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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 144, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 17, 1995Benton County, Hickory County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 1995, 8:22 PM CDT for Benton County, Hickory County, Missouri. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 17, 1995, 8:22 PM CDT (01:22 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 1995, 9:13 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Benton County, MO, Hickory County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 226 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 1995-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1995-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 158 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
525 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
85 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
158 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
299 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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 17, 8:18 PM CDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 17, 8:18 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
NORTHWEST MISSOURI FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO
800 PM CDT WED MAY 17 1995

SHOWERS AND TSTMS MOVING BACK INTO METRO AREA LIFTED OVER SFC BNDRY
WHICH IS CLOSE TO A NEVADA TO AIZ TO STL LINE.  SATL SHOWS A S/W
LIFTING THROUGH E KS ATTM  AND WILL PROVIDE A BREAK FROM THE RAIN
FOR KC AREA FOR SEVERAL HOURS ONCE CURRENT RAIN MOVES OUT.  FURTHER
SOUTH...MARGINAL SVR AND HVY RAIN STILL OCCURRING.  WILL HAVE TO EXTEND
FFW FOR BATES...HENRY AND ST CLAIR AS FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS BEING
REPORTED.

RAIN WILL RETURN TO ENTIRE RGN BY MRNG AS UPR LOW MOVES INTO W MO.
CURRENT FCSTS STILL LOOK GOOD.

BROWNING

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSt. Clair45 min
May 17, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCamden41 min
May 18, 10:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPulaski41 min
May 18, 10:22 AM CDTTornado WarningEAXPulaski38 min
May 18, 10:38 AM CDTTornado WarningEAXMaries52 min
May 18, 11:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCamden, Miller52 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.