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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Sep 18, 2015, 7:33 PM CDT for Cass County, Henry County, Johnson County, Missouri. It was in force for 27 min. 1 report 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, 7:33 PM CDT (00:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 18, 2015, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Cass County, MO, Henry County, MO, Johnson County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:34 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, 7:33 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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 133 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.
454
WFUS53 KEAX 190033
TOREAX
MOC037-083-101-190100-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0037.150919T0033Z-150919T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
733 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
SOUTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
NORTHWESTERN HENRY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 733 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HARRISONVILLE...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...
GARDEN CITY AROUND 745 PM CDT.
CREIGHTON AROUND 755 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE QUICK
CITY...LA TOUR AND GUNN CITY.
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 3851 9436 3867 9436 3868 9398 3846 9400
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 272DEG 27KT 3859 9429
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
HAWBLITZEL2 follow-up statements
683
WWUS53 KEAX 190045
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
745 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015
MOC037-083-101-190100-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-150919T0100Z/
JOHNSON MO-CASS MO-HENRY MO-
745 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSON...SOUTHEASTERN CASS AND NORTHWESTERN HENRY
COUNTIES...
AT 744 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTH OF EAST LYNNE...OR 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
GARDEN CITY...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSON...SOUTHEASTERN CASS AND NORTHWESTERN HENRY
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...QUICK CITY...LA TOUR
AND GUNN CITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3854 9429 3866 9430 3868 9398 3846 9400
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 250DEG 18KT 3862 9425
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
HAWBLITZEL277
WWUS53 KEAX 190051
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
751 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015
MOC037-083-101-190101-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-150919T0100Z/
JOHNSON MO-CASS MO-HENRY MO-
751 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSON...SOUTHEASTERN CASS
AND NORTHWESTERN HENRY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 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 3854 9429 3866 9430 3868 9398 3846 9400
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 272DEG 27KT 3862 9425
$$
HAWBLITZELThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cass | 29 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.