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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2024, 5:27 PM CDT for Mercer County, Putnam County, Sullivan County, Missouri. It was in force for 33 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
- Apr 27, 2024, 5:27 PM CDT (22:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2024, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Mercer County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Sullivan County, MO
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 1:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 256 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
- 1585 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 634 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 6.9
The text
As transmitted.
617
WFUS53 KEAX 272227
TOREAX
MOC129-171-211-272300-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0013.240427T2227Z-240427T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
527 PM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024
The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Sullivan County in north central Missouri...
East central Mercer County in north central Missouri...
Southwestern Putnam County in north central Missouri...
* Until 600 PM CDT.
* At 527 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 13 miles east of Princeton, or 15 miles northwest of
Milan, 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...
Newtown, Lucerne, Harris, and Lemons.
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 4028 9330 4036 9344 4054 9326 4044 9294
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 229DEG 29KT 4035 9334
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
BMWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Henry | 51 min |
| Apr 26, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Nodaway, Worth | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 9:51 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cass, Henry, Johnson | 4 days |
| Apr 27, 9:51 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper, Saline | 7 days |
| Apr 27, 2:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Holt | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Nodaway | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Holt, Nodaway | 23 min |
| Apr 27, 2:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Andrew, Holt, Nodaway | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 2:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Nodaway | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Holt, Nodaway | 25 min |
| Apr 27, 3:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Gentry, Nodaway, Worth | 49 min |
| Apr 27, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Holt, Nodaway | 20 min |
| Apr 27, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Gentry, Nodaway, Worth | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Holt, Nodaway | 25 min |
| Apr 27, 4:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Gentry, Harrison | 21 min |
| Apr 27, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Gentry, Harrison, Mercer, Worth | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 4:39 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan, Holt | 96 min |
| Apr 27, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer, Putnam, Sullivan | 49 min |
| Apr 27, 5:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Grundy, Mercer, Putnam, Sullivan | 23 min |
| Apr 27, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Grundy, Linn, Mercer, Putnam, Sullivan | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Grundy, Mercer, Sullivan | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Daviess, Grundy, Livingston | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston | 42 min |
| Apr 27, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Adair, Putnam, Sullivan | 51 min |
| Apr 27, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Linn | 25 min |
| Apr 27, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Daviess, Grundy, Linn, Livingston, Mercer, Sullivan | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 6:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Adair, Grundy, Mercer, Putnam, Schuyler, Sullivan | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Adair, Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Macon, Sullivan | 49 min |
| Apr 27, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson | 31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.