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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 25, 2015Andrew County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jul 25, 2015, 7:57 PM CDT for Andrew County, Missouri. It was in force for 33 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 25, 2015, 7:57 PM CDT (00:57 UTC)
Expired: Jul 25, 2015, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Andrew County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 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 nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 131 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: 1872 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1459 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

834 
WFUS53 KEAX 260057
TOREAX
MOC003-260130-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0031.150726T0057Z-150726T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
757 PM CDT SAT JUL 25 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN ANDREW COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
    
* AT 756 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SAVANNAH...MOVING EAST AT 25 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. 

* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  EASTERN ANDREW COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  ROSENDALE...REA AND HELENA.

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 3995 9490 4006 9489 4009 9463 3994 9462
      3986 9471
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 285DEG 22KT 3999 9484 

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

$$

LEIGHTON

3 follow-up statements

059 
WWUS53 KEAX 260111
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
811 PM CDT SAT JUL 25 2015

MOC003-260130-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-150726T0130Z/
ANDREW MO-
811 PM CDT SAT JUL 25 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ANDREW COUNTY...
    
AT 811 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR SAVANNAH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 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...
HELENA. 

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 3992 9481 4003 9481 4007 9463 3994 9462
      3987 9470
TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 295DEG 17KT 3997 9476 

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

$$

LEIGHTON

592 
WWUS53 KEAX 260121
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
821 PM CDT SAT JUL 25 2015

MOC003-260130-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-150726T0130Z/
ANDREW MO-
821 PM CDT SAT JUL 25 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL ANDREW COUNTY...
    
AT 821 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR UNION STAR...OR 9 MILES EAST OF SAVANNAH...MOVING
EAST AT 25 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...
HELENA.

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 3994 9474 4000 9472 4002 9463 3994 9462
      3991 9465
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 286DEG 23KT 3995 9464 

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

$$

LEIGHTON

257 
WWUS53 KEAX 260130
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
830 PM CDT SAT JUL 25 2015

MOC003-260140-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-150726T0130Z/
ANDREW MO-
830 PM CDT SAT JUL 25 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL ANDREW COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL....GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL
POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3994 9474 4000 9472 4002 9463 3994 9462
      3991 9465
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 285DEG 22KT 3995 9464 

$$

LEIGHTON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 25, 7:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Andrew, Holt, Nodaway	36 min
Jul 25, 8:16 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Macon	65 hr
Jul 25, 9:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan	51 min
Jul 25, 9:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	52 min
Jul 25, 9:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Caldwell, Daviess	50 min
Jul 25, 10:44 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	3 hr
Jul 26, 12:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Howard	38 min
Jul 26, 1:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Macon	23 min
Jul 26, 1:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cooper, Howard	38 min
Jul 26, 4:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Adair	52 min
Jul 26, 5:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper	28 hr
Jul 26, 3:55 PM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass, Clay, Cooper, Henry, Howard and 6 more	53 hr
Jul 26, 3:55 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	EAX	Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll and 25 more	53 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.