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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 6, 1994Maries County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 1994, 9:08 PM CDT for Maries County, Missouri. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 1994, 9:08 PM CDT (02:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 1994, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Maries County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 217 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1994-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 328 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1994-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
328 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1792 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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, Jul 6, 5:38 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
MOZ043-062340-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
538 PM CDT WED JUL 6 1994

AT 535 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A COUPLE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS
OVER EASTERN CASS COUNTY.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH AND
STRONG WIND WILL BE ENTERING PLEASANT HILL AND STRASBURG AREAS BY 6
PM.  STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY
RAINS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS

IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A
STORM APPROACHES.  MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED
VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.  STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 5:41 PM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
MOZ043-062340-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
538 PM CDT WED JUL 6 1994

AT 535 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A COUPLE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS
OVER EASTERN CASS COUNTY.
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 5:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
MOZ043-062340-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
538 PM CDT WED JUL 6 1994

AT 535 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A COUPLE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS
OVER EASTERN CASS COUNTY.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH AND
STRONG WIND WILL BE ENTERING PLEASANT HILL AND STRASBURG AREAS BY 6
PM.  STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY
RAINS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS

IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A
STORM APPROACHES.  MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED
VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.  STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 5:58 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
MOZ043-070000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
558 PM CDT WED JUL 6 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DISSIPATING OVER CASS COUNTY...

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN CASS COUNTY JUST NORTH OF GUNN
CITY HAVE COLLAPSED AND WEAKENED RAPIDLY SINCE 545 PM.  THE WINDS HAVE
ALSO DROPPED OFF AND LESS THAN 30 MPH.  THE STORMS WILL PASS TO THE
EAST OF PLEASANT HILL AS THEY CONTINUE TO WEAKEN.

JULY
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 5:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
MOZ043-070000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
558 PM CDT WED JUL 6 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DISSIPATING OVER CASS COUNTY...

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN CASS COUNTY JUST NORTH OF GUNN
CITY HAVE COLLAPSED AND WEAKENED RAPIDLY SINCE 545 PM.  THE WINDS HAVE
ALSO DROPPED OFF AND LESS THAN 30 MPH.  THE STORMS WILL PASS TO THE
EAST OF PLEASANT HILL AS THEY CONTINUE TO WEAKEN.

JULY
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 6:02 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
MOZ043-070000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
601 PM CDT WED JUL 6 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DISSIPATING OVER CASS COUNTY...

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN CASS COUNTY JUST NORTH OF GUNN
CITY HAVE COLLAPSED AND WEAKENED RAPIDLY SINCE 545 PM.  THE WINDS HAVE
ALSO DROPPED OFF TO LESS THAN 30 MPH.  THE STORMS WILL PASS TO THE
EAST OF PLEASANT HILL AS THEY CONTINUE TO WEAKEN.

JULY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 8:58 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXPulaski47 min
Jul 7, 12:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates43 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.