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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 6, 2015Jackson County, Missouri; Johnson County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 2015, 5:36 PM CDT for Jackson County, Missouri; Johnson County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 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, 5:36 PM CDT (22:36 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2015, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Johnson County, KS, Jackson County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 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, 5:38 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	3 Nw Olathe, KS	WELL DEFINED ROTATION WITH SMALL DEBRIS OBSERVED AT INTERSECTION OF HWY 7 AND COLLEGE BLVD.
Jul 6, 5:38 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Nw Olathe, KS	DELAYED REPORT...POSSIBLE TORNADO...TREES DAMAGED AT HWY 7 AND COLLEGE BLVD
Jul 6, 5:49 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Nnw Olathe, KS	NUMEROUS TREES REPORTED BLOWN DOWN NEAR OLATHE NORTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL.
Jul 6, 6:03 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Nnw Stanley, KS	REPORT OF 6 INCH TREE LIMB DOWN AT 132 ST AND ANTIOCH.

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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 77 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: 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.

327 
WFUS53 KEAX 062236
TOREAX
KSC091-MOC095-062300-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0030.150706T2236Z-150706T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
536 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
    
* AT 536 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER OLATHE...MOVING EAST AT 40 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. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LENEXA AROUND 540 PM CDT.
  OVERLAND PARK AROUND 545 PM CDT.
  PRAIRIE VILLAGE...MISSION AND COUNTRYSIDE AROUND 550 PM CDT.
  LEAWOOD AROUND 555 PM CDT.
  GRANDVIEW AND RAYMORE AROUND 600 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3900 9493 3900 9492 3898 9492 3902 9489
      3903 9449 3894 9441 3884 9445 3885 9460
      3884 9461 3883 9495 3898 9496
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 271DEG 34KT 3892 9482 

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

$$

BLAIR

1 follow-up statement

258 
WWUS53 KEAX 062248
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
548 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015

KSC091-MOC095-062300-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-150706T2300Z/
JOHNSON-JACKSON-
548 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN JOHNSON AND SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTIES...
    
AT 547 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LENEXA...MOVING EAST AT 40 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. 

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GRANDVIEW AND RAYMORE AROUND 600 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3902 9484 3903 9449 3894 9441 3884 9445
      3885 9460 3884 9461 3883 9485
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 271DEG 34KT 3892 9468 

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

$$

BLAIR

The 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, 5:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	EAX	Clay, Jackson	21 min
Jul 6, 5:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Ray	18 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
Jul 6, 5:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte	30 min
Jul 6, 5:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Johnson, Miami	31 min

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.