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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 26, 2016Leavenworth County, Wyandotte County, Kansas; Clay County, Platte County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2016, 4:00 PM CDT for Leavenworth County, Wyandotte County, Kansas; Clay County, Platte County, Missouri. It was in force for 30 min. 3 reports 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 26, 2016, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2016, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Leavenworth County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Clay County, MO, Platte County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 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
May 26, 4:17 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Ferrelview, MO	QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
May 26, 4:21 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	1 W Ferrelview, MO	PUBLIC REPORTS GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
May 26, 4:27 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	3 Ne Weatherby Lake, MO	HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT CRH

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 26, 2:09 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 83 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: 1730 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -118 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 756 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 247 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 285 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 10.9

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The text

As transmitted.

258 
WFUS53 KEAX 262100
TOREAX
KSC103-209-MOC047-165-262130-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0006.160526T2100Z-160526T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
400 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL LEAVENWORTH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHERN WYANDOTTE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN PLATTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT
    
* AT 400 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WEATHERBY LAKE...MOVING EAST 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...
  LEAVENWORTH...LIBERTY...GLADSTONE...LANSING...SMITHVILLE...
  PARKVILLE...RIVERSIDE...WEATHERBY LAKE...CLAYCOMO...KANSAS CITY...
  PLEASANT VALLEY...LAKE WAUKOMIS...FERRELVIEW...AVONDALE...
  PLATTE WOODS...OAKVIEW...NORTHMOOR...HOUSTON LAKE...
  FARLEY AND OAKWOOD PARK.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 35 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 7 AND 15.
 INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 16.
 INTERSTATE 635 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 9 AND 12.
 INTERSTATE 435 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 16 AND 30...AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 32 AND 54.

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 3914 9488 3931 9492 3938 9449 3916 9445
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 256DEG 21KT 3924 9479 

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

$$

MURRAY

2 follow-up statements

978 
WWUS53 KEAX 262115
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
415 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

KSC103-209-MOC047-165-262130-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160526T2130Z/
LEAVENWORTH KS-WYANDOTTE KS-PLATTE MO-CLAY MO-
415 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
LEAVENWORTH...NORTHERN WYANDOTTE...SOUTHEASTERN PLATTE AND
SOUTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTIES...
    
AT 414 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER WEATHERBY
LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND TWO INCH HAIL. 

SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

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...
LIBERTY...GLADSTONE...LANSING...SMITHVILLE...PARKVILLE...RIVERSIDE...
WEATHERBY LAKE...CLAYCOMO...KANSAS CITY...PLEASANT VALLEY...
LAKE WAUKOMIS...FERRELVIEW...AVONDALE...PLATTE WOODS...OAKVIEW...
NORTHMOOR...HOUSTON LAKE...FARLEY...OAKWOOD PARK AND OAKWOOD.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 35 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 7 AND 15.
 INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 15.
 INTERSTATE 635 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 9 AND 12.
 INTERSTATE 435 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 16 AND 30...AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 32 AND 54.

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 3914 9485 3931 9489 3938 9449 3916 9445
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 256DEG 21KT 3926 9468 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

MURRAY

908 
WWUS53 KEAX 262128
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
428 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

KSC103-209-MOC047-165-262138-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160526T2130Z/
LEAVENWORTH KS-WYANDOTTE KS-PLATTE MO-CLAY MO-
428 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN LEAVENWORTH...NORTHERN
WYANDOTTE...SOUTHEASTERN PLATTE AND SOUTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 430 PM CDT...
    
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY
AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
HOWEVER SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

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

LAT...LON 3914 9485 3931 9489 3938 9449 3916 9445
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 256DEG 21KT 3926 9468 

$$

MURRAY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 11:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Doniphan	45 min
May 25, 11:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Doniphan	48 min
May 26, 12:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Wyandotte	13 min
May 26, 2:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Atchison	45 min
May 26, 3:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Johnson, Wyandotte	46 min
May 26, 8:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Leavenworth	25 min
May 26, 9:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson	30 min
May 26, 10:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Doniphan	6 days
May 26, 10:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Leavenworth	35 min
May 26, 10:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison, Leavenworth	61 hr
May 26, 10:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Leavenworth	3 days
May 26, 10:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison, Doniphan, Leavenworth	45 min
May 26, 10:24 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Miami	5 days
May 26, 10:24 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Linn	6 days
May 26, 10:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Wyandotte	38 min
May 26, 10:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison, Doniphan	48 min
May 26, 11:19 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Atchison, Leavenworth	3 hr
May 26, 11:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Doniphan	49 min
May 26, 12:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Doniphan	27 min
May 26, 12:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Wyandotte	49 min
May 26, 1:05 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	EAX	Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and 1 more	38 hr
May 26, 1:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Wyandotte	49 min
May 26, 2:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison, Doniphan, Leavenworth	3 hr
May 26, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison, Doniphan, Leavenworth	33 min
May 26, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Leavenworth, Wyandotte	31 min
May 26, 3:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Leavenworth, Wyandotte	28 min
May 26, 3:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Doniphan, Leavenworth, Wyandotte	6 hr
May 26, 4:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Atchison	46 min
May 26, 4:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Leavenworth	28 min
May 26, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Leavenworth, Wyandotte	34 min
May 26, 4:59 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison, Doniphan, Leavenworth	5 hr
May 26, 5:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte	6 hr
May 26, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte	38 min
May 26, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Wyandotte	32 min
May 26, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson	32 min
May 25, 11:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Nodaway	35 min
May 25, 11:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Atchison	43 min
May 25, 11:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison, Nodaway	26 min
May 26, 12:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, DeKalb	47 min
May 26, 1:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Clay, Jackson	34 min
May 26, 1:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Adair	38 min
May 26, 3:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Platte	42 min
May 26, 8:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Platte	31 min
May 26, 9:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Ray	43 min
May 26, 10:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Ray	7 days
May 26, 10:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Jackson, Lafayette, Ray	13 days
May 26, 10:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Lafayette, Saline	15 days
May 26, 10:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Saline	15 days
May 26, 10:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Ray	15 min
May 26, 10:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cass, Henry, Johnson	3 days
May 26, 10:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Saline	5 days
May 26, 10:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass, Henry	4 days
May 26, 10:36 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Buchanan	4 days
May 26, 10:36 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	5 days
May 26, 10:36 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	5 days
May 26, 10:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Jackson, Ray	49 min
May 26, 11:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Lafayette, Ray	42 min
May 26, 11:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan	23 min
May 26, 12:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Lafayette	45 min
May 26, 12:15 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Lafayette, Saline	3 hr
May 26, 12:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Saline	41 min
May 26, 12:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Platte	30 min
May 26, 12:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Saline	40 min
May 26, 1:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Gentry, Worth	10 min
May 26, 1:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Randolph, Saline	19 min
May 26, 1:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Saline	45 min
May 26, 1:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cooper, Saline	38 min
May 26, 1:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Jackson, Ray	34 min
May 26, 1:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Saline	2 hr
May 26, 1:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Nodaway	48 min
May 26, 1:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison, Holt, Nodaway, Worth	30 min
May 26, 2:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Lafayette, Ray	39 min
May 26, 2:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison	20 min
May 26, 2:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Daviess, Gentry	68 hr
May 26, 2:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Daviess, Livingston	3 days
May 26, 2:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Linn, Livingston	4 days
May 26, 2:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston	5 days
May 26, 2:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton	5 days
May 26, 2:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, Daviess and 2 more	49 min
May 26, 3:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Henry	32 min

Nearby

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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.