Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2021
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 15, 2021, 5:07 PM CDT for Cass County, Johnson County, Missouri. It was in force for 38 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
- Mar 15, 2021, 5:07 PM CDT (22:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2021, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Cass County, MO, Johnson County, MO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 5:34 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 W Centerview, MO | BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUD WITH RISING MOTION AS IT PASSED OVER PROPERTY. CLEAR SLOT NOTED AS WELL. |
| Mar 15, 5:40 PM CDT | HAIL 0.5 | 2 Nw Centerview, MO | REPORT FROM MPING: HALF-INCH (0.50 IN.). |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 685 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS53 KEAX 152207
TOREAX
MOC037-101-152245-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0005.210315T2207Z-210315T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
507 PM CDT Mon Mar 15 2021
The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
East central Cass County in west central Missouri...
Southwestern Johnson County in west central Missouri...
* Until 545 PM CDT.
* At 507 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near East Lynne, or 8 miles west of Holden, moving
northeast at 20 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...
Holden, Kingsville, Gunn City and La Tour.
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 3859 9419 3862 9423 3873 9421 3885 9388
3863 9382
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 241DEG 18KT 3867 9413
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
Blair2 follow-up statements
911
WWUS53 KEAX 152221
SVSEAX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
521 PM CDT Mon Mar 15 2021
MOC037-152231-
/O.CAN.KEAX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210315T2245Z/
Cass MO-
521 PM CDT Mon Mar 15 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CASS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3866 9413 3876 9412 3885 9388 3866 9383
3863 9411
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 255DEG 18KT 3872 9404
$$
MOC101-152245-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210315T2245Z/
Johnson MO-
521 PM CDT Mon Mar 15 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY...
At 521 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Kingsville, or over Holden, moving east at 20 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...
Holden, Kingsville and La Tour.
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 3866 9413 3876 9412 3885 9388 3866 9383
3863 9411
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 255DEG 18KT 3872 9404
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
Blair698
WWUS53 KEAX 152235
SVSEAX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
535 PM CDT Mon Mar 15 2021
MOC101-152245-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210315T2245Z/
Johnson MO-
535 PM CDT Mon Mar 15 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL JOHNSON COUNTY...
At 535 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Holden, moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Holden.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3878 9404 3885 9388 3868 9384 3866 9401
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 245DEG 20KT 3875 9393
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
BlairThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 9:54 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Buchanan | 3 days |
| Mar 15, 8:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Atchison, Holt | 4 hr |
| Mar 15, 8:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan | 25 hr |
| Mar 15, 8:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston | 3 days |
| Mar 15, 9:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Daviess, Gentry | 49 hr |
| Mar 15, 10:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper | 22 hr |
| Mar 15, 10:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll | 4 days |
| Mar 15, 1:26 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Daviess, Livingston | 45 hr |
| Mar 15, 1:26 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Linn, Livingston | 55 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:16 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Platte | 69 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:16 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Platte | 62 hr |
| Mar 15, 4:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson | 34 min |
| Mar 15, 4:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cass | 28 min |
| Mar 15, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson | 31 min |
| Mar 15, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson | 37 min |
| Mar 15, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Pettis | 31 min |
| Mar 15, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Pettis | 48 min |
| Mar 15, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Pettis | 33 min |
| Mar 15, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Pettis | 23 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.