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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 28, 2017Nodaway County, Worth County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 28, 2017, 5:00 PM CDT for Nodaway County, Worth County, Missouri. It was in force for 30 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 28, 2017, 5:00 PM CDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2017, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

Counties Nodaway County, MO, Worth County, MO

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 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 28, 2:53 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 169 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: 742 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -297 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 831 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 721 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 852 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.8

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The text

As transmitted.

715 
WFUS53 KEAX 282200
TOREAX
MOC147-227-282230-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0030.170628T2200Z-170628T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
500 PM CDT WED JUN 28 2017

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Worth County in northwestern Missouri...
  Northeastern Nodaway County in northwestern Missouri...

* Until 530 PM CDT
    
* At 500 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Hopkins, or near Bedford, moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and golf 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...
  Hopkins.

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 4057 9448 4051 9449 4055 9485 4057 9484
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 275DEG 35KT 4059 9478 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

Blair

2 follow-up statements

159 
WWUS53 KEAX 282217
SVSEAX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
517 PM CDT WED JUN 28 2017

MOC147-227-282230-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-170628T2230Z/
Worth MO-Nodaway MO-
517 PM CDT WED JUN 28 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN WORTH AND NORTHEASTERN NODAWAY COUNTIES...
    
At 515 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located near Bedford, moving
east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Damaging tornado and golf ball size hail. 

SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed tornado. 

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. 

This tornadic portion of the thunderstorm is currently just north of 
the Iowa - Missouri state line. There is the potential for this 
tornado to move back into northern areas of northwestern Worth and 
northeastern Nodaway Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. 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 4057 9448 4051 9449 4054 9479 4057 9475
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 272DEG 22KT 4059 9468 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

Blair

051 
WWUS53 KEAX 282228
SVSEAX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
528 PM CDT WED JUN 28 2017

MOC147-227-282238-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-170628T2230Z/
Worth MO-Nodaway MO-
528 PM CDT WED JUN 28 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WORTH AND NORTHEASTERN
NODAWAY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.

A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for northwestern
Missouri.

LAT...LON 4057 9448 4051 9449 4054 9479 4057 9475
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 275DEG 35KT 4058 9454 

$$

Blair

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 28, 4:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Atchison	34 min
Jun 28, 6:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Andrew	42 min
Jun 28, 4:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Nodaway	27 min
Jun 28, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison	52 min
Jun 28, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Nodaway	35 min
Jun 28, 5:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Nodaway, Worth	26 min
Jun 28, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Gentry, Harrison, Nodaway, Worth	48 min
Jun 28, 6:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Nodaway, Worth	3 hr
Jun 28, 6:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Gentry, Harrison, Worth	24 min
Jun 28, 6:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Harrison, Nodaway, Worth	9 hr
Jun 28, 6:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Gentry, Harrison, Worth	46 min
Jun 28, 6:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Harrison, Mercer	39 min

Nearby

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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.