Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2023
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2023, 2:37 PM CDT for Howard County, Missouri. It was in force for 23 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 31, 2023, 2:37 PM CDT (19:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2023, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
County Howard County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Fayette, MO | |
| Mar 31, 2:47 PM CDT | HAIL 3 | 6 Ene Fayette, MO | REPORT TIME MATCHED TO RADAR. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 11:46 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 261 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
- 1675 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 649 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 331 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 362 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.4
- Supercell composite
- 13.0
The text
As transmitted.
723
WFUS53 KEAX 311937
TOREAX
MOC089-312000-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0003.230331T1937Z-230331T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
237 PM CDT Fri Mar 31 2023
The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Howard County in central Missouri...
* Until 300 PM CDT.
* At 237 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near New Franklin, or near Fayette, moving northeast at
55 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and hail up to two inches in diameter.
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...
Fayette, New Franklin and Franklin.
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 3902 9255 3898 9278 3917 9281 3925 9243
TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 246DEG 48KT 3907 9270
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
$$
Blair1 follow-up statement
661
WWUS53 KEAX 311959
SVSEAX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
259 PM CDT Fri Mar 31 2023
MOC089-312009-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-230331T2000Z/
Howard MO-
259 PM CDT Fri Mar 31 2023
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL HOWARD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 300
PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for central and
north central Missouri.
LAT...LON 3902 9255 3898 9278 3917 9281 3925 9243
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 246DEG 48KT 3918 9238
$$
BlairThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 3:23 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | EAX | Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell and 31 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:23 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | EAX | Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell and 31 more | 31 hr |
| Mar 31, 8:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass | 42 min |
| Mar 31, 9:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Johnson | 26 min |
| Mar 31, 11:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Pettis | 32 min |
| Mar 31, 11:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Lafayette | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 11:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Lafayette, Saline | 34 min |
| Mar 31, 11:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Harrison | 27 min |
| Mar 31, 11:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Chariton, Macon, Randolph, Saline | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 12:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Howard | 23 min |
| Mar 31, 12:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Worth | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 12:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Randolph | 20 min |
| Mar 31, 12:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | DeKalb | 22 min |
| Mar 31, 12:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Bates | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 12:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Henry | 36 min |
| Mar 31, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Pettis | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 1:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry, Pettis | 43 min |
| Mar 31, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Pettis, Saline | 40 min |
| Mar 31, 1:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Grundy, Mercer, Putnam, Sullivan | 38 min |
| Mar 31, 2:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Mercer, Putnam | 24 min |
| Mar 31, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard, Randolph, Saline | 40 min |
| Mar 31, 2:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Pettis | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Putnam | 19 min |
| Mar 31, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Grundy, Mercer | 27 min |
| Mar 31, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Adair, Linn, Macon | 39 min |
| Mar 31, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Mercer, Putnam | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Howard, Randolph | 21 min |
| Mar 31, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Putnam, Sullivan | 32 min |
| Mar 31, 3:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Adair | 15 min |
| Mar 31, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Adair, Putnam, Schuyler, Sullivan | 40 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.