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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Kansas City, MO

September 18, 2015Carroll County, Ray County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Sep 18, 2015, 6:39 PM CDT for Carroll County, Ray County, Missouri. It was in force for 36 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: Sep 18, 2015, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)
Expired: Sep 18, 2015, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Carroll County, MO, Ray County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 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 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 159 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

997 
WFUS53 KEAX 182339
TOREAX
MOC033-177-190015-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0035.150918T2339Z-150919T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  NORTHEASTERN RAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
    
* AT 639 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF RICHMOND...MOVING EAST AT 30
  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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  WEST CENTRAL CARROLL AND NORTHEASTERN RAY COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
  FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...STET AND KNOXVILLE.

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 3935 9404 3945 9405 3953 9363 3933 9359
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 260DEG 26KT 3939 9399 

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

$$

HAWBLITZEL

3 follow-up statements

893 
WWUS53 KEAX 182348
SVSEAX

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

MOC033-177-190015-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-150919T0015Z/
CARROLL MO-RAY MO-
648 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL CARROLL AND NORTHEASTERN RAY COUNTIES...
    
AT 648 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF RICHMOND...MOVING EAST AT 30 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STET.

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 3935 9397 3946 9399 3953 9363 3933 9359
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 260DEG 26KT 3940 9390 

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

$$

HAWBLITZEL

796 
WWUS53 KEAX 190000
SVSEAX

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

MOC033-177-190015-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-150919T0015Z/
CARROLL MO-RAY MO-
700 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL CARROLL AND NORTHEASTERN RAY COUNTIES...
    
AT 659 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORBORNE...OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF
RICHMOND...MOVING EAST AT 30 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STET.

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 3937 9387 3947 9390 3953 9363 3935 9359
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 260DEG 26KT 3943 9378 

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

$$

HAWBLITZEL

063 
WWUS53 KEAX 190006
SVSEAX

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

MOC033-177-190016-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-150919T0015Z/
CARROLL MO-RAY MO-
706 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL CARROLL AND NORTHEASTERN RAY
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM CDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3937 9387 3947 9390 3953 9363 3935 9359
TIME...MOT...LOC 0004Z 260DEG 26KT 3943 9378 

$$

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, 6:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	EAX	Cass	43 min

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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.