Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 36, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Sep 18, 2015, 7:01 PM CDT for Cass County, Missouri. It was in force for 29 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, 7:01 PM CDT (00:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 18, 2015, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Cass County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 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, 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. |
| Sep 18, 7:33 PM CDT | TORNADO | Harrisonville, MO | TORNADO REPORTED EAST OF HARRISONVILLE |
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 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 114 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 525 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
762
WFUS53 KEAX 190001
TOREAX
MOC037-190030-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0036.150919T0001Z-150919T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
701 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL CASS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 701 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLEVELAND...OR 7 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF PECULIAR...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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
PECULIAR AROUND 710 PM CDT.
HARRISONVILLE AROUND 725 PM CDT.
GARDEN CITY AND EAST LYNNE AROUND 730 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE GUNN
CITY AND 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 9459 3870 9459 3874 9413 3854 9412
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 273DEG 27KT 3864 9454
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
HAWBLITZEL4 follow-up statements
921
WWUS53 KEAX 190004
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
704 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015
MOC037-190030-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-150919T0030Z/
CASS MO-
704 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
CASS COUNTY...
AT 703 PM CDT...THE CASS COUNTY SHERIFF CONFIRMED A TORNADO NEAR
FREEMAN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HARRISONVILLE AROUND 725 PM CDT.
GARDEN CITY AND EAST LYNNE AROUND 730 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE GUNN
CITY AND WEST LINE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3860 9459 3870 9459 3874 9413 3854 9412
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 273DEG 27KT 3864 9452
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
HAWBLITZEL178
WWUS53 KEAX 190011
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
711 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015
MOC037-190030-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-150919T0030Z/
CASS MO-
711 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
CASS COUNTY...
AT 710 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED OVER FREEMAN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY
BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES
WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO
HOMES...BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE
DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
PECULIAR AROUND 720 PM CDT.
HARRISONVILLE AROUND 730 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE GUNN
CITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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 9455 3869 9455 3874 9413 3854 9412
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 273DEG 15KT 3863 9450
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
HAWBLITZEL041
WWUS53 KEAX 190017
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
717 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015
MOC037-190030-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-150919T0030Z/
CASS MO-
717 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
CASS COUNTY...
AT 716 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 2 MILES EAST OF FREEMAN...OR 7 MILES WEST OF
HARRISONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION!
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY
BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES
WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO
HOMES...BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE
DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HARRISONVILLE AROUND 730 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE GUNN
CITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE
TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3860 9452 3867 9452 3871 9413 3854 9412
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 273DEG 16KT 3863 9447
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
HAWBLITZEL683
WWUS53 KEAX 190025
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
725 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015
MOC037-190034-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-150919T0030Z/
CASS MO-
725 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CASS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM
CDT...
TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORT THE TORNADO HAS LIFTED...AND THE STORM NO
LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO ON RADAR. THEREFORE
THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3860 9452 3867 9452 3871 9413 3854 9412
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 273DEG 27KT 3863 9447
$$
HAWBLITZELThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 7:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cass, Henry, Johnson | 27 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.