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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 4, 2020Bates County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2020, 3:28 AM CDT for Bates County, Missouri. It was in force for 14 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 4, 2020, 3:28 AM CDT (08:28 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2020, 3:42 AM CDT
In force: 14 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Bates County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 4, 2:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 135 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: 1794 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1420 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

604 
WFUS53 KEAX 040828
TOREAX
MOC013-040900-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0005.200604T0828Z-200604T0900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
328 AM CDT Thu Jun 4 2020

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Bates County in west central Missouri...

* Until 400 AM CDT.
    
* At 328 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 7 miles west of Appleton City, or 11 miles southeast of
  Butler, moving southeast at 45 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...
  Rockville.

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.

This cluster of thunderstorms is capable of producing tornadoes and
widespread significant wind damage. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest
floor of a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3805 9410 3804 9411 3806 9413 3806 9416
      3805 9419 3819 9426 3825 9412 3817 9405
      3803 9406 3803 9409
TIME...MOT...LOC 0828Z 334DEG 41KT 3817 9416 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

Barham

1 follow-up statement

288 
WWUS53 KEAX 040842
SVSEAX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
342 AM CDT Thu Jun 4 2020

MOC013-040851-
/O.CAN.KEAX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-200604T0900Z/
Bates MO-
342 AM CDT Thu Jun 4 2020

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BATES COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled.  However gusty winds are still possible with this
thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 AM CDT for
west central Missouri.

LAT...LON 3805 9410 3804 9411 3806 9413 3806 9416
      3805 9419 3819 9426 3825 9412 3817 9405
      3803 9406 3803 9409
TIME...MOT...LOC 0840Z 334DEG 41KT 3803 9407 

$$

Barham

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 7:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Pettis	35 min
Jun 3, 8:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Randolph	24 min
Jun 3, 9:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Randolph	46 min
Jun 3, 10:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Randolph	6 hr
Jun 3, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Randolph	30 min
Jun 3, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Randolph	33 min
Jun 3, 10:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Howard	49 min
Jun 3, 10:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Chariton, Macon	47 min
Jun 3, 10:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Randolph	43 min
Jun 3, 10:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Chariton	22 min
Jun 3, 11:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Livingston	34 min
Jun 3, 11:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Howard	5 hr
Jun 3, 11:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Chariton	40 min
Jun 3, 11:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Chariton	52 min
Jun 3, 11:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Carroll	46 min
Jun 4, 12:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Henry, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Ray	42 min
Jun 4, 12:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Saline	37 min
Jun 4, 12:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Atchison	46 min
Jun 4, 12:28 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Saline	5 hr
Jun 4, 12:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Holt	44 min
Jun 4, 12:49 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Chariton, Linn, Macon, Randolph	3 hr
Jun 4, 12:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Holt, Nodaway	39 min
Jun 4, 12:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Cass, Clay, Henry, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette and 1 more	38 min
Jun 4, 1:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, Platte	51 min
Jun 4, 1:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry and 1 more	34 min
Jun 4, 1:30 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Andrew, Holt	3 hr
Jun 4, 1:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Caldwell	44 min
Jun 4, 1:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Bates, Cass, Clay, Jackson	38 min
Jun 4, 1:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Platte and 1 more	34 min
Jun 4, 1:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Gentry	42 min
Jun 4, 1:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Daviess and 5 more	38 min
Jun 4, 2:03 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Livingston and 1 more	3 hr
Jun 4, 2:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, DeKalb, Grundy, Livingston	46 min
Jun 4, 2:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Cass	43 min
Jun 4, 2:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass	39 min
Jun 4, 2:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Cass, Chariton, Henry, Jackson and 5 more	49 min
Jun 4, 2:31 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Jackson	14 min
Jun 4, 2:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass, Henry	35 min
Jun 4, 2:59 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass	31 min
Jun 4, 3:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cooper, Henry, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline	4 min
Jun 4, 3:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cooper, Henry, Howard, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis and 1 more	39 min
Jun 4, 3:30 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Carroll, Lafayette, Ray, Saline	3 hr
Jun 4, 3:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Cooper, Pettis	50 min
Jun 4, 3:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll	4 days
Jun 4, 3:52 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Howard	32 hr
Jun 4, 3:57 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Ray	21 days
Jun 4, 4:09 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Randolph	6 hr
Jun 4, 4:50 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Lafayette, Ray, Saline	6 hr
Jun 4, 7:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Johnson, Pettis	45 hr
Jun 4, 7:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Saline	3 days
Jun 4, 8:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cass, Henry, Johnson	15 hr
Jun 4, 9:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Saline	60 hr
Jun 4, 9:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper	36 hr
Jun 4, 10:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Daviess, Howard, Lafayette and 3 more	24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.