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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Kansas City, MO

March 29, 2022Bates County, Henry County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 29, 2022, 11:58 PM CDT for Bates County, Henry County, Missouri. It was in force for 32 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, 11:58 PM CDT (04:58 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2022, 12:30 AM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Bates County, MO, Henry County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:59 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
Mar 29, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 149 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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

663 
WFUS53 KEAX 300458
TOREAX
MOC013-083-300530-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0009.220330T0458Z-220330T0530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
1158 PM CDT Tue Mar 29 2022

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern Henry County in west central Missouri...
  Northeastern Bates County in west central Missouri...

* Until 1230 AM CDT.
    
* At 1158 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
  tornado was located near Adrian, moving east 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...
  Urich, Ballard and Hartwell. 

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 3828 9432 3837 9433 3848 9390 3827 9390
TIME...MOT...LOC 0458Z 259DEG 35KT 3833 9426 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

BMW

2 follow-up statements

096 
WWUS53 KEAX 300506
SVSEAX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
1206 AM CDT Wed Mar 30 2022

MOC013-083-300530-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-220330T0530Z/
Henry MO-Bates MO-
1206 AM CDT Wed Mar 30 2022

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN HENRY AND NORTHEASTERN BATES COUNTIES...
    
At 1205 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 10 miles east of Adrian, moving east 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...
Ballard and Hartwell. 

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 3830 9421 3839 9423 3848 9390 3827 9390
TIME...MOT...LOC 0505Z 259DEG 35KT 3834 9416 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

BMW

197 
WWUS53 KEAX 300528
SVSEAX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
1228 AM CDT Wed Mar 30 2022

MOC013-083-300538-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-220330T0530Z/
Henry MO-Bates MO-
1228 AM CDT Wed Mar 30 2022

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN HENRY AND NORTHEASTERN BATES
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1230 AM CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for
west central Missouri.

LAT...LON 3830 9421 3839 9423 3848 9390 3827 9390
TIME...MOT...LOC 0528Z 259DEG 35KT 3838 9389 

$$

BMW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 29, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	52 min
Mar 29, 8:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Holt	39 min
Mar 29, 8:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Platte	17 min
Mar 29, 8:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Buchanan	28 min
Mar 29, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, DeKalb, Jackson and 1 more	28 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, 10:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Clay, Platte	4 hr
Mar 29, 11:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates	38 min
Mar 29, 11:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Bates	16 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.