6 tornado, 4 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 12, 3:40 PM CST, 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 340 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 .DISCUSSION... SEVERE WEATHER ONGOING AT THIS TIME. AS SURFACE LOW EXITS THIS EVENING...SO WILL THE THUNDERSTORMS. HAVE TAPERED OFF POPS FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE EVENING. IF DRYLINE DOES NOT IGNITE IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS IN THE CU FIELDS THIS AFTERNOON...MAY BE ABLE TO TAKE TSRA OUT OF FORECAST A BIT EARLIER. SEEING WINDS SHIFTING MORE TO THE SOUTHWEST...AND DEWPOINT DEPRESSION INCREASING. IF DRYLINE LIGHTS UP...SHOULD BE IN THE NEXT 2 HOURS. PRECIP WILL WRAP AROUND THE BACK SIDE OF THE LOW OVERNIGHT...BUT NOT EXPECTING MUCH IN THE WAY OF PRECIP WITH THAT EXCEPT POSSIBLY IN EXTREME NORTHERN MO. HAVE JUST SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN THAT AREA. WE SHOULD SEE AN EXTENSIVE STRATUS DECK HOWEVER. TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE COLD FRONT ARE MUCH COOLER...WITH LOWS TONIGHT IN THE MID 30S IN NORTHWEST MO. SHOULD SEE A LARGE TEMP GRADIENT DOWN TO CENTRAL MO. ON MONDAY...WITH THE STRATUS DECK...THE DIURNAL RANGE SHOULD ONLY BE ABOUT 10 DEG WITH A BREEZY NORTHWEST WIND. SURFACE HIGH IS IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY WITH TEMPERATURES REBOUNDING ONLY SLIGHTLY. BY WEDNESDAY...WE SEE ANOTHER LOW DEVELOP ON THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS. HAVE INTRODUCED PRECIP FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE GULF MOISTURE LOOKS TO BE ABLE TO GET HERE...AND MAY NEED TO BRING POPS INTO WED AFTERNOON. GFS SOUNDINGS SHOW SOME ELEVATED INSTABILITY POSSIBLE...BUT HAVE LEFT THUNDER OUT FOR NOW. HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK. MID RANGE MODELS SHOWING SOME SIGNAL FOR ANOTHER FRONT TO GO THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY. HAVE PUT IN SLIGHT CHANCES THUS FAR. 27 && .PREV DISCUSSION... 415 AM SUN... COMPLEX WEATHER SCENARIO IS UNFOLDING TODAY WITH THE MAKINGS FOR A SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. A VIGOROUS MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL TRACK ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND HEAD TOWARD NORTHWEST MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE...AT THE SURFACE A WARM FRONT WILL SURGE NORTHWARD THROUGH CENTRAL MISSOURI FROM ITS CURRENT LOCATION OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI. A DRY LINE WILL ALSO HEAD EAST FROM EASTERN KANSAS DURING THE AFTERNOON. STRONG DIFFLUENCE WILL DEVELOP ALOFT IN RESPONSE TO A 140KT+ UPPER JET. CURRENTLY A FEW RADAR ECHOES HAVE BEEN NOTED OVER THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA...IN ASSOCIATION WITH INCREASING MID LEVEL ISENTROPIC LIFT. HAVE INCLUDED A LOW END CHANCE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING AS THE AREA OF ISENTROPIC LIFT SPREADS NORTHWARD. ATTENTION THEN TURNS TO CONVECTIVE INITIATION THIS AFTERNOON. AM ANTICIPATING AN AREA OF CONVECTION TO DEVELOP FROM THE WARM FRONT AND SOUTH ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE ADVANCING DRYLINE BEGINNING IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON. MANY FAVORABLE SEVERE WEATHER PARAMETERS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN PLACE SO IT SHOULDNT TAKE LONG FOR STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE ONCE THEY DEVELOP. THERE IS A DEFINITE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND THREAT WITH THE ANTICIPATED SUPERCELLULAR STORMS...AND A TORNADIC THREAT ESPECIALLY NEAR THE WARM FRONT WHERE LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL BE MORE BACKED AND EHI VALUES REACH THE 3 TO 4 RANGE. MAIN NEGATIVE FACTOR THE STORMS MUST OVERCOME IS THE EXCEPTIONAL SHEAR MAGNITUDE...WHICH IS PROGGED TO BE IN EXCESS OF 80 KNOTS FROM 0-6KM ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI. THE MOVEMENT OF THE WARM FRONT THIS MORNING WILL WARRANT WATCHING...AS ANY SLOWER MOVEMENT THAN PROGGED BY THE EARLIER MODEL RUNS WOULD SHIFT THE SEVERE/TORNADIC THREAT FURTHER SOUTH THAN NORTHERN MISSOURI. STORMS ARE THEN ANTICIPATED TO DEVELOP INTO A SQUALL LINE THAT WILL TRACK EAST/NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING. THE TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL SWING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS MONDAY. CANT RULE OUT SOME LIGHT PRECIPITATION ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE DEPARTING SYSTEM...MAINLY OVER NORTHER MISSOURI MONDAY. OTHERWISE...TEMPERATURES WILL COOL SIGNIFICANTLY TONIGHT AND ACTUALLY HEAD BACK TOWARD NORMAL FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE WORK WEEK. STOFLET && .EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. WFO EAX
