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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Nov 11, 2015, 2:30 PM CST for Mercer County, Putnam County, Missouri. It was in force for 30 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
- Nov 11, 2015, 2:30 PM CST (20:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 11, 2015, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Mercer County, MO, Putnam County, MO
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 3:00 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 70 | 8 E Princeton, MO | ESTIMATED 60 TO 70 MPH WINDS. RELAYED VIA BROADCAST MEDIA. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 11:25 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 240 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
- 219 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -185 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 729 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 269 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
733
WFUS53 KEAX 112030
TOREAX
MOC129-171-112100-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0038.151111T2030Z-151111T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
230 PM CST WED NOV 11 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL MERCER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
NORTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 300 PM CST
* AT 230 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER PRINCETON...OR 21 MILES NORTH OF
TRENTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 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...
PRINCETON...MERCER...POWERSVILLE...SOUTH LINEVILLE AND MILL GROVE.
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 4028 9354 4035 9370 4058 9359 4058 9326
TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 209DEG 55KT 4039 9358
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
HAWBLITZEL3 follow-up statements
323
WWUS53 KEAX 112038
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
238 PM CST WED NOV 11 2015
MOC129-171-112100-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-151111T2100Z/
MERCER MO-PUTNAM MO-
238 PM CST WED NOV 11 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN MERCER AND NORTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTIES...
AT 237 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR MERCER...OR 24 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CORYDON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PRINCETON...MERCER...POWERSVILLE AND SOUTH LINEVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4036 9348 4042 9363 4058 9357 4058 9326
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 228DEG 46KT 4044 9350
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
HAWBLITZEL572
WWUS53 KEAX 112044
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
244 PM CST WED NOV 11 2015
MOC129-171-112100-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-151111T2100Z/
MERCER MO-PUTNAM MO-
244 PM CST WED NOV 11 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN MERCER AND NORTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTIES...
AT 244 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR MERCER...OR 18 MILES SOUTH OF CORYDON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 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...
MERCER AND POWERSVILLE.
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 4039 9345 4047 9355 4058 9352 4058 9326
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 228DEG 53KT 4050 9340
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
HAWBLITZEL932
WWUS53 KEAX 112056
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
256 PM CST WED NOV 11 2015
MOC129-171-112106-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-151111T2100Z/
MERCER MO-PUTNAM MO-
256 PM CST WED NOV 11 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MERCER AND NORTHWESTERN
PUTNAM COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 300 PM CST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED INTO WAYNE COUNTY
IOWA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR NORTH CENTRAL
MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 4039 9345 4047 9355 4058 9352 4058 9326
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 209DEG 55KT 4050 9340
$$
HAWBLITZELThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 1:56 PM CST | High Wind Warning | EAX | Andrew, Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll and 19 more | 4 hr |
| Nov 11, 1:56 PM CST | Wind Advisory | EAX | Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Cass, Clay, Henry and 6 more | 10 hr |
| Nov 11, 2:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Livingston, Mercer and 2 more | 43 min |
| Nov 11, 2:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Carroll, Livingston, Ray | 34 min |
| Nov 11, 2:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Harrison, Mercer | 28 min |
| Nov 11, 2:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Grundy, Linn, Livingston, Mercer and 2 more | 47 min |
| Nov 11, 3:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Adair, Chariton, Linn, Macon, Putnam, Randolph and 2 more | 82 min |
| Nov 11, 3:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Pettis, Randolph, Saline | 79 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.