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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Oct 24, 2021, 2:31 PM CDT for Andrew County, Buchanan County, DeKalb County, Missouri. It was in force for 29 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
- Oct 24, 2021, 2:31 PM CDT (19:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 24, 2021, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Andrew County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, DeKalb County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 2:06 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 122 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1036 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1015 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 368 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 374 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.7
The text
As transmitted.
900
WFUS53 KEAX 241931
TOREAX
MOC003-021-063-242000-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0017.211024T1931Z-211024T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
231 PM CDT Sun Oct 24 2021
The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Buchanan County in northwestern Missouri...
Southeastern Andrew County in northwestern Missouri...
Northern DeKalb County in northwestern Missouri...
* Until 300 PM CDT.
* At 230 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Country Club, or over Country Club Villa, moving
northeast 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...
St. Joseph, Savannah, Elwood, Maysville, Country Club Villa,
Country Club, Union Star, Amazonia, Clarksdale, Cosby, Amity, St.
Joseph Airport, Fairport and Helena.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 29 between mile markers 45 and 58.
Interstate 229 between mile markers 2 and 14.
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 4006 9461 4004 9460 4004 9429 3994 9421
3969 9489 3972 9492 3974 9486 3977 9486
3976 9491 3978 9494 3979 9488 3981 9487
3983 9489 3985 9494 3988 9493
TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 241DEG 36KT 3981 9486
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
BT1 follow-up statement
604
WWUS53 KEAX 241940
SVSEAX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
240 PM CDT Sun Oct 24 2021
MOC003-021-063-242000-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-211024T2000Z/
Buchanan MO-Andrew MO-DeKalb MO-
240 PM CDT Sun Oct 24 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN BUCHANAN...SOUTHEASTERN ANDREW AND NORTHERN DEKALB
COUNTIES...
At 240 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Country Club Villa, moving northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
St. Joseph, Savannah, Elwood, Maysville, Country Club Villa, Country
Club, Union Star, Amazonia, Clarksdale, Cosby, Amity, St. Joseph
Airport, Fairport and Helena.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 29 between mile markers 45 and 58.
Interstate 229 between mile markers 2 and 14.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4006 9461 4004 9460 4004 9429 3994 9421
3969 9489 3972 9492 3974 9486 3977 9486
3976 9491 3978 9494 3979 9488 3981 9487
3983 9489 3985 9494 3988 9493
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 239DEG 37KT 3981 9470
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
BTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 12:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Grundy | 23 min |
| Oct 24, 1:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Buchanan | 34 min |
| Oct 24, 5:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Grundy, Harrison, Sullivan | 5 hr |
| Oct 24, 8:26 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston | 37 hr |
| Oct 24, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan, Holt | 40 min |
| Oct 24, 2:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Andrew, Holt | 33 min |
| Oct 24, 2:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Andrew | 23 min |
| Oct 24, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb | 46 min |
| Oct 24, 2:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb | 24 min |
| Oct 24, 3:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry | 37 min |
| Oct 24, 3:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Clinton | 34 min |
| Oct 24, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Daviess, Livingston | 25 min |
| Oct 24, 4:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Henry, Johnson | 23 min |
| Oct 24, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Livingston | 35 min |
| Oct 24, 4:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Grundy, Harrison, Mercer | 29 min |
| Oct 24, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Pettis | 31 min |
| Oct 24, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Linn, Livingston, Sullivan | 38 min |
| Oct 24, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Pettis | 49 min |
| Oct 24, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cooper, Pettis | 33 min |
| Oct 24, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Adair, Linn, Macon, Sullivan | 35 min |
| Oct 24, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Adair, Schuyler | 17 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.