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1256 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-131200- ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE- JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER- PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR- BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY- RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD- CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY- 1256 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ANOTHER EXPLOSIVE ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL COME THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE LONG- TRACKED TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THESE STORMS ARE FIRING ALONG A DRY LINE THAT IS LOCATED IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. ONCE THE STORMS DEVELOP...THEY WILL QUICKLY BECOME SUPERCELLULAR AND MOVE INTO MISSOURI. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. PERSONS ARE URGED TO BE READY TO REACT QUICKLY SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH THE EVENING. 27
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
326 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
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..REMARKS..
0324 PM HAIL 1 N WARRENSBURG 38.78N 93.75W
03/12/2006 M1.00 INCH JOHNSON MO AMATEUR RADIO
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
328 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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0325 PM HAIL 10 W CLINTON 38.38N 93.95W
03/12/2006 E1.75 INCHES HENRY MO EMERGENCY MNGR
GOLFBALL
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KOCHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
338 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
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0327 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 6 W (SZL)WHITEMAN AFB 38.72N 93.66W
03/12/2006 JOHNSON MO OTHER FEDERAL
FUNNEL CLOUD 6 MILES WEST OF AIR FORCE BASE
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GAPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
344 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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0240 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 W ADRIAN 38.40N 94.42W
03/12/2006 BATES MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
POWER POLES SNAPPED 10 FT ABOVE GROUND AT HWY 18 & CO RD
FF. POSSIBLE TORNADO
0322 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 N WARRENSBURG 38.78N 93.75W
03/12/2006 JOHNSON MO AMATEUR RADIO
HIGHWAY SIGNS DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED
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21PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
346 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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0344 PM HAIL CHILLICOTHE 39.80N 93.55W
03/12/2006 E0.88 INCHES LIVINGSTON MO AMATEUR RADIO
NICKEL HAIL
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KOCHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
349 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0346 PM HAIL CALHOUN 38.47N 93.63W
03/12/2006 E0.88 INCHES HENRY MO AMATEUR RADIO
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GAThe Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:50 UTC.
6 tornado, 4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
F0 tornado touched down at 1549 CST 4 miles northeast of La Monte and traveled northeast over rural areas...with damage only to trees. The tornado crossed into Cooper county 2 miles northeast of Postal at 1604 CST.
Tornado crossed into Pettis county from Benton county at 1557 CST. Tornado was over rural areas with no significant damage noted. The tornado dissipated at 1605 CST 1 mile west of Manila.
F2 tornado touched down 6.5 miles east of Green Ridge at 1612 CST and moved northeast. The tornado caused the death of one woman...when the trailer she was fleeing was blown on top of her. Another 6 people were injured as well. Numerous homes suffered varying degrees of damage. The tornado lifted one mile southwest of Smithton at 1625 CST.
Extensive hail damage noted in Sedalia, where golfball hail piled up into 2 feet drifts. Many roofs in town had to be replaced.
F0 tornado entered Pettis county from Johnson county at 2002 CST...8 miles southwest of Houstonia. The tornado was over rural areas before lifting at 2004 CST...6 miles west-southwest of Houstonia.
Tornado touched down at 2007CST...5 miles west-northwest of Houstonia and moved into Saline county 3 miles west-northwest of Houstonia at 2009 CST. Tornado was over rural areas with no significant damage noted.
F2 tornado crossed from Johnson county into Pettis county at 2057 CST and quickly dissipated. No significant damage was observed as the tornado moved over rural areas.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Pettis | 2006-03-12 | 39 | Female | Mobile/Trailer Home | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Missouri, 2006Warnings in Missouri, March 2006
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5497826, 5497827, 5497828, 5497829, 5497830, 5497831, 5497914, 5497915, 5497916, 5497917.