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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Aug 26, 2016, 7:43 PM CDT for Caldwell County, Clinton County, Missouri. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 26, 2016, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2016, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Caldwell County, MO, Clinton County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 598 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 908 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted.
570
WFUS53 KEAX 270043
TOREAX
MOC025-049-270115-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0013.160827T0043Z-160827T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
743 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL CLINTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
SOUTHWESTERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
* AT 743 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATHROP...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. AT 740 PM A TORNADO
WAS REPORTED NEAR LATRHOP.
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...
POLO.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 40 AND
46.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3953 9401 3953 9420 3952 9421 3952 9427
3963 9428 3973 9409
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 250DEG 22KT 3956 9424
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
WELSH2 follow-up statements
784
WWUS53 KEAX 270056
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
756 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016
MOC049-270105-
/O.CAN.KEAX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160827T0115Z/
CLINTON MO-
756 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CLINTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
AND NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3953 9401 3953 9420 3967 9421 3973 9409
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 250DEG 22KT 3959 9415
$$
MOC025-270115-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160827T0115Z/
CALDWELL MO-
756 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN CALDWELL COUNTY...
AT 755 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR POLO...OR 10 MILES EAST OF LATHROP...MOVING EAST AT
25 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...
POLO.
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 3953 9401 3953 9420 3967 9421 3973 9409
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 250DEG 22KT 3959 9415
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
WELSH021
WWUS53 KEAX 270112
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
812 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016
MOC025-270122-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160827T0115Z/
CALDWELL MO-
812 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALDWELL COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 815 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
AND NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3953 9401 3953 9420 3967 9421 3973 9409
TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 250DEG 22KT 3959 9415
$$
WELSHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 7:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Clay, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb | 28 min |
| Aug 26, 7:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, DeKalb, Platte | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Clay, Clinton | 32 min |
| Aug 26, 7:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Clinton, Ray | 23 min |
| Aug 26, 7:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, Platte | 6 hr |
| Aug 26, 8:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Caldwell, Daviess, Livingston | 29 min |
| Aug 26, 8:29 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Ray | 38 hr |
| Aug 26, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Carroll, Daviess, DeKalb, Grundy, Livingston | 42 min |
| Aug 26, 8:35 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Platte | 32 hr |
| Aug 26, 8:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan, DeKalb, Gentry | 5 hr |
| Aug 26, 8:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Ray | 47 min |
| Aug 26, 9:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Daviess, Livingston, Ray | 6 hr |
| Aug 26, 9:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 9:28 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Jackson | 27 hr |
| Aug 26, 9:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson | 4 hr |
| Aug 26, 10:02 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Ray | 58 hr |
| Aug 26, 10:02 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Platte | 51 hr |
| Aug 26, 10:02 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Platte | 53 hr |
| Aug 26, 10:22 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Jackson | 25 hr |
| Aug 26, 10:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Carroll, Ray | 4 hr |
| Aug 26, 10:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Putnam | 45 min |
| Aug 26, 10:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Randolph | 4 hr |
| Aug 26, 11:32 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Lafayette, Saline | 58 hr |
| Aug 27, 12:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Clay, Clinton, DeKalb, Jackson, Platte | 6 hr |
| Aug 27, 3:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Carroll, Daviess, Livingston, Ray | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 9:58 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston | 44 hr |
| Aug 27, 5:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Clay, Jackson, Ray | 4 hr |
| Aug 27, 6:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Clinton | 23 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.