Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 1994, 2:34 AM CDT for Benton County, Missouri. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 1994, 2:34 AM CDT (07:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1994, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Benton County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 1188 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -139 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1725 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 322 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCOU 150735 TORCOU MOC015-150800- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 234 AM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MISSOURI ...BENTON COUNTY A TTORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND BY SPOTTERS 4 MILES WEST OF WARSAW AT 230 AM. IF YOU LIVE IN WARSAW TAKE COVER NOW. 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.x.. OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. LA GREE/BLANCHARD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Platte | 24 min |
| Apr 14, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay | 45 min |
| Apr 14, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clinton | 22 min |
| Apr 14, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Mercer | 51 min |
| Apr 15, 12:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Ray | 62 min |
| Apr 15, 12:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson | 40 min |
| Apr 15, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Chariton | 49 min |
| Apr 15, 1:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates | 42 min |
| Apr 15, 1:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Macon, Randolph | 49 min |
| Apr 15, 1:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry, St. Clair | 40 min |
| Apr 15, 2:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Henry | 29 min |
| Apr 15, 2:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Audrain | 41 min |
| Apr 15, 2:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Benton, Morgan | 58 min |
| Apr 15, 2:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Howard, Randolph | 58 min |
| Apr 15, 2:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper | 58 min |
| Apr 15, 2:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Morgan | 30 min |
| Apr 15, 2:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Moniteau | 36 min |
| Apr 15, 2:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Audrain, Boone | 61 min |
| Apr 15, 3:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Callaway, Cole | 67 min |
| Apr 15, 3:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Boone, Cole | 31 min |
| Apr 15, 3:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Callaway | 29 min |
| Apr 15, 3:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Maries, Pulaski | 41 min |
| Apr 15, 4:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Osage | 30 min |
| Apr 15, 4:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Gasconade | 37 min |
| Apr 15, 4:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Montgomery | 61 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.