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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 28, 1994Benton County, Morgan County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 1994, 3:02 AM CDT for Benton County, Morgan County, Missouri. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 28, 1994, 3:02 AM CDT (08:02 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 1994, 3:45 AM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Benton County, MO, Morgan County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 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 1994-04-28Temperature 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1994-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 493 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
852 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
493 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
792 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.9

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 27, 10:59 PM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
MOC013-037-047-083-095-165-177-185-KSC091-103-107-121-209-280220-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
11 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND EAST
CENTRAL KANSAS FOR TONITE AND THURSDAY MORNING.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ESTIMATED OFF RADAR...1 TO 2 INCHES EARLIER IN THE DAY
AROUND THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1/2 INCH  SINCE
9PM.    3 TO 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER SOUTHERN LINN COUNTY IN KANSAS
AND OVER BATES...HENRY AND NORTHWEST ST CLAIR COUNTIES IN MISSOURI.
/THATS ABOUT 65 MILES SOUTH OF KANSAS CITY\ .
AT 11PM HEAVIER RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR CHANUTE
ACROSS FT SCOTT KANSAS AND OVER TOWARD OSCEOLA MISSOURI.
THERE IS LITTLE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER OVER THESE AREAS...BUT IN AREAS
THAT ARE FLOOD PRONE CAUTION SHOULD BE TAKEN.
STAY TUNED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 11:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXBates, Henry, St. Clair3 hr
Apr 28, 1:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXJackson6 hr
Apr 28, 1:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCamden, Miller52 min
Apr 28, 2:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXBates, Henry, St. Clair4 hr
Apr 28, 2:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXClay, Platte5 hr
Apr 28, 2:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCamden, Maries, Miller, Morgan, Osage5 hr
Apr 28, 2:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXBenton5 hr
Apr 28, 2:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXGasconade5 hr
Apr 28, 3:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSt. Clair36 min
Apr 28, 7:48 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXPulaski117 min
Apr 27, 11:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXLinn3 hr
Apr 28, 2:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXLinn4 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.