Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 1993, 1:02 AM CST for Holt County, Missouri; Doniphan County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 30, 1993, 1:02 AM CST (07:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 1993, 1:45 AM CST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Doniphan County, KS, Holt County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 990 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 906 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCI 300704 SVRMCI KSC043-MOC087-300745- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 102 AM CST TUE MAR 30 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST KANSAS ...DONIPHAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI ...HOLT COUNTY AT 102 AM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGHLAND MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. HAIL LARGER THAN QUARTER-SIZE...STRONG WINDS...AND TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE LIKELY. THE COMMUNITIES OF OREGON...NAPIER...AND MOUND CITY ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 29, 10:07 PM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
MOZ-004-008-KSZ016-300445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 1000 PM CST MON MAR 29 1993...CORRECTION ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN EXTREME EAST KANSAS... AT 1000 PM...A BAND OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME VERY STRONG...EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES SOUTHSOUTHWEST OF KANSAS CITY...JUST SOUTH OF OLATHE...TO LAWRENCE KANSAS TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF ST JOSEPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA BETWEEN 1015 PM AND MIDNIGHT. A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY SOME WIND GUST TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AND SOME SMALL HAIL...WILL OCCCUR WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS.b OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN EASTCENTRAL KANSAS...FROM NORTH OF WICHITA TO NORTHWEST OF MANHATTAN...AND WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Mar 29, 10:36 PM CST, 2 hours 26 minutes before
MOZ-004-008-KSZ016-300545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 1030 PM CST MON MAR 29 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST OF KANSAS CITY... AT 1025 PM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME VERY STRONG...WERE IN EXTREME KANSAS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...JUST NORTH OF LEVENWORTH KANSAS...AND 25 MILES WEST OF ST JOSEPH...NEAR TROY KANSAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY SOME WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AND SOME HAIL...WERE OCCUR WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN EASTCENTRAL KANSAS...FROM SOUTHWEST OF EMPORIA TO NORTH OF MANHATTAN...AND WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Mar 29, 11:31 PM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
MOZ-004-008-009-KSZ016-300645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 1130 PM CST MON MAR 29 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND IN KANSAS CITY... AT 1025 PM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME VERY STRONG...WERE IN EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN SOUTHERN BUCHANAN COUNTY JUST EAST OF ATCHISON KANSAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ALSO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST PARTS OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF OLATHE KANSAS IN JOHNSON COUNTY KANSAS. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SOME HAIL AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST INTO KANSAS CITY KANSAS AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. KETCHAM
Special weather statement, Mar 29, 11:34 PM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
MOZ-004-008-009-KSZ016-300645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR TIME... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 1130 PM CST MON MAR 29 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND IN KANSAS CITY... AT 1125 PM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME VERY STRONG...WERE IN EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN SOUTHERN BUCHANAN COUNTY JUST EAST OF ATCHISON KANSAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ALSO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST PARTS OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF OLATHE KANSAS IN JOHNSON COUNTY KANSAS. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SOME HAIL AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST INTO KANSAS CITY KANSAS AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. KETCHAM
Local storm report, Mar 30, 12:35 AM CST, 27 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 1225 CST TUE MAR 30 1993 SEVERE WEATHER THE EVENING OF MARCH 29, 1993 TIME-CST REPORT LOCATION t COUNTY 2255 3/4 HAIL WESTON MO PLATTE END.
Special weather statement, Mar 30, 12:37 AM CST, 25 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-013-KSZ016-300730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 1235 AM CST TUE MAR 30 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS NORTHWEST AND WESTCENTRAL MISSOURI AND EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 1230 AM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST WEST OF TROY IN DONIPHAN COUNTYAND NEAR ST JOSEPH. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF OREGON...AMAZONIA...SAVANNAH...AND MARYVILLE BY 130 AM. HAIL...STRONG...GUSTY WINDS...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL..AND VERY FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS WERE PART OF A LARGER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN zTHAT EXTENDED NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BETHANY TO RICHMOND TO LEAVENWORTH. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS NORTHEAST OF TOPEKA WILL AFFECT DONIPHAN COUNTY BY 2 AM. BUNTING
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 2:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clinton | 31 min |
| Mar 30, 2:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | St. Clair | 26 min |
| Mar 30, 3:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | St. Clair | 41 min |
| Mar 30, 3:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry | 30 min |
| Mar 30, 4:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Lafayette | 26 min |
| Mar 30, 4:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pettis, Saline | 34 min |
| Mar 30, 4:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard | 41 min |
| Mar 30, 5:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Camden, Morgan | 47 min |
| Mar 30, 5:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Boone, Cooper, Howard | 31 min |
Nearby
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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.