Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 1994, 12:21 AM CDT for Camden County, Missouri. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 10, 1994, 12:21 AM CDT (05:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 1994, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Camden County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 539 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 380 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 396 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCOU 100525 SVRCOU MOC029-100615- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 1221 AM CDT SUN APR 10 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MISSOURI ...SOUTHERN CAMDEN COUNTY AT 1220 AM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CAMDENTON...OR 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL SKIRT ALONG THE LARGELY RURAL PORTION OF SOUTHERN CAMDEN COUNTY PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. PERLOW
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, Apr 9, 6:54 PM CDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before
MOZ001>007-011>016-020>023-028>031-037-038-043-044-053-054-067- KSZ057-060-102>105-100200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 655 PM CDT SAT APR 9 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI... AT 645 PM...A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTHWEST OF ST JOSEPH TO NEAR BETHANY...45 MILES NORTHEAST OF ST JOSEPH. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN AS THEY MOVE INTO NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS EVENING. FARTHER SOUTH OVER THE KANSAS CITY AREA...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LIGHTER AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL. HEAVY RAIN HOWEVER REMAINS A POSSIBILIT&Y OVERNIGHT AS ADDITIONAL STORMS REDEVELOP OVER KANSAS AND MOVE THROUGH WESTERN MISSOURI. MOTORISTS TRAVELING THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT SHOULD BE ALERT FOR WATER PONDING ON ROADWAYS. RUNNELS
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 9:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
MOZ001>007-011>016-020>023-028>031-037-038-043-044-053-054-067- KSZ057-060-102>105-100545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 943 PM CDT SAT APR 9 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HIGH WINDS WERE MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 943 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH 40 TO 45 MPH WINDS MOVING INTO CASS AND BATES COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE INTO THE REST OF WESTERN MISSOURI DURING THE LATE EVENING AND CONTINUE OFF AND ON OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION TO STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SOME OF THE STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS. MOTORISTS TRAVELING TONIGHT SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING WATER. THE HIGH WINDS WILL ALSO EFFECT THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RUNNELS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 12:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pulaski | 39 min |
| Apr 10, 1:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Maries | 27 min |
| Apr 10, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper | 48 min |
| Apr 10, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Boone, Cole | 53 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.