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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Kansas City, MO

August 26, 20164 counties in Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Aug 26, 2016, 6:18 PM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 42 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 26, 2016, 6:18 PM CDT (23:18 UTC)
Expired: Aug 26, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Buchanan County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Platte County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 26, 6:56 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 70	1 Sw Trimble, MO

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 26, 6:13 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 95 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: 75 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 889 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

133 
WFUS53 KEAX 262318
TOREAX
MOC021-047-049-165-270000-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0011.160826T2318Z-160827T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
618 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
  NORTHEASTERN PLATTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTHEASTERN BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
    
* AT 618 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER CAMDEN POINT...OR NEAR PLATTE
  CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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...
  SMITHVILLE...GOWER...TRIMBLE...EDGERTON...
  CAMDEN POINT AND RIDGELY. 

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 22 AND 28.
 
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 3939 9482 3946 9484 3963 9460 3944 9450
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 238DEG 20KT 3944 9479 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

JULY

3 follow-up statements

696 
WWUS53 KEAX 262332
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
632 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016

MOC021-047-049-165-270000-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160827T0000Z/
CLINTON MO-PLATTE MO-CLAY MO-BUCHANAN MO-
632 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN CLINTON...NORTHEASTERN PLATTE...NORTHWESTERN CLAY AND
SOUTHEASTERN BUCHANAN COUNTIES...
    
AT 632 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER CAMDEN POINT...OR NEAR PLATTE CITY...MOVING EAST AT
15 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...
SMITHVILLE...GOWER...TRIMBLE...EDGERTON...CAMDEN POINT AND RIDGELY. 

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 3940 9475 3947 9478 3963 9460 3944 9450
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 261DEG 14KT 3945 9472 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

JULY

380 
WWUS53 KEAX 262341 RRA
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
641 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016

MOC021-262350-
/O.CAN.KEAX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160827T0000Z/
BUCHANAN MO-
641 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BUCHANAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING WILL
PASS SOUTH OF THE AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
AND NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3954 9463 3953 9460 3955 9460 3956 9458
      3944 9450 3941 9469 3942 9469 3948 9474
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 259DEG 15KT 3946 9468 

$$

MOC047-049-165-270000-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160827T0000Z/
CLINTON MO-PLATTE MO-CLAY MO-
641 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN CLINTON...NORTHEASTERN PLATTE AND NORTHWESTERN CLAY
COUNTIES...
    
AT 640 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR CAMDEN POINT...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
SMITHVILLE... MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE STORM APPEARS TO BE CYCLING
BACK UP AND STRENGTHENING.

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...
SMITHVILLE...TRIMBLE...EDGERTON AND RIDGELY. 

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 3954 9463 3953 9460 3955 9460 3956 9458
      3944 9450 3941 9469 3942 9469 3948 9474
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 259DEG 15KT 3946 9468 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

JULY

378 
WWUS53 KEAX 262359
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
659 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016

MOC047-049-165-270008-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160827T0000Z/
CLINTON MO-PLATTE MO-CLAY MO-
659 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CLINTON...NORTHEASTERN PLATTE
AND NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM CDT...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER GUSTY
WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
AND NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3954 9463 3953 9460 3955 9460 3956 9458
      3944 9450 3941 9469 3942 9469 3948 9474
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 238DEG 20KT 3946 9468 

$$

WELSH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 25, 9:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Henry	45 min
Aug 25, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cooper, Howard, Pettis, Saline	43 min
Aug 25, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Pettis	50 min
Aug 25, 9:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Cooper	48 min
Aug 25, 10:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Bates	45 min
Aug 25, 11:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Cass	26 min
Aug 25, 11:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Bates	25 min
Aug 26, 5:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Platte	49 min
Aug 26, 5:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan	24 min
Aug 26, 5:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Holt, Platte	4 hr
Aug 26, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan	34 min
Aug 26, 6:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Platte	24 min
Aug 26, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew	32 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.