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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 22, 2019Chariton County, Howard County, Saline County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2019, 7:53 PM CDT for Chariton County, Howard County, Saline County, Missouri. It was in force for 37 min. 2 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: May 22, 2019, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2019, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.5 in

Counties Chariton County, MO, Howard County, MO, Saline County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:54 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
May 22, 8:14 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Armstrong, MO	PUBLIC REPORT TO HOWARD COUNTY 911 OF FUNNEL CLOUD DEVELOPING OVER THE CITY OF ARMSTRONG.
May 22, 8:15 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 S Armstrong, MO	TREES DOWN, BARN AND SHED DESTROYED ALONG HIGHWAY 3, SOUTH OF ARMSTRONG.

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
May 22, 3:32 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 253 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1882 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 244 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

461 
WFUS53 KEAX 230053
TOREAX
MOC041-089-195-230130-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0013.190523T0053Z-190523T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
753 PM CDT Wed May 22 2019

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Chariton County in north central Missouri...
  Northwestern Howard County in central Missouri...
  East central Saline County in central Missouri...

* Until 830 PM CDT.
    
* At 752 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Slater, moving east at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong 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...
  Glasgow, Armstrong and Gilliam. 

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 3918 9258 3911 9298 3927 9307 3936 9271
      3932 9270 3930 9262 3928 9259
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 249DEG 42KT 3916 9300 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

Laflin

1 follow-up statement

031 
WWUS53 KEAX 230110
SVSEAX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
810 PM CDT Wed May 22 2019

MOC195-230119-
/O.CAN.KEAX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-190523T0130Z/
Saline MO-
810 PM CDT Wed May 22 2019

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL SALINE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out 
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for central and
north central Missouri.

LAT...LON 3918 9258 3912 9294 3914 9291 3918 9290
      3920 9286 3923 9285 3923 9293 3926 9292
      3929 9296 3930 9295 3936 9271 3932 9270
      3930 9262 3928 9259
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 250DEG 38KT 3921 9279 

$$

MOC041-089-230130-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-190523T0130Z/
Chariton MO-Howard MO-
810 PM CDT Wed May 22 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CHARITON AND NORTHWESTERN HOWARD COUNTIES...
    
At 809 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Glasgow, moving east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong 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...
Glasgow and Armstrong. 

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 3918 9258 3912 9294 3914 9291 3918 9290
      3920 9286 3923 9285 3923 9293 3926 9292
      3929 9296 3930 9295 3936 9271 3932 9270
      3930 9262 3928 9259
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 250DEG 38KT 3921 9279 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

Laflin

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 7:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Chariton, Saline	44 min
May 22, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Lafayette, Saline	38 min
May 22, 7:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Chariton, Saline	34 min
May 22, 7:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Cass	28 min
May 22, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates, Henry	42 min
May 22, 7:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Henry	49 min
May 22, 7:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Chariton, Saline	26 min
May 22, 7:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Chariton, Randolph	37 min
May 22, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson	47 min
May 22, 7:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Henry	30 min
May 22, 7:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Bates, Henry	30 min
May 22, 7:59 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Howard	42 hr
May 22, 8:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Pettis, Saline	41 min
May 22, 8:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	EAX	Randolph	23 min
May 22, 8:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass, Henry, Johnson, Pettis	6 hr
May 22, 8:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Randolph	45 min
May 22, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates, Henry	24 min
May 22, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cooper, Howard, Pettis, Saline	50 min
May 22, 8:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Schuyler	39 min
May 22, 9:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Cooper, Howard	27 min
May 22, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Chariton, Macon, Randolph	27 min
May 22, 9:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Pettis	35 min
May 22, 10:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Macon, Randolph	4 hr
May 23, 2:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Bates, Chariton, Cooper, Henry, Howard, Johnson and 3 more	33 hr
May 23, 7:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Bates	46 min
May 23, 10:09 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison, Holt	8 days
May 23, 3:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	EAX	Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell and 23 more	64 hr

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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.