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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 25, 1994Pettis County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1994, 11:03 PM CDT for Pettis County, Missouri. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 1994, 11:03 PM CDT (04:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 1994, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Pettis County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 206 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1994-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2099 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1994-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2099 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2748 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
388 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
15.4

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, Jun 25, 6:51 PM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
MOZ001>007-011-260055-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
651 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994

AT 645 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD
OUT OF SOUTHWEST IOWA...TOWARD NORTHWEST MISSOURI.  THESE STORMS HAVE
THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

THE WEATHER WILL BE RAPIDLY CHANGING THIS EVENING.  STAY TUNED FOR
FUTURE STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS AS THESE STORMS APPROACH.
THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE BOARDER AROUND 7 PM AND
AFFECT MARYVILLE BETWEEN 715 AND 730 PM.

BROWNING
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 6:52 PM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
MOZ001>007-011-260055-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
651 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994

AT 645 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD
OUT OF SOUTHWEST IOWA...TOWARD NORTHWEST MISSOURI.  THESE STORMS HAVE
THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

THE WEATHER WILL BE RAPIDLY CHANGING THIS EVENING.  STAY TUNED FOR
FUTURE STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS AS THESE STORMS APPROACH.f
THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE BOARDER AROUND 7 PM AND
AFFECT MARYVILLE BETWEEN 715 AND 730 PM.

BROWNING
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 10:40 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
KSC043-091-103-121-209-MOC003-005-013-021-025-049-061-063-095-177-
260445-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
1040 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #469 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST
MISSOURI INCLUDING ST JOSEPH AND KANSAS CITY. THE STORMS WERE STILL
QUITE ACTIVE TO THE EAST OF KANSAS CITY IN LAFAYETTE AND JOHNSON
COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS
IN EFFECT FOR LAFAYETTE COUNTY UNTIOL 1045PM.

THIS MAY WELL BE THE END OF THE RAIN THREAT FOR THE LOCAL AREA FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE NITE.  LIGHT WIND AND A LOW 60 TO 65 BY MORNING.
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 10:41 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
KSC043-091-103-121-209-MOC003-005-013-021-025-049-061-063-095-177-
260445-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
1040 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #469 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST
MISSOURI INCLUDING ST JOSEPH AND KANSAS CITY. THE STORMS WERE STILL
QUITE ACTIVE TO THE EAST OF KANSAS CITY IN LAFAYETTE AND JOHNSON
COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS
IN EFFECT FOR LAFAYETTE COUNTY UNTIOL 1045PM.

THIS MAY WELL BE THE END OF THE RAIN THREAT FOR THE LOCAL AREA FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE NITE.  LIGHT WIND AND A LOW 60 TO 65 BY MORNING.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison, Nodaway64 min
Jun 25, 8:07 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXAndrew68 min
Jun 25, 8:07 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXNodaway41 min
Jun 25, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHolt61 min
Jun 25, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Saline46 min
Jun 25, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDeKalb50 min
Jun 25, 8:56 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXBuchanan, Clinton49 min
Jun 25, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBoone28 min
Jun 25, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDaviess54 min
Jun 25, 9:23 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXSaline52 min
Jun 25, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay63 min
Jun 25, 9:39 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXClay, Ray66 min
Jun 25, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBoone, Callaway50 min
Jun 25, 9:47 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXCooper, Howard28 min
Jun 25, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLafayette46 min
Jun 25, 10:20 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXBoone, Cooper, Moniteau40 min
Jun 25, 10:20 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXHoward40 min
Jun 25, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCallaway27 min
Jun 25, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCole, Gasconade, Montgomery, Osage52 min
Jun 25, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMorgan40 min
Jun 25, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCamden, Miller53 min
Jun 26, 12:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCamden, Miller, Pulaski48 min
Jun 26, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMaries, Miller46 min
Jun 26, 3:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXOsage35 min
Jun 25, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDoniphan50 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.