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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 6, 2017, 7:59 PM CST for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 31 min. 7 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
- Mar 6, 2017, 7:59 PM CST (01:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2017, 8:30 PM CST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Cass County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 8:00 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Grandview, MO | POWER LINES DOWN ON ROAD. |
| Mar 6, 8:00 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 N Belton, MO | POWER LINES DOWN ON ROAD |
| Mar 6, 8:05 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ne Lee'S Summit, MO | DISPATCH REPORTED ROOF BLOWN OFF HOUSE, ALONG WITH OTHER DAMAGE, NEAR INDEPENDENCE AVE AND ENGLISH MANOR DR. |
| Mar 6, 8:05 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ne Lee'S Summit, MO | 18-20 INCH DIAMETER TREE KNOCKED OVER. 6-10 INCH DIAMETER BRANCHES IN THE ROADWAY. . |
| Mar 6, 8:07 PM CST | HAIL 1 | 1 Ssw Unity Village, MO | QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT HWY 50 AND I-470. |
| Mar 6, 8:29 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Odessa, MO | TWO HOMES COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND NUMEROUS OTHERS DAMAGED...ROOF OFF WATER PLANT AND DAMAGES TO THE POWER GRID. NO REPORTED INJURIES OR TRANSPORTS. |
| Mar 6, 8:29 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Odessa, MO | DELAYED REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. LARGE TREE BLOWN DOWN ON HOME. TIME MATCHED TO RADAR. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2:27 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 707 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1970 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 333 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 349 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 9.4
The text
As transmitted.
374
WFUS53 KEAX 070159
TOREAX
MOC037-095-101-107-070230-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0011.170307T0159Z-170307T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
759 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017
The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Cass County in west central Missouri...
Southwestern Lafayette County in west central Missouri...
Southern Jackson County in west central Missouri...
Northwestern Johnson County in west central Missouri...
* Until 830 PM CST
* At 759 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Grandview, moving east at 65 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...
Lee's Summit, Blue Springs, Grandview, Belton, Raymore, Pleasant
Hill, Oak Grove, Odessa, Greenwood, Lake Lotawana, Lake Winnebago,
Lone Jack, Lake Lafayette, Bates City, Unity Village, Tarsney Lakes
and Pittsville.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 70 in Missouri between mile markers 31 and 39.
Interstate 470 between mile markers 4 and 10.
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.
This cluster of thunderstorms is capable of producing tornadoes and
widespread significant wind damage. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest
floor of a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3880 9454 3892 9457 3904 9393 3880 9389
TIME...MOT...LOC 0159Z 259DEG 56KT 3887 9448
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
GitroThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 6:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Andrew, Holt, Nodaway | 33 min |
| Mar 6, 6:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Holt, Nodaway | 23 min |
| Mar 6, 6:39 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Buchanan | 36 min |
| Mar 6, 6:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan, DeKalb, Gentry | 47 min |
| Mar 6, 6:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Gentry, Harrison, Mercer, Nodaway, Worth | 38 min |
| Mar 6, 6:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Clay, Platte | 37 min |
| Mar 6, 6:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Clay, Platte | 31 min |
| Mar 6, 7:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan, DeKalb, Gentry | 27 min |
| Mar 6, 7:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Platte | 39 min |
| Mar 6, 7:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Clay, Platte | 14 min |
| Mar 6, 7:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, DeKalb, Platte | 34 min |
| Mar 6, 7:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Lafayette, Platte, Ray | 48 min |
| Mar 6, 7:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Harrison, Mercer | 33 min |
| Mar 6, 7:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Clay, Clinton, Platte | 31 min |
| Mar 6, 7:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Daviess, DeKalb, Harrison | 27 min |
| Mar 6, 7:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson | 54 min |
| Mar 6, 7:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Mercer, Putnam | 27 min |
| Mar 6, 7:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess | 25 min |
| Mar 6, 7:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass | 35 min |
| Mar 6, 8:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Carroll, Clay, Daviess, Grundy, Jackson and 7 more | 24 min |
| Mar 6, 8:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Daviess, Livingston | 23 min |
| Mar 6, 8:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Cass, Henry, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette and 1 more | 45 min |
| Mar 6, 8:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates | 27 min |
| Mar 6, 8:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette | 26 min |
| Mar 6, 8:25 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson | 3 hr |
| Mar 6, 8:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Henry | 35 min |
| Mar 6, 8:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Adair, Carroll, Chariton, Grundy, Lafayette, Linn and 7 more | 28 min |
| Mar 6, 8:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Saline | 27 min |
| Mar 6, 8:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Johnson, Lafayette and 6 more | 35 min |
| Mar 6, 8:57 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Adair, Linn, Macon, Schuyler | 33 min |
| Mar 6, 8:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Bates, Henry | 32 min |
| Mar 6, 8:59 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Bates, Henry, Johnson | 46 min |
| Mar 6, 9:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Henry, Johnson, Pettis | 29 min |
| Mar 6, 9:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Adair, Linn, Macon, Putnam, Schuyler, Sullivan | 41 min |
| Mar 6, 9:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Chariton, Linn, Macon | 35 min |
| Mar 6, 9:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cooper, Pettis, Saline | 37 min |
| Mar 6, 9:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Macon, Pettis, Randolph and 1 more | 47 min |
| Mar 6, 9:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Macon | 9 min |
| Mar 6, 9:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard | 11 min |
| Mar 7, 11:07 AM CST | Wind Advisory | EAX | Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll and 22 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:44 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | EAX | Bates, Buchanan, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Henry and 6 more | 10 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.