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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 6, 2015Clay County, Jackson County, Missouri

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.

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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 6, 5:09 PM CDTTORNADO1 Sw Liberty, MO
Jul 6, 5:10 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 Nnw Glenaire, MODEBRIS REPORTED AT INTERSECTION
Jul 6, 5:16 PM CDTTORNADO3 N Courtney, MO
Jul 6, 5:37 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 Nnw Glenaire, MOREPORTS 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 6, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2015-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 625 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 12:00Z on 2015-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

BLAIR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 3:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchEAXAdair, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass and 21 more60 hr
Jul 6, 9:40 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCass, Henry, Johnson71 hr
Jul 6, 9:40 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry3 days
Jul 6, 10:21 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Lafayette, Platte, Ray70 hr
Jul 6, 10:21 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Lafayette, Saline4 days
Jul 6, 10:21 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Saline5 days
Jul 6, 1:53 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXGentry, Worth3 hr
Jul 6, 2:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXHarrison34 min
Jul 6, 2:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXAndrew31 min
Jul 6, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb50 min
Jul 6, 3:19 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXAndrew, Buchanan2 hr
Jul 6, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, Platte38 min
Jul 6, 4:02 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXPlatte13 min
Jul 6, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Platte57 min
Jul 6, 4:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXBuchanan, Clay, Clinton, Platte4 hr
Jul 6, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Platte39 min
Jul 6, 4:55 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXClay20 min
Jul 6, 4:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Platte4 hr
Jul 6, 5:27 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Ray18 min
Jul 6, 5:36 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXJackson24 min
Jul 6, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson, Lafayette, Ray30 min
Jul 6, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Jackson46 min
Jul 6, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Lafayette, Ray45 min
Jul 6, 6:51 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXCaldwell, Cass, Jackson, Lafayette, Ray4 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.