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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at May 17, 2015, 12:01 AM CDT for Caldwell County, Daviess County, Missouri. It was in force for 29 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
- May 17, 2015, 12:01 AM CDT (05:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2015, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Caldwell County, MO, Daviess County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 12:34 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | 1 S Hamilton, MO | ESTIMATED 70 MPH WINDS WITH 6-8 INCH DIAMETER BRANCHES CRACKING OFF OF TREES |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 843 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 260 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS53 KEAX 170501
TOREAX
MOC025-061-170530-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0006.150517T0501Z-150517T0530Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1201 AM CDT SUN MAY 17 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL CALDWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
SOUTH CENTRAL DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
* AT MIDNIGHT CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR KINGSTON...AND MOVING NORTH AT 40 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...
HAMILTON...KINGSTON AND KIDDER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3986 9415 3988 9395 3979 9378 3956 9398
3959 9412
TIME...MOT...LOC 0502Z 192DEG 37KT 3962 9403
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
LEIGHTON3 follow-up statements
641
WWUS53 KEAX 170505
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1205 AM CDT SUN MAY 17 2015
MOC025-061-170530-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-150517T0530Z/
CALDWELL MO-DAVIESS MO-
1205 AM CDT SUN MAY 17 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN DAVIESS AND
CENTRAL CALDWELL COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 AM CDT...
AT 1202 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR KINGSTON...AND MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HAMILTON AND KIDDER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3962 9412 3986 9415 3988 9395 3979 9378
3958 9396
TIME...MOT...LOC 0505Z 192DEG 37KT 3965 9402
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
LEIGHTON606
WWUS53 KEAX 170511
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1211 AM CDT SUN MAY 17 2015
MOC025-061-170530-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-150517T0530Z/
CALDWELL MO-DAVIESS MO-
1211 AM CDT SUN MAY 17 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN DAVIESS AND
NORTH CENTRAL CALDWELL COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 AM CDT...
AT 1207 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR KINGSTON...AND MOVING NORTH AT 45 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...
HAMILTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3967 9407 3986 9411 3988 9395 3979 9378
3963 9391
TIME...MOT...LOC 0511Z 192DEG 37KT 3971 9400
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
LEIGHTON333
WWUS53 KEAX 170522
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1222 AM CDT SUN MAY 17 2015
MOC025-061-170532-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-150517T0530Z/
CALDWELL MO-DAVIESS MO-
1222 AM CDT SUN MAY 17 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DAVIESS AND NORTH CENTRAL
CALDWELL COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1230 AM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
HOWEVER...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE
WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3967 9407 3986 9411 3988 9395 3979 9378
3963 9391
TIME...MOT...LOC 0522Z 192DEG 37KT 3982 9397
$$
LEIGHTONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Platte | 44 min |
| May 16, 8:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Holt, Nodaway | 4 hr |
| May 16, 8:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Clay | 50 min |
| May 16, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Clinton, Ray | 46 min |
| May 16, 9:01 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Jackson, Lafayette, Ray | 6 days |
| May 16, 9:01 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Lafayette, Saline | 6 days |
| May 16, 9:01 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Saline | 7 days |
| May 16, 9:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Platte | 6 hr |
| May 16, 9:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Caldwell | 47 min |
| May 16, 9:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Ray | 6 hr |
| May 16, 10:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Platte | 50 min |
| May 16, 11:05 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Ray | 39 hr |
| May 16, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Platte, Ray | 39 min |
| May 16, 11:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson | 6 hr |
| May 16, 11:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson, Ray | 36 min |
| May 17, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Henry, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette | 42 min |
| May 17, 12:29 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer | 6 hr |
| May 17, 12:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Carroll, Daviess, Grundy, Lafayette, Livingston and 1 more | 51 min |
| May 17, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline | 47 min |
| May 17, 1:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer | 27 min |
| May 17, 1:07 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Jackson | 25 hr |
| May 17, 1:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Grundy, Linn, Livingston, Saline and 1 more | 48 min |
| May 17, 1:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard, Pettis, Saline | 52 min |
| May 17, 1:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Nodaway | 33 hr |
| May 17, 2:03 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Platte | 27 hr |
| May 17, 2:22 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Ray | 54 hr |
| May 17, 3:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Platte | 3 hr |
| May 17, 3:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan | 68 hr |
| May 17, 3:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson, Ray | 4 days |
| May 17, 3:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Buchanan | 4 days |
| May 17, 3:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Platte | 7 days |
| May 17, 3:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Platte | 8 days |
| May 17, 3:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Atchison, Holt | 43 hr |
| May 17, 3:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Ray | 3 hr |
| May 17, 4:11 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Daviess, Gentry | 53 hr |
| May 17, 4:11 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Daviess, Livingston | 3 days |
| May 17, 4:11 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Linn, Livingston | 4 days |
| May 17, 4:11 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston | 5 days |
| May 17, 4:11 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton | 6 days |
| May 17, 5:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Grundy and 4 more | 24 hr |
| May 17, 7:54 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper, Saline | 65 hr |
| May 17, 9:01 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cass, Henry, Johnson | 36 hr |
| May 17, 9:52 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan | 66 hr |
| May 17, 9:52 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Chariton, Howard, Saline | 6 days |
| May 17, 9:52 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard | 8 days |
| May 17, 11:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Henry | 46 hr |
| May 17, 11:32 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Johnson, Pettis | 31 hr |
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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.