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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 25, 1994Moniteau County, Morgan County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 1994, 4:04 PM CDT for Moniteau County, Morgan County, Missouri. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 25, 1994, 4:04 PM CDT (21:04 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 1994, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Moniteau County, MO, Morgan County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 257 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 12:00Z on 1994-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 608 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 12:00Z on 1994-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 167 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
608 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-249 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
690 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
323 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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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.