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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 27, 2016Daviess County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2016, 5:12 PM CDT for Daviess County, Missouri. It was in force for 33 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
Apr 27, 2016, 5:12 PM CDT (22:12 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 2016, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Observed
Hail
1.0 in

County Daviess County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 27, 2:33 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 184 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2016-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2016-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 215 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-145 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
960 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
215 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

623 
WFUS53 KEAX 272212
TOREAX
MOC061-272245-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0004.160427T2212Z-160427T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
512 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 511 PM CDT...A STORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES WAS
  NEAR PATTONSBURG... OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF GALLATIN...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED FUNNEL CLOUD. 

  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...
  PATTONSBURG...COFFEY AND JAMESON. 

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 69 AND
83.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 4009 9381 3991 9404 3996 9415 4014 9409
      4014 9403
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 220DEG 24KT 3995 9409 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

HAWBLITZEL
2 follow-up statements
212 
WWUS53 KEAX 272227
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
527 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016

MOC061-272245-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160427T2245Z/
DAVIESS MO-
527 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN DAVIESS COUNTY...
    
AT 526 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF GALLATIN...OR NEAR JAMESON...MOVING
NORTHEAST 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...
COFFEY AND JAMESON. 

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 81 AND
83.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3994 9400 3999 9409 4014 9406 4014 9403
      4009 9381
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 236DEG 21KT 4001 9398 

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

$$

HAWBLITZEL
826 
WWUS53 KEAX 272243
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
543 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016

MOC061-272252-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160427T2245Z/
DAVIESS MO-
543 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DAVIESS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
545 PM CDT...
    
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING
HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN
POSSIBLE AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE
AREA.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
MISSOURI.


LAT...LON 3994 9400 3999 9409 4014 9406 4014 9403
      4009 9381
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 220DEG 24KT 4001 9398 

$$

HAWBLITZEL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 7:50 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXAndrew, Nodaway63 hr
Apr 26, 7:50 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan3 days
Apr 26, 7:50 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXAtchison, Holt70 hr
Apr 26, 8:51 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan12 days
Apr 26, 8:51 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXBuchanan, Platte6 days
Apr 26, 8:51 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Ray9 days
Apr 26, 8:51 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXJackson, Lafayette, Ray20 days
Apr 26, 8:51 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Lafayette, Saline21 days
Apr 26, 8:51 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Saline21 days
Apr 26, 8:51 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXChariton, Howard, Saline8 days
Apr 26, 8:51 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCooper, Howard5 days
Apr 26, 8:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXGentry31 min
Apr 26, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Platte35 min
Apr 26, 9:57 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCooper37 hr
Apr 26, 10:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXPlatte6 hr
Apr 26, 10:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXHolt6 hr
Apr 26, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Clay, Jackson, Platte, Ray46 min
Apr 26, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Cass, Johnson33 min
Apr 26, 10:46 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXCass18 min
Apr 26, 10:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Platte6 hr
Apr 26, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Cass, Clay, Henry, Jackson, Johnson and 2 more24 min
Apr 26, 11:33 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXJackson29 hr
Apr 27, 12:16 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXClay, Platte27 hr
Apr 27, 12:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXBates28 min
Apr 27, 12:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXSt. Clair46 min
Apr 27, 1:21 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXJohnson, Pettis45 hr
Apr 27, 1:21 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCooper, Saline4 days
Apr 27, 3:15 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXClay, Ray32 hr
Apr 27, 4:29 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCass, Henry, Johnson40 hr
Apr 27, 5:05 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, DeKalb, Holt and 2 more18 hr
Apr 27, 6:27 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXRay44 hr
Apr 27, 7:40 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXCaldwell, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Jackson and 1 more3 hr
Apr 27, 7:49 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry55 hr
Apr 27, 10:21 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXDaviess, Gentry60 hr
Apr 27, 10:21 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXDaviess, Livingston3 days
Apr 27, 10:21 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXLinn, Livingston4 days
Apr 27, 10:21 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston5 days
Apr 27, 10:21 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton3 days
Apr 27, 10:32 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXCaldwell, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Jackson and 1 more12 hr
Apr 27, 2:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXAtchison37 min
Apr 27, 2:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison35 min
Apr 27, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison15 min
Apr 27, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, Platte43 min
Apr 27, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHolt29 min
Apr 27, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, Platte41 min
Apr 27, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Platte27 min
Apr 27, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Clay, Clinton40 min
Apr 27, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan, Holt37 min
Apr 27, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXNodaway, Worth30 min
Apr 27, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb39 min
Apr 27, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Clinton, Platte47 min
Apr 27, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, Clinton, DeKalb, Platte36 min
Apr 27, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Gentry35 min
Apr 27, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb46 min
Apr 27, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Clinton, DeKalb, Gentry39 min
Apr 27, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Ray37 min
Apr 27, 4:51 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXDaviess24 min
Apr 27, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Howard, Randolph26 min
Apr 27, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDaviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison, Worth52 min
Apr 27, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Carroll, Daviess, DeKalb, Grundy, Lafayette and 2 more46 min
Apr 27, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLafayette22 min
Apr 27, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGrundy, Harrison, Linn, Mercer, Putnam, Sullivan38 min
Apr 27, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Lafayette, Linn, Livingston, Saline52 min
Apr 27, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLafayette, Saline48 min
Apr 27, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Linn, Macon24 min
Apr 27, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Saline47 min
Apr 27, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAdair, Putnam, Sullivan52 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.