Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2017
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 6, 2017, 8:58 PM CST for Bates County, Henry County, Missouri. It was in force for 32 min. 4 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, 8:58 PM CST (02:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2017, 9:30 PM CST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Bates County, MO, Henry County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 9:15 PM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | Tightwad, MO | . |
| Mar 6, 9:15 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Tightwad, MO | 12 INCH DIAMETER BRADFORD PEAR COMPLETELY BROKE. |
| Mar 6, 9:19 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 W Coal, MO | DELAYED REPORT. POWER LINES ON WEST SIDE OF HIGHWAY W BETWEEN SE 250 RD AND SE 300 RD DOWN AND BLOCKING ROADWAY. APPROXIMATELY 10 POLES DOWN. TIME MATCHED FROM RADAR. |
| Mar 6, 9:27 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Tightwad, MO | DELAYED REPORT. LARGE TREES 2 FT IN DIAMETER UPROOTED. 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
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 629 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1110 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 542 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 8.2
The text
As transmitted.
995
WFUS53 KEAX 070258
TOREAX
MOC013-083-070330-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0015.170307T0258Z-170307T0330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
858 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017
The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Henry County in west central Missouri...
East central Bates County in west central Missouri...
* Until 930 PM CST
* At 858 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Montrose, or 15 miles east of Butler, moving east
at 60 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...
Clinton, Windsor, Calhoun, Deepwater, Montrose, Coal, Brownington,
Tightwad, Hartwell and La Due.
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.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
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 3825 9411 3841 9411 3853 9352 3821 9353
3822 9356 3822 9357 3821 9357 3820 9356
TIME...MOT...LOC 0258Z 270DEG 54KT 3832 9406
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
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, 7:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette | 31 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, 8:59 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.