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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 10, 1994Pulaski County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 1994, 12:51 AM CDT for Pulaski County, Missouri. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 1994, 12:51 AM CDT (05:51 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 1994, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Pulaski County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 1994-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 116 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 1994-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 380 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
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

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The text

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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 57 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, 3 hours 7 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 12:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCamden54 min
Apr 10, 1:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMaries27 min
Apr 10, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper48 min
Apr 10, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBoone, Cole53 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.