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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 24, 2019Cass County, Jackson County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2019, 7:53 PM CDT for Cass County, Jackson County, Missouri. It was in force for 37 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: May 24, 2019, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2019, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Cass County, MO, Jackson County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:56 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 24, 8:02 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Pleasant Hill, MO	TREES DOWN.
May 24, 8:10 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	1 S Lone Jack, MO
May 24, 8:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Lone Jack, MO	8 INCH BRANCH DOWN, BRANCH DIAMETER OF 1/4 TO 1/3 INCHES. PATIO TABLE ALSO BLOWN OFF DECK AND DESTROYED.

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 24, 6:04 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 215 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: 250 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

358 
WFUS53 KEAX 250053
TOREAX
MOC037-095-250130-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0018.190525T0053Z-190525T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
753 PM CDT Fri May 24 2019

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Cass County in west central Missouri...
  Southeastern Jackson County in west central Missouri...

* Until 830 PM CDT.
    
* At 753 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Raymore, moving east at 40 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...
  Raymore, Pleasant Hill, Greenwood, Lake Winnebago, Lone Jack,
  Baldwin Park and Strasburg.

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 3879 9447 3892 9411 3875 9412 3872 9443
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 255DEG 33KT 3877 9442 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

Gitro

1 follow-up statement

054 
WWUS53 KEAX 250123
SVSEAX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
823 PM CDT Fri May 24 2019

MOC037-095-250132-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-190525T0130Z/
Cass MO-Jackson MO-
823 PM CDT Fri May 24 2019

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CASS AND SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 830 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 midnight CDT for west central
Missouri.

LAT...LON 3879 9447 3892 9411 3875 9412 3872 9443
TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 255DEG 33KT 3884 9409 

$$

Gitro

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 7:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Platte	6 hr
May 24, 7:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	31 min
May 24, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass, Jackson	44 min
May 24, 7:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass	6 hr
May 24, 7:36 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Ray	17 hr
May 24, 7:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Gentry, Nodaway	37 min
May 24, 7:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Cass, Jackson	30 min
May 24, 7:50 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Johnson, Pettis	38 hr
May 24, 7:50 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Jackson	13 hr
May 24, 8:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Worth	39 min
May 24, 8:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Cass, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette	33 min
May 24, 8:16 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Jackson	28 hr
May 24, 8:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	EAX	Johnson, Lafayette	26 min
May 24, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Lafayette, Ray, Saline	48 min
May 24, 8:48 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Jackson	3 hr
May 24, 8:59 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Jackson	28 hr
May 24, 8:59 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass, Henry	3 days
May 24, 9:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Howard, Randolph	47 min
May 24, 10:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Adair	40 min
May 24, 11:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Adair, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Johnson, Lafayette and 7 more	6 hr
May 25, 12:59 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass, Clay, Jackson, Platte	9 hr
May 25, 1:40 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	3 hr
May 25, 1:57 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll	68 hr
May 25, 5:14 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Adair, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Johnson, Lafayette and 7 more	6 hr
May 25, 5:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Macon	9 days
May 25, 10:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Daviess, Gentry	71 hr
May 25, 10:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Daviess, Livingston	4 days
May 25, 4:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Atchison	52 min
May 25, 4:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Atchison	17 min
May 25, 5:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Nodaway	38 min
May 25, 5:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Worth	39 min
May 25, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Gentry, Nodaway, Worth	30 min
May 25, 6:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Putnam	51 min
May 25, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Gentry, Harrison, Worth	42 min
May 25, 6:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Gentry, Nodaway, Worth	3 hr
May 25, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Gentry, Harrison, Worth	37 min
May 25, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Adair, Putnam, Schuyler, Sullivan	46 min
May 25, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer	41 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.