Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1994, 11:20 PM CDT for Morgan County, Missouri. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 1994, 11:20 PM CDT (04:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1994, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Morgan County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 1433 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2318 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCOU 260421 RRA SVRCOU MOC141-260500- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 1120 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MISSOURI ...MORGAN COUNTY AT 1115 PM... RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS JUST EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY OF SEDALIA MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL NEAR SEDALIA AND ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN VERY DANGEROUS AS THEY MOVE INTO MORGAN COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. PERLOW &
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 29 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 28 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, 40 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, 39 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Nodaway | 64 min |
| Jun 25, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Andrew | 68 min |
| Jun 25, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Nodaway | 41 min |
| Jun 25, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Holt | 61 min |
| Jun 25, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Chariton, Saline | 46 min |
| Jun 25, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | DeKalb | 50 min |
| Jun 25, 8:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Clinton | 49 min |
| Jun 25, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Boone | 28 min |
| Jun 25, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Daviess | 54 min |
| Jun 25, 9:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Saline | 52 min |
| Jun 25, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay | 63 min |
| Jun 25, 9:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Clay, Ray | 66 min |
| Jun 25, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Boone, Callaway | 50 min |
| Jun 25, 9:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard | 28 min |
| Jun 25, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Lafayette | 46 min |
| Jun 25, 10:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Boone, Cooper, Moniteau | 40 min |
| Jun 25, 10:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Howard | 40 min |
| Jun 25, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Callaway | 27 min |
| Jun 25, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cole, Gasconade, Montgomery, Osage | 52 min |
| Jun 25, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pettis | 27 min |
| Jun 25, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Camden, Miller | 53 min |
| Jun 26, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Camden, Miller, Pulaski | 48 min |
| Jun 26, 1:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Maries, Miller | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 3:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Osage | 35 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.