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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 24, 2021Putnam County, Sullivan County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 2021, 9:40 PM CDT for Putnam County, Sullivan County, Missouri. It was in force for 20 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 24, 2021, 9:40 PM CDT (02:40 UTC)
Expired: Jun 24, 2021, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Putnam County, MO, Sullivan County, MO

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:40 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
Jun 24, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 256 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: 2766 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1424 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 225 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 404 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.2
Supercell composite: 23.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

688 
WFUS53 KEAX 250240
TOREAX
MOC171-211-250300-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0011.210625T0240Z-210625T0300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
940 PM CDT Thu Jun 24 2021

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern Putnam County in north central Missouri...
  Northwestern Sullivan County in north central Missouri...

* Until 1000 PM CDT.
    
* At 940 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 13 miles northwest of Milan, moving east at 25 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.

* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  southwestern Putnam and northwestern Sullivan Counties.

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 4034 9332 4037 9332 4041 9334 4045 9316
      4039 9311 4034 9312
TIME...MOT...LOC 0240Z 264DEG 21KT 4037 9326 

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

$$

Kurtz

1 follow-up statement

842 
WWUS53 KEAX 250251
SVSEAX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
951 PM CDT Thu Jun 24 2021

MOC171-211-250301-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-210625T0300Z/
Putnam MO-Sullivan MO-
951 PM CDT Thu Jun 24 2021

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN PUTNAM AND NORTHWESTERN
SULLIVAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 PM CDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 300 AM CDT for
north central Missouri.

LAT...LON 4034 9332 4037 9332 4041 9334 4045 9316
      4039 9311 4034 9312
TIME...MOT...LOC 0251Z 264DEG 21KT 3994 9313 

$$

Kurtz

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 24, 7:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison	42 min
Jun 24, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Holt, Nodaway	43 min
Jun 24, 7:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Mercer	51 min
Jun 24, 7:39 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer and 1 more	6 hr
Jun 24, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, DeKalb, Gentry, Nodaway	45 min
Jun 24, 7:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Andrew, DeKalb	50 min
Jun 24, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison and 2 more	48 min
Jun 24, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Mercer, Putnam	24 min
Jun 24, 8:16 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Macon	19 hr
Jun 24, 8:16 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Nodaway	14 hr
Jun 24, 8:16 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan	3 days
Jun 24, 8:16 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton	9 days
Jun 24, 8:27 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Holt	16 hr
Jun 24, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb, Holt	38 min
Jun 24, 8:48 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Mercer	3 hr
Jun 24, 8:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Daviess, DeKalb, Grundy, Harrison, Linn and 4 more	54 min
Jun 24, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, DeKalb, Platte and 1 more	60 min
Jun 24, 9:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Grundy, Sullivan	17 min
Jun 24, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Adair, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Daviess, Grundy and 7 more	61 min
Jun 24, 9:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Jackson and 3 more	57 min
Jun 24, 9:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Saline	11 days
Jun 24, 9:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper	60 hr
Jun 24, 9:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll	8 days
Jun 24, 9:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Johnson, Pettis	71 hr
Jun 24, 9:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Saline	9 days
Jun 24, 9:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Howard	10 days
Jun 24, 9:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Adair, Sullivan	17 min
Jun 24, 10:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Carroll, Lafayette, Saline	27 min
Jun 24, 10:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Adair, Carroll, Chariton, Howard, Lafayette, Linn and 6 more	51 min
Jun 24, 10:25 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, Platte	3 hr
Jun 24, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Platte	32 min
Jun 24, 11:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Cooper, Howard, Randolph, Saline	58 min
Jun 25, 12:57 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb	10 hr
Jun 25, 1:17 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer and 1 more	12 hr
Jun 25, 1:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Lafayette, Saline	3 hr
Jun 25, 1:34 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Ray	34 hr
Jun 25, 1:59 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan	63 hr
Jun 25, 2:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	27 hr
Jun 25, 2:03 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	65 hr
Jun 25, 2:04 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	27 hr
Jun 25, 2:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Jackson, Lafayette, Ray	4 days
Jun 25, 2:10 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Lafayette, Saline	4 days
Jun 25, 2:11 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Andrew, Holt, Nodaway	10 hr
Jun 25, 2:13 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Saline	8 days
Jun 25, 2:20 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison, Holt, Nodaway	12 hr
Jun 25, 2:26 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison, Holt	6 hr
Jun 25, 2:26 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Grundy, Livingston	13 hr
Jun 25, 3:13 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Howard, Saline	7 hr
Jun 25, 3:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Platte	46 min
Jun 25, 4:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Platte	39 min
Jun 25, 4:28 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Lafayette, Livingston, Ray, Saline	4 hr
Jun 25, 4:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Platte, Ray	3 hr
Jun 25, 4:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Lafayette, Ray, Saline	6 hr
Jun 25, 5:24 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Howard	5 hr
Jun 25, 7:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Cooper, Pettis, Saline	4 hr
Jun 25, 8:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, Platte, Ray	3 hr
Jun 25, 8:40 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cass, Henry, Johnson	8 days
Jun 25, 9:12 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Cooper, Daviess, Howard and 7 more	4 days
Jun 25, 9:23 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb, Holt	12 hr
Jun 25, 1:25 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, Platte	9 hr
Jun 25, 2:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Cass	67 min
Jun 25, 3:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass, Johnson	33 min
Jun 25, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Platte	24 min
Jun 25, 3:59 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Cass	6 hr
Jun 25, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Platte	46 min
Jun 25, 4:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cooper, Howard	38 min
Jun 25, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Henry, Johnson	44 min
Jun 25, 4:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Henry, Johnson	23 min
Jun 25, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Henry, Johnson, Pettis	49 min
Jun 25, 4:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Henry, Johnson	6 hr
Jun 25, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass	39 min
Jun 25, 5:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass, Henry	6 hr
Jun 25, 6:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Howard, Saline	6 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.