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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Aug 24, 2016, 8:14 PM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 31 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
- Aug 24, 2016, 8:14 PM CDT (01:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2016, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
Counties Cass County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 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, 8:15 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 4 N Pleasant Hill, MO | VIEWED FROM THE NWS OFFICE |
| Aug 24, 8:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | 8 N Pleasant Hill, MO | NUMEROUS SMALL TO MEDIUM BRANCHES DOWN. |
| Aug 24, 8:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | 8 N Pleasant Hill, MO | NUMEROUS SMALL TO MEDIUM BRANCHES DOWN AND BLEW INTO TRAFFIC ON HWY 7. LARGE CHUNK OF A LARGE TREE CAME DOWN. |
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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
110
WFUS53 KEAX 250114
TOREAX
MOC037-095-101-107-250145-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0009.160825T0114Z-160825T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
814 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
NORTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 814 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LONE JACK...OR NEAR LAKE LOTAWANA...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL 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...
LEE'S SUMMIT...PLEASANT HILL...OAK GROVE...ODESSA...GREENWOOD...
LAKE LOTAWANA...LONE JACK...BALDWIN PARK...LAKE LAFAYETTE...
BATES CITY...PITTSVILLE AND TARSNEY LAKES.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 30 AND
41.
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 3875 9428 3892 9436 3909 9392 3883 9380
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 249DEG 25KT 3886 9425
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
MELL1 follow-up statement
190
WWUS53 KEAX 250142
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
842 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2016
MOC037-095-101-107-250152-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160825T0145Z/
LAFAYETTE MO-JOHNSON MO-CASS MO-JACKSON MO-
842 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LAFAYETTE...NORTHWESTERN
JOHNSON...NORTHEASTERN CASS AND SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 845 PM CDT...
THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
HOWEVER SMALL HAIL....GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE
WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3875 9428 3892 9436 3909 9392 3883 9380
TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 249DEG 25KT 3886 9425
$$
MELLThe 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, 8:16 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, 10:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Chariton, Howard, Saline | 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.