Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 1994, 8:07 PM CDT for Andrew County, Missouri. It was in force for 68 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 1994, 8:07 PM CDT (01:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1994, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Andrew County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Whitesville, MO | A tornado touched down southeast of Whitesville destroying 12 mobile homes. A 58-year old woman was killed and her husband injured in one of the mobile homes, which had been tied down. Another occupant sustained minor injuries after fleeing the home to seek |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 2099 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2748 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 388 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 15.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCI 260108 TORMCI MOC003-147-260215- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 807 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI ...ANDREW COUNTY...SOUTHERN NODAWAY COUNTY AT 807 PM...RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARYVILLE MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE TOWNS OF BOLCKOW AND BARNARD ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM AND SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER dIN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Jun 25, 3:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
MOZ001>007-011>016-020>023-028>031-037-038-043-044-053-054-067- KSZ057-060-102>105-252135- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 345 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO THE EASTERN KANSAS COUNTIES OF DONIPHAN JOHNSON LEAVENWORTH LINN MIAMI WYANDOTTE AND THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN MISSOURI COUNTIES OF ANDREW CASS GRUNDY LAFAYETTE RAY ATCHISON CLAY HARRISON LIVINGSTON ST. CLAIR BATES CLINTON HENRY MERCER SULLIVAN BUCHANAN DAVIESS HOLT NODAWAY WORTH CALDWELL DEKALB JACKSON PLATTE CARROLL GENTRY JOHNSON PUTNAM THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. LATE THIS AFTERNOON...A DRY LINE WAS LOCATED ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS WITH A COLD FRONT DROPPING RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST INTO NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THESE FEATURES ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT EASTWARD TONIGHT AND TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE...WILL LIKELY DEVELOP IN EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS OR WESTERN MISSOURI AFER 700 PM AND MOVE EASTWARD INTO NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI BY MIDNIGHT. A WARM LAYER OF AIR ABOVE THE SURFACE MAY PRECLUDE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS AND EXTREME WESTERN MISSOURI... WITH A GREATER LIKELIHOOD OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE OUTLOOK AREA TONIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS...LOCALLY AS STRONG AS 80 TO 100 MPH AND LARGE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES...A FEW OF WHICH COULD BE STRONG WITH THE POTENTIAL TO BE VERY DAMAGING. THE RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL END ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI BY AROUND MIDNIGHT WITH THUNDERSTORMS ENDING IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI BY DAWN. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA TONIGHT. BEUSTERIEN
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 3:48 PM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
MOZ001>007-011>016-020>023-028>031-037-038-043-044-053-054-067- KSZ057-060-102>105-252135- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 345 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO THE EASTERN KANSAS COUNTIES OF DONIPHAN JOHNSON LEAVENWORTH LINN MIAMI WYANDOTTE AND THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN MISSOURI COUNTIES OF ANDREW CASS GRUNDY LAFAYETTE RAY ATCHISON CLAY HARRISON LIVINGSTON ST. CLAIR BATES CLINTON HENRY MERCER SULLIVAN BUCHANAN DAVIESS HOLT NODAWAY WORTH CALDWELL DEKALB JACKSON PLATTE CARROLL GENTRY JOHNSON PUTNAM THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. LATE THIS AFTERNOON...A DRY LINE WAS LOCATED ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS WITH A COLD FRONT DROPPING RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST INTO NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THESE FEATURES ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT EASTWARD TONIGHT AND TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE...WILL LIKELY DEVELOP IN EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS OR WESTERN MISSOURI AFER 700 PM AND MOVE EASTWARD INTO NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI BY MIDNIGHT. A WARM LAYER OF AIR ABOVE THE SURFACE MAY PRECLUDE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS AND EXTREME WESTERN MISSOURI... WITH A GREATER LIKELIHOOD OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE OUTLOOK AREA TONIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS...LOCALLY AS STRONG AS 80 TO 100 MPH AND LARGE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES...A FEW OF WHICH COULD BE STRONG WITH THE POTENTIAL TO BE VERY DAMAGING. THE RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL END ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI BY AROUND MIDNIGHT WITH THUNDERSTORMS ENDING IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI BY DAWN. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA TONIGHT. BEUSTERIEN
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 6:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
MOZ001>007-011-260055- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 651 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 AT 645 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD OUT OF SOUTHWEST IOWA...TOWARD NORTHWEST MISSOURI. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE WEATHER WILL BE RAPIDLY CHANGING THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED FOR FUTURE STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS AS THESE STORMS APPROACH. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE BOARDER AROUND 7 PM AND AFFECT MARYVILLE BETWEEN 715 AND 730 PM. BROWNING
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 6:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
MOZ001>007-011-260055- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 651 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 AT 645 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD OUT OF SOUTHWEST IOWA...TOWARD NORTHWEST MISSOURI. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE WEATHER WILL BE RAPIDLY CHANGING THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED FOR FUTURE STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS AS THESE STORMS APPROACH.f THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE BOARDER AROUND 7 PM AND AFFECT MARYVILLE BETWEEN 715 AND 730 PM. BROWNING
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Nodaway | 64 min |
| Jun 25, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Nodaway | 41 min |
| Jun 25, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Holt | 61 min |
| Jun 25, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Chariton, Saline | 46 min |
| Jun 25, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | DeKalb | 50 min |
| Jun 25, 8:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Clinton | 49 min |
| Jun 25, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Boone | 28 min |
| Jun 25, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Daviess | 54 min |
| Jun 25, 9:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Saline | 52 min |
| Jun 25, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay | 63 min |
| Jun 25, 9:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Clay, Ray | 66 min |
| Jun 25, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Boone, Callaway | 50 min |
| Jun 25, 9:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard | 28 min |
| Jun 25, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Lafayette | 46 min |
| Jun 25, 10:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Boone, Cooper, Moniteau | 40 min |
| Jun 25, 10:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Howard | 40 min |
| Jun 25, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Callaway | 27 min |
| Jun 25, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cole, Gasconade, Montgomery, Osage | 52 min |
| Jun 25, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pettis | 27 min |
| Jun 25, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Morgan | 40 min |
| Jun 25, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Camden, Miller | 53 min |
| Jun 26, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Camden, Miller, Pulaski | 48 min |
| Jun 26, 1:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Maries, Miller | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 3:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Osage | 35 min |
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.