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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Kansas City, MO

September 18, 2015Cass County, Missouri; Miami County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Sep 18, 2015, 6:32 PM CDT for Cass County, Missouri; Miami County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 min. 5 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: Sep 18, 2015, 6:32 PM CDT (23:32 UTC)
Expired: Sep 18, 2015, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Miami County, KS, Cass County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Sep 18, 6:45 PM CDT	TORNADO	Louisburg, KS
Sep 18, 7:02 PM CDT	TORNADO	1 Nw Freeman, MO	TORNADO REPORTED AT MISSOURI HIGHWAY 2 NEAR MIDWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Sep 18, 7:08 PM CDT	TORNADO	Freeman, MO	TORNADO REPORTED IN FREEMAN WITH DAMAGE TO ROOFTOPS
Sep 18, 7:10 PM CDT	TORNADO	Freeman, MO	TORNADO REPORTED WITH SNAPPED POWER LINES AND TREES. MINOR STRUCTUAL DAMAGE TO HOMES REPORTED.
Sep 18, 7:14 PM CDT	TORNADO	1 Nw Freeman, MO	TORNADO REPORTED AT 269TH AND MISSOURI 2 HIGHWAY WITH NEARBY STRUCTUAL DAMAGE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 96 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: 796 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -207 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1023 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 197 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 143 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.9

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The text

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

121 
WFUS53 KEAX 182332
TOREAX
KSC121-MOC037-190015-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0034.150918T2332Z-150919T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
632 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN MIAMI COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  WEST CENTRAL CASS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 632 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LOUISBURG...
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT 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...
  LOUISBURG AROUND 640 PM CDT.
  CLEVELAND AROUND 655 PM CDT.
  FREEMAN AND LAKE ANNETTE AROUND 705 PM CDT.
  PECULIAR AROUND 715 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE WEST
LINE.

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 3861 9474 3871 9475 3875 9446 3858 9444
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 261DEG 23KT 3866 9478 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

HAWBLITZEL

2 follow-up statements

888 
WWUS53 KEAX 182345
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
645 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015

KSC121-MOC037-190015-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-150919T0015Z/
MIAMI KS-CASS MO-
645 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MIAMI AND WEST CENTRAL CASS COUNTIES...
    
AT 644 PM CDT...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED A RAIN-WRAPPED TORNADO 4 
MILES NORTH OF LOUISBURG... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS 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...
  CLEVELAND AROUND 655 PM CDT.
  FREEMAN AND LAKE ANNETTE AROUND 700 PM CDT.
  PECULIAR AROUND 710 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE WEST
LINE.

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 3861 9474 3871 9475 3875 9446 3858 9444
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 256DEG 26KT 3867 9468 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

HAWBLITZEL

520 
WWUS53 KEAX 182358
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
658 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015

KSC121-190006-
/O.CAN.KEAX.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-150919T0015Z/
MIAMI KS-
658 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MIAMI COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED INTO 
CASS COUNTY. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3860 9461 3870 9461 3872 9446 3858 9444
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 271DEG 24KT 3865 9457 

$$

MOC037-190015-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-150919T0015Z/
CASS MO-
658 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL CASS COUNTY...
    
AT 656 PM CDT...SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT THE TORNADO OVER EASTERN 
MIAMI COUNTY HAD LIFTED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF 
PRODUCING A NEW TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER CLEVELAND...OR NEAR 
LOUISBURG...MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
  FREEMAN AND LAKE ANNETTE AROUND 705 PM CDT.
  PECULIAR AROUND 710 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE WEST
LINE.

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 3860 9461 3870 9461 3872 9446 3858 9444
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 271DEG 24KT 3865 9457 

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

$$

HAWBLITZEL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 17, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Adair, Putnam, Schuyler, Sullivan	50 min
Sep 17, 7:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Adair, Sullivan	33 min
Sep 17, 7:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Holt	45 min
Sep 17, 8:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Adair	38 min
Sep 17, 9:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	DeKalb	45 min
Sep 17, 10:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Platte	43 min
Sep 17, 10:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	5 hr
Sep 17, 10:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Clay, Platte	35 min
Sep 17, 11:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Platte	26 min
Sep 18, 10:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	EAX	Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell and 31 more	11 hr
Sep 18, 3:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Jackson	36 min
Sep 18, 3:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Cass	32 min
Sep 18, 6:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Carroll, Ray	36 min
Sep 17, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison, Doniphan	57 min
Sep 17, 9:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Atchison	45 min
Sep 17, 9:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison, Doniphan	42 min
Sep 18, 5:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Miami	36 min
Sep 18, 6:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	EAX	Miami	32 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.