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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 1, 2015Henry County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jul 1, 2015, 10:22 PM CDT for Henry County, Missouri. It was in force for 38 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: Jul 1, 2015, 10:22 PM CDT (03:22 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2015, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Henry County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:24 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.

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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 150 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: 2985 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1028 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 240 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 457 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 4.7
Supercell composite: 27.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

403 
WFUS53 KEAX 020322
TOREAX
MOC083-020400-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0023.150702T0322Z-150702T0400Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1022 PM CDT WED JUL 1 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 1021 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF DEEPWATER...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO.

  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...
  TIGHTWAD...BROWNINGTON.

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 3820 9374 3830 9381 3840 9362 3829 9351
      3821 9352 3820 9352 3820 9354 3822 9356
      3820 9356
TIME...MOT...LOC 0322Z 326DEG 14KT 3827 9365

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

LEIGHTON

2 follow-up statements

638 
WWUS53 KEAX 020329
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1029 PM CDT WED JUL 1 2015

MOC083-020400-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-150702T0400Z/
HENRY MO-
1029 PM CDT WED JUL 1 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY
UNTIL 1100 PM CDT...

AT 1026 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF DEEPWATER...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...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN HENRY 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 3820 9372 3827 9373 3832 9362 3829 9351
      3821 9352 3820 9352 3820 9354 3822 9356
      3820 9356
TIME...MOT...LOC 0330Z 326DEG 14KT 3824 9363

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

$$

LEIGHTON

279 
WWUS53 KEAX 020358
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1058 PM CDT WED JUL 1 2015

MOC083-020408-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-150702T0400Z/
HENRY MO-
1058 PM CDT WED JUL 1 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1100 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 AM.

LAT...LON 3820 9372 3827 9373 3832 9362 3829 9351
      3821 9352 3820 9352 3820 9354 3822 9356
      3820 9356
TIME...MOT...LOC 0358Z 326DEG 14KT 3815 9355

$$

LEIGHTON

The 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, 7:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Cass, Jackson, Johnson	43 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, 10:28 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

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.