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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Kansas City, MO

March 6, 1994Johnson County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 6, 1994, 10:05 PM CST for Johnson County, Missouri. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 6, 1994, 10:05 PM CST (04:05 UTC)
Expired
Mar 6, 1994, 10:45 PM CST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Johnson County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 1994-03-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1994-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 143 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2250 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
417 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS1 KMCI 070405
SVREAX
MOC101-070445-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
1005 PM CST SUN MAR 6 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...JOHNSON COUNTY
 
AT 1003 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF HOLDEN
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM. THE CITIES OF HOLDEN...CENTERVIEW AND WARRENSBURG ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT MAY
CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.  MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

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, Mar 6, 9:34 PM CST, 31 minutes before
MOZ011>013-020>022-028-029-031-037-043-KSZ102>105-070422-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
930 PM CST SUN MAR 7 1994

THUNDERSTORMS FORMING RAPIDLY IN THE METRO AREA...

SINCE 9 PM THUNDERSTORMS HAD CROPPED UP OVER THE SOUTH PARTS OF THE
KANSAS CITY METRO AREA.  THE STORMS HAD DEVELOPED ALONG A LINE FROM
NEAR CARROLLTON MISSOURI THROUGH THE LEES SUMMIT AREA AND INTO JOHNSON
COUNTY KANSAS.
ONE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DESOTO KANSAS IN NORTHEAST
JOHNSON COUNTY KANSAS.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.   BRIEF HEAVY RAIN
GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL AREA LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS.   FURTHER
DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE IN 8THE LOCAL AREA...ALONG
WITH THE SHOWERS ALREADY PRESENT OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST
KANSAS.
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 9:36 PM CST, 29 minutes before
MOZ011>013-020>022-028-029-031-037-043-KSZ102>105-070422-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
930 PM CST SUN MAR 7 1994

THUNDERSTORMS FORMING RAPIDLY IN THE METRO AREA...

SINCE 9 PM THUNDERSTORMS HAD CROPPED UP OVER THE SOUTH PARTS OF THE
KANSAS CITY METRO AREA.  THE STORMS HAD DEVELOPED ALONG A LINE FROM
NEAR CARROLLTON MISSOURI THROUGH THE LEES SUMMIT AREA AND INTO JOHNSON
COUNTY KANSAS.
ONE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DESOTO KANSAS IN NORTHWEST
JOHNSON COUNTY KANSAS.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.   BRIEF HEAVY RAIN
GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL AREA LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS.   FURTHER
DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED JUST ABOUT ANYWHERED IN THE LOCAL AREA...ALONG
WITH THE SHOWERS ALREADY PRESENT OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST
KANSAS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 6, 9:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPulaski52 min
Mar 6, 11:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry51 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.