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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Oct 24, 2021, 3:23 PM CDT for Daviess County, DeKalb County, Gentry 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
- Oct 24, 2021, 3:23 PM CDT (20:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 24, 2021, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 3:36 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Sw Pattonsburg, MO | NWS STORM SURVEY FOUND EVIDENCE OF A SHORT LIVED EF-0 TORNADO JUST SOUTHWEST OF OLD PATTONSBURG. |
| Oct 24, 3:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ssw Coffey, MO | POSSIBLE TORNADO...REPORTS OF TREES UPROOTED. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 2:06 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 173 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.
266
WFUS53 KEAX 242023
TOREAX
MOC061-063-075-242100-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0020.211024T2023Z-211024T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
323 PM CDT Sun Oct 24 2021
The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Daviess County in north central Missouri...
Southeastern Gentry County in northwestern Missouri...
Northeastern DeKalb County in northwestern Missouri...
* Until 400 PM CDT.
* At 323 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Maysville, moving northeast at 30 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...
Pattonsburg, Jameson, Weatherby, Mcfall, Fairport and Santa Rosa.
This includes Interstate 35 in Missouri between mile markers 68 and
81.
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 4001 9389 3988 9432 3998 9440 4014 9419
4014 9408
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 231DEG 26KT 3995 9430
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
CDB2 follow-up statements
648
WWUS53 KEAX 242038
SVSEAX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
338 PM CDT Sun Oct 24 2021
MOC063-075-242048-
/O.CAN.KEAX.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-211024T2100Z/
Gentry MO-DeKalb MO-
338 PM CDT Sun Oct 24 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GENTRY AND NORTHEASTERN
DEKALB COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for north central
and northwestern Missouri.
LAT...LON 4001 9389 3998 9420 4000 9421 4003 9420
4003 9422 4004 9422 4014 9419 4014 9407
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 230DEG 29KT 4004 9418
$$
MOC061-242100-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-211024T2100Z/
Daviess MO-
338 PM CDT Sun Oct 24 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN DAVIESS COUNTY...
At 338 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Pattonsburg, or 14 miles northeast of Maysville,
moving northeast at 35 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...
Pattonsburg and Jameson.
This includes Interstate 35 in Missouri between mile markers 72 and
82.
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 4001 9389 3998 9420 4000 9421 4003 9420
4003 9422 4004 9422 4014 9419 4014 9407
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 230DEG 29KT 4004 9418
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
CDB364
WWUS53 KEAX 242051
SVSEAX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
351 PM CDT Sun Oct 24 2021
MOC061-242101-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-211024T2100Z/
Daviess MO-
351 PM CDT Sun Oct 24 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN DAVIESS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
400 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for north central
and northwestern Missouri.
LAT...LON 4001 9389 3998 9420 4000 9421 4003 9420
4003 9422 4004 9422 4014 9419 4014 9407
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 231DEG 26KT 4010 9409
$$
CDBThe 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, 2:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan, DeKalb | 29 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, 3:26 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.