Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 1994, 9:23 PM CDT for Saline County, Missouri. It was in force for 52 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, 9:23 PM CDT (02:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1994, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Saline County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:26 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, 9:35 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Marshall, MO | A tornado touched down briefly at a farm and tore part of the roof off three machine sheds. One other building was slightly damaged and two silos were bent or dented. A roll of field tile was lifted from its original position and tossed 100 yards to the west |
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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 211 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 KCOU 260223 TORCOU MOC195-260315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 923 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN CENTRAL MISSOURI ...SALINE COUNTY ...AT 920 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 15 MILES NORTH OF MARSHALL. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 35 MPH AND WILL REACH MARSHALL BY 945 PM. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...GET OUT AND TAKE COVER IN A STRONG BUILDING...OR GET IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. IF YOU ARE IN AN APARTMENT...OFFICE OR SCHOOL...TAKE COVER IN THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INSIDEt ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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 | Andrew | 68 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, 9:27 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 |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.