Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 1994, 3:29 AM CDT for Boone County, Cole County, Missouri. It was in force for 31 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 1994, 3:29 AM CDT (08:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1994, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Boone County, MO, Cole County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 244 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 150830 TORCOU MOC019-051-150900- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 329 AM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MISSOURI ...SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTY...NORTHERN COLE COUNTY AT 330 AM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF JEFFERSON CITY MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN JEFFERSON CITY AND HARTSBURG SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. 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, 9:31 PM CDT, 5 hours 58 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, 5 hours 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, 4 hours 32 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, 54 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, 2:54 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, 3:46 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.