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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 24, 1994Jackson County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1994, 6:40 PM CDT for Jackson County, Missouri. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 1994, 6:40 PM CDT (23:40 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1994, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Jackson County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 1994-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 545 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 1994-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
545 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-206 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1285 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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, May 24, 4:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
MOZ001>007-011>016-020>023-028>031-037-038-043-044-053-054-067-
KSZ057-060-102>105-242300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
455 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTHCENTRAL
MISSOURI...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 11 PM FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHCENTRAL
AND CENTRAL MISSOURI...

AT 455 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST NORTH OF MILAN AND JUST
EAST OF HAMILTON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL LIKELY
PRODUCE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.

THE POTENTIAL REMAINS FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP
THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS ACROSS NORTHWEST AND WEST-CENTRAL
MISSOURI. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP MAY QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE.

BB/SR
Local storm report, May 24, 5:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY, MO
503 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 1994

COUNTY     TIME    LOCATION          EVENT

CARROLL    440PM   MIAMI STATION     DIME-SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
                                     PRIVATE CITIZEN
APROX        ST CLAIR MO    TREES DOWN IN LOWRY CITY
210 AM

JULY
Local storm report, May 24, 5:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY, MO
516 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 1994

COUNTY     TIME    LOCATION          EVENT

CARROLL    440PM   MIAMI STATION     GOLFBALL-SIZE HAIL IN MIAMI
                                     STATION PRODUCED DAMAGE TO AT
                                     LEAST ONE AUTOMOBILE. REPORTED
                                     BY SHERIFFS OFFICE.

BB

PREVIOUS STORM REPORT CONTAINED AN ERRONEOUS REPORT FOR ST CLAIR
COUNTY. THAT REPORT SHOULD BE DISCOUNTED.
Local storm report, May 24, 5:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY, MO
516 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 1994

COUNTY     TIME    LOCATION          EVENT

CARROLL    440PM   MIAMI STATION     GOLFBALL-SIZE HAIL IN MIAMI
                                     STATION PRODUCED DAMAGE TO AT
                                     LEAST ONE AUTOMOBILE. REPORTED
                                     BY SHERIFFS OFFICE.

BB

PREVIOUS STORM REPORT CONTAINED AN ERRONEOUS REPORT FOR ST CLAIR
COUNTY. THAT REPORT SHOULD BE DISCOUNTED.
Special weather statement, May 24, 5:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
MOZ005>007-015-016-242335-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
534 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHCENTRAL MISSOURI...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHCENTRAL IOWA
TOWARDS NORTHCENTRAL MISSOURI...

AT 532 PM CDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN SULLIVAN COUNTY 15
MILES NORTHEAST OF MILAN MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY
WINDS AE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS RINGGOLD AND DECATUR COUNTIES
IN SOUTHERN IOWA AND WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL
MOVE INTO MERCER AND NORTHEAST HARRISON COUNTIES IN NORTHCENTRAL
MISSOURI BY 6 PM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR MUCH OF
NORTHCENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI.

BB
Special weather statement, May 24, 5:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
MOZ005>007-015-016-242335-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
534 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHCENTRAL MISSOURI...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHCENTRAL IOWA
TOWARDS NORTHCENTRAL MISSOURI...

AT 532 PM CDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN SULLIVAN COUNTY 15
MILES NORTHEAST OF MILAN MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY
WINDS AE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS RINGGOLD AND DECATUR COUNTIES
IN SOUTHERN IOWA AND WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL
MOVE INTO MERCER AND NORTHEAST HARRISON COUNTIES IN NORTHCENTRAL
MISSOURI BY 6 PM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR MUCH OF
NORTHCENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll25 min
May 24, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSaline43 min
May 24, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMacon45 min
May 24, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSaline41 min
May 24, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMacon, Randolph43 min
May 24, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHarrison, Mercer65 min
May 24, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Howard, Saline40 min
May 24, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson49 min
May 24, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXWyandotte31 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.