Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1994, 1:01 AM CDT for Henry County, Johnson County, Missouri. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 1994, 1:01 AM CDT (06:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1994, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Henry County, MO, Johnson County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 4374 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1521 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 11.6
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, Jul 1, 9:03 PM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
MOZ001>007-011>016-020>023-028>031-037-038-043-044-053-054-067- KSZ057-060-102>105-020405- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 903 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHWEST...NORTHCENTRAL... AND WEST-CENTRAL MISSOURI AND EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 3 AM SATURDAY... AT 9 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI NEAR CONCEPTION...SKIDMORE...AND 15 MILES WEST OF MOUND CITY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN NORTHEAST KANSAS 50 MILES WEST OF ST JOSEPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE ST JOSEPH AREA BETWEEN 930 AND 1030 PM...AND ENTER NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA BETWEEN 11 PM AND MIDNIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS. GUSTS OF 60 TO 80 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY SOME OF THE STORMS. PEOPLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA ARE ENCOURAGED TO PREPARE NOW FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER. SECURE LAWN AND PATIO FURNITURE...AND OTHER OBJECTS THAT COULD EASILY BECOME AIRBORNE IN STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS. BB/MW
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 9:05 PM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
MOZ001>007-011>016-020>023-028>031-037-038-043-044-053-054-067- KSZ057-060-102>105-020405- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 903 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHWEST...NORTHCENTRAL... AND WEST-CENTRAL MISSOURI AND EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 3 AM SATURDAY... AT 9 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI NEAR CONCEPTION...SKIDMORE...AND 15 MILES WEST OF MOUND CITY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN NORTHEAST KANSAS 50 MILES WEST OF ST JOSEPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE ST JOSEPH AREA BETWEEN 930 AND 1030 PM...AND ENTER NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA BETWEEN 11 PM AND MIDNIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS. GUSTS OF 60 TO 80 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY SOME OF THE STORMS. PE.OPLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA ARE ENCOURAGED TO PREPARE NOW FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER. SECURE LAWN AND PATIO FURNITURE...AND OTHER OBJECTS THAT COULD EASILY BECOME AIRBORNE IN STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS. BB/MW
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 10:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
MOZ028-029-037-043-KSZ103>105-020405- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 1000 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING JUST NORTH OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA.... AT 10 PM DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING 15 MILES WEST OF LEAVENWORTH AND ALONG THE PLATTE-BUCHANAN COUNTY LINE. THE STORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH INTO THE KANSAS CITY AREA BETWEEN 10PM AND 11 PM. THE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO INTENSIFY TO SEVERE LEVELS... PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH...AND LARGE HAIL. PEOPLE IN THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN 10 PM AND MIDNIGHT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM SATURDAY FOR NORTHWEST...NORTHCENTRAL...AND WEST-CENTRAL MISSOURI INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA. BB/MW
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 10:01 PM CDT, 3 hours before
MOZ028-029-037-043-KSZ103>105-020405- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 1000 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING JUST NORTH OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA.... AT 10 PM DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING 15 MILES WEST OF LEAVENWORTH AND ALONG THE PLATTE-BUCHANAN COUNTY LINE. THE STORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH INTO THE KANSAS CITY AREA BETWEEN 10PM AND 11 PM. THE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO INTENSIFY TO SEVERE LEVELS... PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH...AND LARGE HAIL. PEOPLE IN THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN 10 PM AND MIDNIGHT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTBORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM SATURDAY FOR NORTHWEST...NORTHCENTRAL...AND WEST-CENTRAL MISSOURI INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA. BB/MW
Local storm report, Jul 2, 12:25 AM CDT, 36 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clinton | 43 min |
| Jul 1, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | DeKalb | 49 min |
| Jul 1, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clinton | 49 min |
| Jul 1, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Platte | 60 min |
| Jul 1, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Clinton | 64 min |
| Jul 1, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson | 57 min |
| Jul 1, 11:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Clinton | 4 hr |
| Jul 1, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Ray | 67 min |
| Jul 1, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass | 67 min |
| Jul 1, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Platte | 49 min |
| Jul 1, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates | 64 min |
| Jul 1, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Lafayette | 64 min |
| Jul 2, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry | 60 min |
| Jul 2, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson | 38 min |
| Jul 2, 1:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Lafayette | 44 min |
| Jul 2, 1:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pettis, Saline | 42 min |
| Jul 1, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 54 min |
| Jul 1, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson | 58 min |
| Jul 1, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Miami | 67 min |
| Jul 1, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 44 min |
| Jul 1, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn | 66 min |
| Jul 1, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Wyandotte | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Miami | 60 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.