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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at May 2, 2018, 7:03 PM CDT for Atchison County, Holt County, Missouri. It was in force for 16 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
- May 2, 2018, 7:03 PM CDT (00:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2018, 7:19 PM CDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Atchison County, MO, Holt County, MO
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 711 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 260 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted.
062
WFUS53 KEAX 030003
TOREAX
MOC005-087-030030-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0002.180503T0003Z-180503T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
703 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2018
The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Atchison County in northwestern Missouri...
Northwestern Holt County in northwestern Missouri...
* Until 730 PM CDT.
* At 703 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Shubert, or 9 miles north of Falls City, moving
northeast at 35 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...
Fairfax, Craig, Corning and Indian Cave State Park.
This includes Interstate 29 between mile markers 92 and 103.
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 4045 9530 4022 9517 4017 9547 4019 9548
4022 9547 4025 9549 4025 9552 4026 9555
4027 9556 4028 9556
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 238DEG 32KT 4020 9557
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
CDB1 follow-up statement
943
WWUS53 KEAX 030019
SVSEAX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
719 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2018
MOC005-087-030028-
/O.CAN.KEAX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180503T0030Z/
Atchison MO-Holt MO-
719 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2018
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ATCHISON AND NORTHWESTERN
HOLT COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However gusty winds are
still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for northwestern
Missouri.
Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
this area.
LAT...LON 4045 9530 4022 9517 4017 9547 4019 9548
4022 9547 4025 9549 4025 9552 4026 9555
4027 9556 4028 9556
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 238DEG 32KT 4027 9541
$$
CDBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Holt, Nodaway, Platte | 48 min |
| May 2, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Atchison, Nodaway | 15 min |
| May 2, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb, Gentry, Nodaway and 2 more | 41 min |
| May 2, 9:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass | 24 min |
| May 2, 9:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson | 36 min |
| May 2, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Henry, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette | 38 min |
| May 2, 9:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Jackson, Lafayette | 32 min |
| May 2, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Carroll, Cass, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Ray | 46 min |
| May 2, 9:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Henry, Johnson | 41 min |
| May 2, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Carroll, Cass, Henry, Johnson, Lafayette and 1 more | 63 min |
| May 2, 10:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline | 23 min |
| May 2, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Henry, Johnson, Pettis, Saline | 66 min |
| May 2, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Macon, Randolph | 28 min |
| May 2, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Adair, Putnam, Schuyler, Sullivan | 28 min |
| May 3, 4:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Atchison | 21 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.