Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 1993, 5:53 PM CDT for Benton County, Pettis County, Missouri. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 19, 1993, 5:53 PM CDT (22:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 1993, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Benton County, MO, Pettis County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 598 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -423 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 882 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 470 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 572 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 KCOU 192253 RRA SVRCOU MOC015-159-192345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 553 PM CDT MON APR 19 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MISSOURI ...NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY...SOUTHERN PETTIS COUNTY AT 545 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 20 MILES SOUTH OF SEDALIA MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. LARGE HAIL AND 60 MILE AN HOUR WINDS WERE REPORTED AT LINCOLN IN BENTON COUNTY AT 545 PM. PERSONS IN COLE CAMP BAHNER AND SEDALIA WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN 600 PM AND 630 PM THIS EVENING. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES OFTEN COME RIGHT AFTER A STORM DROPS LARGE HAIL. IF YOU SEE LARGE HAIL OR HEAR A LOUD ROARING SOUND...HEAD FOR THE NEAREST COVER. EVERY SECOND COUNTS. LA GREE
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, Apr 19, 3:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
MOZ008-009-013-192145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 357 PM CDT MON APR 19 1993 ...SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDRSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP IN EAST KANSAS... AT 355 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EAST KANSAS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...45 MILES WEST OF ST JOSEPH. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO DONIPHAN COUNTY BY 445 PM AND TO TROY KANSAS AROUND 500 PM. A PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SOME SMALL HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF KANSAS CITY. . A BAND OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN MISSOURI WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA TO THE EAST AND SOUTH OF KANSAS CITY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 3:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
MOZ008-009-013-192145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 357 PM CDT MON APR 19 1993 ...SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDRSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP IN EAST KANSAS... AT 355 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EAST KANSAS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...45 MILES WEST OF ST JOSEPH. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO DONIPHAN COUNTY BY 445 PM AND TO TROY KANSAS AROUND 500 PM. A PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SOME SMALL HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF KANSAS CITY. . A BAND OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN MISSOURI WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA TO THE EAST AND SOUTH OF KANSAS CITY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 4:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
MOZ001-004-008-192215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 431 PM CDT MON APR 19 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 430 PM...A STRONG THUNDRSTORM WAS IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...40 MILES WEST OF ST JOSEPH. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO DONIPHAN COUNTY AROUND 445 PM AND TO TROY KANSAS BETWWEN 500 AND 515 PM. A PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SOME SMALL HAIL...1/4 TO 1/2 INCH...IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 30 MILES WEST OF KANSAS CITY...AND WILL BE MOVING INTO LEAVENWORTH COUNTY AROUND 430 PM. HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL IS ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM AS IT CROSS LEVENWORTH COUNTY. OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN EASTCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. A BAND OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN MISSOURI WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 4:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
MOZ001-004-008-192215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 431 PM CDT MON APR 19 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 430 PM...A STRONG THUNDRSTORM WAS IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...40 MILES WEST OF ST JOSEPH. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO DONIPHAN COUNTY AROUND 445 PM AND TO TROY KANSAS BETWWEN 500 AND 515 PM. A PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SOME SMALL HAIL...1/4 TO 1/2 INCH...IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 30 MILES WEST OF KANSAS CITY...AND WILL BE MOVING INTO LEAVENWORTH COUNTY AROUND 430 PM. HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL IS ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM AS IT CROSS LEVENWORTH COUNTY. OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN EASTCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. A BAND OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN MISSOURI WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 5:37 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-192330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 537 PM CDT MON APR 19 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO WEAKEN IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI... AT 535 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS AND WESTCENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE ST JOSEPH AND JUST TO THE NORTH OF ST JOSEPH. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST SOUTHWEST OF KANSAS CITY...NEAR OLATHE...AND 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY...NEAR WARRENSBURG. THE STRONGER STORMS CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. . ANOTHER AREA OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL MISSOURI WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 5:37 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-192330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 537 PM CDT MON APR 19 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO WEAKEN IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI... AT 535 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS AND WESTCENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE ST JOSEPH AND JUST TO THE NORTH OF ST JOSEPH. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST SOUTHWEST OF KANSAS CITY...NEAR OLATHE...AND 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY...NEAR WARRENSBURG. THE STRONGER STORMS CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. . ANOTHER AREA OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL MISSOURI WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 12:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson | 36 min |
| Apr 19, 1:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson | 35 min |
| Apr 19, 1:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Lafayette, Ray | 43 min |
| Apr 19, 1:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay | 43 min |
| Apr 19, 2:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Moniteau | 39 min |
| Apr 19, 2:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Clinton, Ray | 46 min |
| Apr 19, 2:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Boone, Callaway, Cole | 49 min |
| Apr 19, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper | 33 min |
| Apr 19, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Maries | 29 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993
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.