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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 2, 2018Bates County, Cass County, Missouri; Miami County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at May 2, 2018, 9:06 PM CDT for Bates County, Cass County, Missouri; Miami County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 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, 9:06 PM CDT (02:06 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2018, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.25 in

Counties Miami County, KS, Bates County, MO, Cass County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:09 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 195 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: 1170 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1041 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 5.6

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The text

As transmitted.

553 
WFUS53 KEAX 030206
TOREAX
KSC121-MOC013-037-030230-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0005.180503T0206Z-180503T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
906 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2018

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Miami County in east central Kansas...
  Southwestern Cass County in west central Missouri...
  Northwestern Bates County in west central Missouri...

* Until 930 PM CDT.
    
* At 906 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Fontana, or near Osawatomie, moving east at 45
  mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and half dollar 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...
  Osawatomie, Louisburg, Drexel, Freeman, Fontana, Lake Annette, West
  Line and New Lancaster.

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 3839 9494 3844 9494 3850 9496 3867 9452
      3858 9446 3846 9444 3839 9488
TIME...MOT...LOC 0206Z 250DEG 41KT 3846 9486 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

Kurtz

1 follow-up statement

614 
WWUS53 KEAX 030215
SVSEAX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
915 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2018

KSC121-MOC013-037-030230-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-180503T0230Z/
Miami KS-Cass MO-Bates MO-
915 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2018

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MIAMI...SOUTHWESTERN CASS AND NORTHWESTERN BATES
COUNTIES...
    
At 914 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Fontana, or 8 miles southeast of Paola, moving east
at 40 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...
Louisburg, Drexel, Freeman, Fontana, Lake Annette, West Line and New
Lancaster.

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 3846 9484 3854 9486 3867 9452 3858 9446
      3846 9444 3839 9485
TIME...MOT...LOC 0214Z 250DEG 34KT 3848 9477 

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

$$

Kurtz

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 2, 7:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Atchison, Holt	16 min
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, 9:09 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
May 2, 8:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Johnson, Linn, Miami	34 min
May 2, 8:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Linn, Miami	55 min
May 2, 8:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Johnson, Miami	29 min
May 3, 6:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Doniphan	52 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.