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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 16, 1995Benton County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1995, 4:26 AM CDT for Benton County, Missouri. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 1995, 4:26 AM CDT (09:26 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1995, 5:15 AM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Benton County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1995-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2430 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1995-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2430 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1164 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
6.6

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 16, 3:48 AM CDT, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 3:48 AM CDT, 38 minutes before
NORTHWEST MISSOURI FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO
345 AM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995

SVR WX HAS PREVENTED ANY LOOK AT FCST MODELS. DEBRIS CLOUDS FROM
RAIN THIS MORNING MAY SLOW WARM UP A BIT THIS MORNING BUT STILL
SHOULD SEE A RAPID WARM-UP THIS AFTERNOON AS ATMOSPHERE RECOVERS.
NEXT GO ROUND LOOKS LIKE ON TAP FOR TONIGHT AS NEXT PIECE OF
ENERGY BREAKS OFF OF SOUTHWEST LOW. LOOKS LIKE BOUNDARY MAY BE
ACROSS CNTRLl MISSOURI...SO MAY BE ANOTHER ROUND OF HVY RAIN AND
SVR AT LEAST FOR SRN PORTIONS OF FCST AREA.

MCI   82/60   46

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 1:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson64 min
May 16, 1:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay52 min
May 16, 2:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXClay, Jackson4 hr
May 16, 2:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Lafayette45 min
May 16, 3:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn, Macon57 min
May 16, 3:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis, Saline66 min
May 16, 3:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCass4 hr
May 16, 4:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXHenry, Johnson, Pettis4 hr
May 16, 4:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry26 min
May 16, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDeKalb33 min
May 16, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDaviess69 min
May 16, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSullivan61 min
May 16, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay47 min
May 16, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Jackson60 min
May 16, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMacon51 min
May 16, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Lafayette68 min
May 16, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis56 min
May 16, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHolt44 min
May 16, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Howard59 min
May 16, 2:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXJohnson4 hr

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.