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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 17, 2017Schuyler County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2017, 6:42 PM CDT for Schuyler County, Missouri. It was in force for 22 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: Jun 17, 2017, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2017, 7:04 PM CDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Schuyler County, MO

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 17, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 203 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: 613 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 726 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 122 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 2.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

385 
WFUS53 KEAX 172342
TOREAX
MOC197-180015-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0028.170617T2342Z-170618T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
642 PM CDT SAT JUN 17 2017

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Eastern Schuyler County in northeastern Missouri...

* Until 715 PM CDT
    
* At 642 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Lancaster, moving southeast at 40 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...
  Lancaster, Downing and Glenwood. 

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 4058 9235 4036 9235 4048 9264 4059 9258
      4059 9242
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 293DEG 37KT 4051 9250 

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

$$

Hawblitzel

2 follow-up statements

025 
WWUS53 KEAX 172353
SVSEAX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
653 PM CDT SAT JUN 17 2017

MOC197-180015-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-170618T0015Z/
Schuyler MO-
653 PM CDT SAT JUN 17 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN SCHUYLER COUNTY...
    
At 652 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Downing, or 7 miles southeast of Lancaster, moving
southeast at 40 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...
Lancaster and Downing. 

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 4058 9235 4039 9235 4048 9259 4059 9250
      4059 9242
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 293DEG 35KT 4047 9239 

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

$$

Hawblitzel

109 
WWUS53 KEAX 180004
SVSEAX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
704 PM CDT SAT JUN 17 2017

MOC197-180014-
/O.CAN.KEAX.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-170618T0015Z/
Schuyler MO-
704 PM CDT SAT JUN 17 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SCHUYLER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area and 
no longer appears capable of producing a tornado. Therefore the 
warning has been cancelled.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for
northeastern Missouri.

LAT...LON 4058 9235 4039 9235 4048 9259 4059 9250
      4059 9242
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 293DEG 37KT 4042 9224 

$$

Hawblitzel

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 16, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison, Nodaway	39 min
Jun 16, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison, Nodaway	48 min
Jun 16, 9:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Atchison, Nodaway	11 min
Jun 16, 9:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Gentry, Harrison, Nodaway, Worth	49 min
Jun 16, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Atchison, Holt, Nodaway	46 min
Jun 16, 10:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer and 1 more	38 min
Jun 16, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb and 2 more	46 min
Jun 16, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Linn and 4 more	61 min
Jun 16, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 7 more	49 min
Jun 16, 11:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Platte	41 min
Jun 16, 11:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston, Macon	42 min
Jun 16, 11:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Clay, Jackson, Lafayette, Ray, Saline	33 min
Jun 16, 11:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Platte	60 min
Jun 17, 12:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass, Jackson, Johnson	47 min
Jun 17, 1:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass, Henry, Jackson, Johnson	50 min
Jun 17, 1:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Bates, Henry, Pettis	51 min
Jun 17, 2:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates, Henry, Johnson, Pettis	32 min
Jun 17, 2:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates	28 min
Jun 17, 2:49 AM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass, Clay, Henry, Jackson, Platte	13 hr
Jun 17, 5:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison, Holt	29 hr
Jun 17, 7:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass	26 min
Jun 17, 3:55 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	EAX	Bates, Cass, Clay, Henry, Jackson, Platte	3 hr
Jun 17, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Putnam, Schuyler	45 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.