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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 26, 1994Gasconade County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 1994, 8:38 PM CDT for Gasconade County, Missouri. It was in force for 52 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 26, 1994, 8:38 PM CDT (01:38 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 1994, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Gasconade County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 290 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 00:00Z on 1994-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2999 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 00:00Z on 1994-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 128 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
2999 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1036 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.8
Supercell composite
10.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCOU 270145 COR
SVRCOU
MOC051-151-073-270230-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED FOR TIMES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
838 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

   ...EASTERN COLE COUNTY...OSAGE COUNTY

IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

   ...NORTHERN GASCONADE COUNTY

AT 835 PM...A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST EAST AND
SOUTH OF JEFFERSON CITY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THESE ARE VERY
DANGEROUS STORMS WITH A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING. LARGE TREES..POWER LINES AND LARGE SIGNS WERE REPORTED
DOWN IN JEFFERSON CITY AND A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY AN OFF-DUTY
POLICEMAN NEAR HOLTS SUMMIT AT 820 PM.

THE COMMUNITIES OF LINN...MOKANE...FULTON...CHAMOIS AND HERMANN ARE IN
THE PATH OF THE STORMS.  PERSONS LIVING IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS
SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE COVER.


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.



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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCamden, Miller, Morgan53 min
Apr 26, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGasconade, Maries, Osage48 min
Apr 26, 8:03 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXCole, Miller, Osage27 min
Apr 26, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBoone, Callaway47 min
Apr 26, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMoniteau47 min
Apr 26, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBenton47 min
Apr 26, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMorgan53 min
Apr 26, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMontgomery51 min
Apr 26, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCole, Osage52 min
Apr 26, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCallaway30 min
Apr 26, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBoone49 min
Apr 26, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCamden49 min
Apr 26, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMaries, Miller45 min
Apr 27, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Pettis29 min
Apr 27, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBoone36 min
Apr 27, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAudrain, Callaway61 min
Apr 27, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates40 min
Apr 27, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSt. Clair46 min

Nearby

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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.