Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 18, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 1994, 8:58 PM CDT for Pulaski County, Missouri. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 1994, 8:58 PM CDT (01:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 1994, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pulaski County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 328 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1792 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCOU 070201 TORCOU MOC169-070245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 858 PM CDT WED JUL 6 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MISSOURI ...PULASKI COUNTY AT 858 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM 45 MILES SOUTH OF JEFFERSON CITY...NEAR DIXON. LARGE TREES AND SOME BUILDING DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. THE STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. CROCKER..HANCOCK AND HELM ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. &
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, Jul 6, 5:38 PM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
MOZ043-062340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 538 PM CDT WED JUL 6 1994 AT 535 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A COUPLE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN CASS COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH AND STRONG WIND WILL BE ENTERING PLEASANT HILL AND STRASBURG AREAS BY 6 PM. STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 5:41 PM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
MOZ043-062340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 538 PM CDT WED JUL 6 1994 AT 535 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A COUPLE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN CASS COUNTY.
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 5:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
MOZ043-062340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 538 PM CDT WED JUL 6 1994 AT 535 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A COUPLE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN CASS COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH AND STRONG WIND WILL BE ENTERING PLEASANT HILL AND STRASBURG AREAS BY 6 PM. STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 5:58 PM CDT, 3 hours before
MOZ043-070000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 558 PM CDT WED JUL 6 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DISSIPATING OVER CASS COUNTY... THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN CASS COUNTY JUST NORTH OF GUNN CITY HAVE COLLAPSED AND WEAKENED RAPIDLY SINCE 545 PM. THE WINDS HAVE ALSO DROPPED OFF AND LESS THAN 30 MPH. THE STORMS WILL PASS TO THE EAST OF PLEASANT HILL AS THEY CONTINUE TO WEAKEN. JULY
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 5:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
MOZ043-070000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 558 PM CDT WED JUL 6 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DISSIPATING OVER CASS COUNTY... THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN CASS COUNTY JUST NORTH OF GUNN CITY HAVE COLLAPSED AND WEAKENED RAPIDLY SINCE 545 PM. THE WINDS HAVE ALSO DROPPED OFF AND LESS THAN 30 MPH. THE STORMS WILL PASS TO THE EAST OF PLEASANT HILL AS THEY CONTINUE TO WEAKEN. JULY
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 6:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
MOZ043-070000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 601 PM CDT WED JUL 6 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DISSIPATING OVER CASS COUNTY... THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN CASS COUNTY JUST NORTH OF GUNN CITY HAVE COLLAPSED AND WEAKENED RAPIDLY SINCE 545 PM. THE WINDS HAVE ALSO DROPPED OFF TO LESS THAN 30 MPH. THE STORMS WILL PASS TO THE EAST OF PLEASANT HILL AS THEY CONTINUE TO WEAKEN. JULY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Maries | 67 min |
| Jul 7, 12:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates | 43 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.