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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 29, 2022, 8:28 PM CDT for Leavenworth County, Kansas; Platte County, Missouri. It was in force for 17 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
- Mar 29, 2022, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2022, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Leavenworth County, KS, Platte County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 901 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1720 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
The text
As transmitted.
911
WFUS53 KEAX 300128
TOREAX
KSC103-MOC165-300145-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0004.220330T0128Z-220330T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
828 PM CDT Tue Mar 29 2022
The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
North central Leavenworth County in northeastern Kansas...
North central Platte County in west central Missouri...
* Until 845 PM CDT.
* At 828 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Leavenworth, moving northeast at 50 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...
Leavenworth, Platte City, Weston, Dearborn, Camden Point, Tracy,
Fort Leavenworth and Beverly.
This includes Interstate 29 between mile markers 20 and 30.
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 3953 9477 3953 9476 3939 9473 3930 9504
3937 9506
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 238DEG 44KT 3936 9500
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
BMWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison | 31 min |
| Mar 29, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 52 min |
| Mar 29, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Atchison, Leavenworth | 20 min |
| Mar 29, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 17 min |
| Mar 29, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan | 39 min |
| Mar 29, 8:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan | 28 min |
| Mar 29, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 28 min |
| Mar 29, 10:13 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 4 hr |
| Mar 29, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn | 38 min |
| Mar 29, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Lafayette and 1 more | 50 min |
| Mar 29, 9:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Daviess, DeKalb | 32 min |
| Mar 29, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Livingston | 43 min |
| Mar 29, 9:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Daviess, Grundy, Harrison | 25 min |
| Mar 29, 9:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Clay, Jackson | 49 min |
| Mar 29, 11:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Bates | 16 min |
| Mar 29, 11:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Bates, Henry | 32 min |
| Mar 30, 12:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Henry | 40 min |
| Mar 30, 7:53 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Ray | 14 hr |
| Mar 30, 7:53 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll | 14 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.