Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1995, 11:44 PM CDT for Jackson County, Missouri. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 1995, 11:44 PM CDT (04:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 1995, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jackson County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 426 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -256 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1533 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCI 170444 SVRMCI MOC095-170530- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 1144 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI ...JACKSON COUNTY AT 1141 PM... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED BY RADAR NEAR INDEPENDENCE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. ANOTHER VERY STRONG STORM WAS NEAR GRANDVIEW WHICH MAY ALSO BECOME SEVERE. PERSONS IN LEES SUMMIT...INDEPENDENCE...AND BLUE SPRINGS ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
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, 9:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 16, 9:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
NORTHWEST MISSOURI FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 850 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995 FIRST ROUND THROUGH...NEXT ROUND IN THE WINGS. SATL IMAGERY SHOWS UPR LOW LIFTG INTO AZ TNGT WITH S/W TROF IN SW FLOW MOVG INTO W KS. GOOD TROPICAL PLUME INDCATED AND PWS ABOVE 1.3 ON 00Z SNDGS. 850 MB FLOW HAS BECOME MORE WESTERLY BUT WILL LIKLY BACK AS S/W APPROACHES. BIGGEST CONCERN IS FLOODING. TROPICAL RAINFALL AND SOME TRAINING WAS EVIDENT AND APPEARS TO BE SETTING UP AGAIN AS TSTMS MOVE EAST OUT OF KS. CURRENT FCSTS WELL COVERED. BROWNING
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 16, 8:29 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO
830 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995
...STORM REPORTS FOR THE EARLY EVENING HOURS OF MAY 16...
TIME/DATE LOCATION/COUNTY STATE EVENT/REMARKS
05/16/95
450 PM CDT METRO/JACKSON MO 1 IN HAIL AT METRO MALL
NORTH
05/16/95
450 PM CDT CLAY COUNTY MO NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT 69
HIGHWAY AND STOCKDALE ROAD
05/16/95
516 PM CDT CLAY CO MO WIN IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH TREE
LIMBS BROKEN
05/16/95
517 PM CDT CLAY CO MO 60 MPH WIND IN GLADSTONE
05/16/95 CLAY CO MO KEARNEY PD REPORTS WIND IN
531 PM CDT EXCESS OF 60 MPH
05/16/95 MIAMI CO KS PAOLA PD DEPUTY REPORTS TREES
543 PM CDT AND ROAD SIGNS DOWN...WIND IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH AT HILLSDALE
05/16/95 GRUNDY CO MO 4 INCHES OF RAIN JUST NORTH OF
505 PM CDT TRENTON IN ABOUT 1 HOUR
05/16/95 JOHNSON CO MO SO REPORTS WINDS IN EXCESS OF
635 PM CDT 70 MPH NEAR HOLDEN
05/16/95 LINN-MACON MO LARGE TREES DOWN BROOKFIELD AND
636 PM CDT COUNTIES PP HIGHWAY
05/16/95 PETTIS CO MO WIND IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH LARGE
640 PM CDT TREES DOWN 2 MILES NW LF LA MONTE
IN PETTIS COUNTY
05/16/95 CASS CO MO TREES AND POWER LINE DOWN IN
649 PM CDT RAYMORE AREA AT J AND 195
HIGHWAYS
05/16/95 MACON CO MO MACON 911 REPORTS TREE LIMBS
652 PM CDT DOWN AROUND THE CITY-LOCALIZED
FLOODING-SEVERE LIGHTNING
STEVENSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass | 62 min |
| May 16, 10:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cass | 52 min |
| May 16, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson | 42 min |
| May 16, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Lafayette | 65 min |
| May 16, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pettis, Saline | 51 min |
| May 17, 12:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass | 54 min |
| May 17, 12:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass | 38 min |
| May 17, 1:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry | 59 min |
| May 17, 1:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard, Pettis | 42 min |
| May 17, 2:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Benton | 41 min |
| May 17, 2:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper, Henry, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline | 6 hr |
| May 17, 2:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson | 6 hr |
| May 17, 2:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Bates | 6 hr |
| May 17, 2:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Howard | 6 hr |
| May 17, 2:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Morgan | 42 min |
| May 17, 2:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Benton, Morgan | 4 hr |
| May 17, 3:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Miller | 48 min |
| May 17, 4:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Camden, Miller | 4 hr |
| May 17, 4:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Platte | 40 min |
| May 17, 4:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Maries | 4 hr |
| May 17, 8:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Benton | 44 min |
| May 17, 8:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Morgan | 35 min |
| May 17, 8:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Miller | 51 min |
| May 17, 9:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Miller | 30 min |
| May 17, 9:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Maries | 45 min |
| May 17, 9:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | St. Clair | 44 min |
| May 17, 9:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | St. Clair | 38 min |
| May 17, 10:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Benton | 36 min |
| May 17, 10:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Benton | 25 min |
| May 17, 10:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Hickory | 14 min |
| May 17, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates | 70 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.