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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Kansas City, MO

August 24, 2016Chariton County, Howard County, Saline County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Aug 24, 2016, 10:15 PM CDT for Chariton County, Howard County, Saline 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: Aug 24, 2016, 10:15 PM CDT (03:15 UTC)
Expired: Aug 24, 2016, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Chariton County, MO, Howard County, MO, Saline County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:15 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
Aug 24, 10:25 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	6 S Glasgow, MO	DELAYED REPORT, MULTIPLE TREES AND BRANCHES DOWN NEAR HWY 87.

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
Aug 24, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 246 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: 849 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1424 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 219 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 8.1

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The text

As transmitted.

247 
WFUS53 KEAX 250315
TOREAX
MOC041-089-195-250345-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0010.160825T0315Z-160825T0345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1015 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  NORTHWESTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTHEASTERN CHARITON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
    
* AT 1015 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GLASGOW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  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...
  SLATER...GLASGOW...ARMSTRONG AND GILLIAM. 

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 3906 9300 3921 9312 3943 9275 3938 9270
      3932 9271 3931 9264 3922 9256
TIME...MOT...LOC 0315Z 237DEG 38KT 3920 9295 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

MELL

1 follow-up statement

894 
WWUS53 KEAX 250336
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1036 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2016

MOC041-089-195-250346-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160825T0345Z/
SALINE MO-HOWARD MO-CHARITON MO-
1036 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL SALINE...NORTHWESTERN HOWARD
AND SOUTHEASTERN CHARITON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1045 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.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
CENTRAL MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3906 9300 3921 9312 3943 9275 3938 9270
      3932 9271 3931 9264 3922 9256
TIME...MOT...LOC 0335Z 237DEG 38KT 3920 9295 

$$

MELL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 24, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass, Jackson	33 min
Aug 24, 7:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Platte	49 min
Aug 24, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Holt, Nodaway	48 min
Aug 24, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass, Jackson	41 min
Aug 24, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass, Jackson	35 min
Aug 24, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, DeKalb, Gentry, Nodaway	30 min
Aug 24, 8:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Cass, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette	31 min
Aug 24, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass, Jackson	29 min
Aug 24, 8:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Cass, Jackson	5 hr
Aug 24, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette	35 min
Aug 24, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass, Jackson	31 min
Aug 24, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline	39 min
Aug 24, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Ray	32 min
Aug 24, 9:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Caldwell	29 min
Aug 24, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cooper, Howard, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline	50 min
Aug 24, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Livingston, Ray	31 min
Aug 24, 10:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Johnson, Lafayette	30 min
Aug 24, 10:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cooper, Howard, Pettis, Saline	32 min
Aug 24, 10:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Saline	51 min
Aug 24, 11:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Randolph	30 min
Aug 25, 4:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Jackson	6 hr
Aug 25, 10:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	DeKalb	37 min
Aug 25, 2:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	EAX	Bates, Cass, Clay, Henry, Jackson, Johnson and 3 more	16 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.