jul 2, 2:04 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXPettis24 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.