Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 26, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 2015, 5:09 PM CDT for Clay County, Jackson County, Missouri. It was in force for 21 min. 4 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 6, 2015, 5:09 PM CDT (22:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2015, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Clay County, MO, Jackson County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 5:09 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 Sw Liberty, MO | |
| Jul 6, 5:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nnw Glenaire, MO | DEBRIS REPORTED AT INTERSECTION |
| Jul 6, 5:16 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 N Courtney, MO | |
| Jul 6, 5:37 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nnw Glenaire, MO | REPORTS OF DAMAGE AND WINDOWS BLOWN OUT AT WAL-MART AND ADJACENT GAS STATION. |
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 6, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 625 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -194 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1151 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
542
WFUS53 KEAX 062209
TOREAX
MOC047-095-062230-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0026.150706T2209Z-150706T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
509 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 509 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER LIBERTY...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 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.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MISSOURI CITY AROUND 520 PM CDT.
INDEPENDENCE AROUND 525 PM CDT.
BUCKNER AND SIBLEY AROUND 530 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3932 9457 3940 9441 3934 9421 3905 9420
3912 9445
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 305DEG 26KT 3922 9442
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
480
WWUS53 KEAX 062219
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
519 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015
MOC047-095-062230-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-150706T2230Z/
CLAY-JACKSON-
519 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CLAY AND NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTIES...
AT 519 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RIVER BEND...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BUCKNER AND SIBLEY AROUND 530 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3921 9447 3933 9442 3932 9421 3905 9420
3912 9445
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 305DEG 26KT 3917 9432
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
BLAIRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 3:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EAX | Adair, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass and 21 more | 60 hr |
| Jul 6, 9:40 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cass, Henry, Johnson | 71 hr |
| Jul 6, 9:40 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Henry | 3 days |
| Jul 6, 10:21 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson, Lafayette, Platte, Ray | 70 hr |
| Jul 6, 10:21 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Lafayette, Saline | 4 days |
| Jul 6, 10:21 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Saline | 5 days |
| Jul 6, 1:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Gentry, Worth | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 2:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Harrison | 34 min |
| Jul 6, 2:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Andrew | 31 min |
| Jul 6, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb | 50 min |
| Jul 6, 3:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Platte | 38 min |
| Jul 6, 4:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Platte | 13 min |
| Jul 6, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Platte | 57 min |
| Jul 6, 4:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, Platte | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson, Platte | 39 min |
| Jul 6, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Clay | 20 min |
| Jul 6, 4:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson, Platte | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson, Ray | 18 min |
| Jul 6, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Jackson | 24 min |
| Jul 6, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson, Lafayette, Ray | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson | 46 min |
| Jul 6, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Lafayette, Ray | 45 min |
| Jul 6, 6:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Caldwell, Cass, Jackson, Lafayette, Ray | 4 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.