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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 8, 1995Buchanan County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 1995, 8:17 PM CDT for Buchanan County, Missouri. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 8, 1995, 8:17 PM CDT (01:17 UTC)
Expired
Apr 8, 1995, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Buchanan County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 103 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1995-04-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1681 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1995-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1681 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1907 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMCI 090118 RRA
SVRMCI
MOC021-090200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
817 PM CDT SAT APR 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...BUCHANAN COUNTY
 
AT 815 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST BUCHANAN
COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WAS NEAR THE ST. JOSEPH AREA
AND WILL BE MOVING TO NEAR EASTON MISSOURI BETWEEN 830 TO 845 PM.
 
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE GOLF BALL HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHolt46 min
Apr 8, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Holt57 min
Apr 8, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClinton, DeKalb55 min
Apr 8, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan55 min
Apr 8, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDaviess39 min
Apr 8, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPlatte33 min
Apr 8, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClinton66 min
Apr 8, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell42 min
Apr 8, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXRay48 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.