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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Kansas City, MO

March 6, 2017Buchanan County, Clay County, Platte County, Missouri; Leavenworth County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 6, 2017, 6:59 PM CST for Buchanan County, Clay County, Platte County, Missouri; Leavenworth County, Kansas. 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: Mar 6, 2017, 6:59 PM CST (00:59 UTC)
Expired: Mar 6, 2017, 7:30 PM CST
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

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

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 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
Mar 6, 7:01 PM CST	HAIL 1.75	3 Se Easton, KS	EM REPORTS GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT 207TH AND SPRINGDALE ROAD.
Mar 6, 7:20 PM CST	TSTM WND GST 60	1 S Smithville, MO	NORTHLAND ARES REPORTED ESTIMATED 60MPH WINDS, WITH TRAILERS BEING MOVED. NEAR THE SMITHVILLE HOSPITAL.
Mar 6, 7:22 PM CST	TORNADO	3 N Kansas City Intl Ar, MO	SPOTTER REPORTS A TORNADO .

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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 75 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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

287 
WFUS53 KEAX 070059
TOREAX
KSC103-MOC021-047-165-070130-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0003.170307T0059Z-170307T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
659 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northern Leavenworth County in northeastern Kansas...
  South central Buchanan County in northwestern Missouri...
  Northwestern Clay County in west central Missouri...
  Northern Platte County in west central Missouri...

* Until 730 PM CST
    
* At 658 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Easton, or 7 miles west of Leavenworth, moving
  northeast at 45 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...
  Leavenworth, Lansing, Smithville, Platte City, Weston, Dearborn,
  Camden Point, Tracy, Farley, Ridgely, Fort Leavenworth, Stillings,
  Beverly, Hoover, East Leavenworth and Lowemont.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 29 between mile markers 15 and 30.
 Interstate 435 between mile markers 29 and 32.

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 3942 9503 3942 9497 3945 9500 3958 9488
      3939 9452 3923 9503 3932 9512
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 227DEG 38KT 3929 9506 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

Welsh

1 follow-up statement

336 
WWUS53 KEAX 070106
SVSEAX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
706 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017

KSC103-MOC021-047-165-070130-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-170307T0130Z/
Leavenworth KS-Buchanan MO-Clay MO-Platte MO-
706 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN LEAVENWORTH...SOUTH CENTRAL BUCHANAN...NORTHWESTERN CLAY
AND NORTHERN PLATTE COUNTIES...
    
At 706 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Leavenworth, moving northeast at 45 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...
Leavenworth, Lansing, Smithville, Platte City, Weston, Dearborn,
Camden Point, Tracy, Ridgely, Fort Leavenworth, Stillings, Beverly,
Hoover, East Leavenworth and Lowemont.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 29 between mile markers 15 and 30.
 Interstate 435 between mile markers 29 and 32.

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 3942 9503 3942 9497 3945 9500 3958 9488
      3939 9452 3926 9494 3936 9508
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 227DEG 38KT 3935 9498 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

Welsh

The 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, 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 Tornado observed	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, 8:58 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 Tornado observed	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
Mar 6, 7:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte	33 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.