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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 1994, 10:20 PM CDT for Howard County, Missouri. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 1994, 10:20 PM CDT (03:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1994, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Howard County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 255 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 260319 TORCOU MOC019-053-089-135-260400- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 1020 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN CENTRAL MISSOURI ...WESTERN BOONE COUNTY...EASTERN COOPER COUNTY ...SOUTHERN HOWARD COUNTY...NORTHERN MONITEAU COUNTY AT 1019 PM RADAR INDICATED A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES WEST OF COLUMBIA...OR JUST EAST OF BOONEVILLE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE TOWN OF ROCHEPORT IS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO. TORNADOES ARE HARD TO SEE AT NIGHT. DO NOT TAKE CHANCES WITH YOUR. LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW. GO TO AN INSIDE ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STRONG BUILDING...OR TO A BASEMENT. GET OUT OF MOBILE HOMES AND CARS AND FIND A STRONG SHELTER...OR LIE DOWN IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD.
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, 6:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 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, 3 hours 28 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 | 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, 9:23 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, 10:33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.