Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 1994, 2:54 AM CDT for Moniteau County, Missouri. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 1994, 2:54 AM CDT (07:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1994, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Moniteau County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 220 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 150754 TORCOU MOC135-150830- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 254 AM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MISSOURI ...MONITEAU COUNTY AT 250 AM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 30 MILES WEST OF JEFFERSON CITY NEAR VERSAILLES MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. 75 TO 80 MILE AN HOUR WINDS WERE REPORTED IN STOVER WITH PLENTY OF DAMAGE. IF YOU LIVE IN CALIFORNIA OR CLARKSBURG 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... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. LA GREE
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, Apr 14, 9:08 PM CDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
MOZ001>007-011>016-020>023-028>031-037-038-043-044-053-054-067- KSZ057-060-102>105-150410- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 908 PM CDT THU APR 14 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 3 AM AND FOR PORTIONS OF WEST-CENTRAL MISSOURI AND EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS UNTIL 1 AM... AT 905 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 75 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KANSAS CITY IN ALLEN COUNTY KANSAS. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN LINN COUNTY KANSAS BY 930 PM. HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHERN IOWA AT 905 PM... HOWEVER NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED ACROSS NORTHWEST AND WEST-CENTRAL MISSOURI. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING HOURS. BB
Special weather statement, Apr 14, 9:31 PM CDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before
KSZ060-150335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 931 PM CDT THU APR 14 1994 ...THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING LINN COUNTY KANSAS IS WEAKENING... AT 930 PM DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING SOUTHERN LINN COUNTY KANSAS. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND HAS WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY SINCE 9 PM. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THE STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH MANTEY AND TO NEAR MOUND CITY BY 10 PM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST-CENTRAL MISSOURI AND EXTREME EAST-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 1 AM ND FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 3 AM CDT. BB
Special weather statement, Apr 14, 10:29 PM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
MOZ020-028-KSZ102-150430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 1030 PM CDT THU APR 14 1994 ...INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING DONIPHAN COUNTY KANSAS AND EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSOURI... AT 1028 PM DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES WEST OF TROY KANSAS TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TROY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO DONIPHAN COUNTY KANSAS AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF NORTHWEST MISSOURI BETWEEN 11 PM AND MIDNIGHT. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR THE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE. BB
Special weather statement, Apr 14, 10:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
MOZ004>006-011>013-020-021-028-029-150500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 1057 PM CDT THU APR 14 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS... AT 1055 PM DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF ST JOSEPH TO 20 MILES WEST OF LEAVENWORTH KANSAS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS OF 50 MPH ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH 1 AM INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF LEAVENWORTH...BUCHANAN...DEKALB...CLINTON...PLATTE AND CLAY. IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMA@LL HAIL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. BB
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 2:35 AM CDT, 19 minutes before
MOZ054-067-150830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 234 AM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR HENRY AND ST. CLAIR COUNTIES IN MISSOURI... ...THE TORNADO WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY OF MISSOURI... AS OF 230 AM...RADAR SHOWED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD BEEN IN HENRY AND ST. CLAIR COUNTIES OF MISSOURI HAD MOVED EAST INTO BENTON COUNTY OF MISSOURI. COOPER
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, 2:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Benton | 26 min |
| Apr 15, 2:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Morgan | 30 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 |
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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.