Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1995, 6:25 PM CDT for Jackson County, Missouri. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 1995, 6:25 PM CDT (23:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 1995, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 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 23:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 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
- 51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 486 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 553 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCI 272325 SVRMCI MOC095-280015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 625 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI ...EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY AT 625 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN LEES SUMMIT MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. PEOPLE IN LEES SUMMIT AND BLUE SPRINGS ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM AND CAN EXPECT HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMATER AND WIND GUSTS TO 60MPH. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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 27, 3:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 27, 3:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
NORTHWEST MISSOURI FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 340 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995 ANY HEAVY RAINER WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS WITH ADDITIONAL 1/2 TO 3/4 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA THIS MRNG WITH ISOLD 2+ AMTS IN CNTRL MO. CONT TO HAVE SCT HEVY RAIN CORE MOVE FROM SW MO INTO CNTRL TO N CNTRL MO ATTM. MSTR AXIS APPRS TO BE SHIFTG EAST AS NEW CELLS FORM AND MOVE SLIGHTLY EAST OF PREVIOUS PATHS. SATL SHOWS DRYLINE ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS BUT CU APPEARS TO BE WELL CAPPED. VERT MOTION ASSCTD WITH JET MAX APPARENT IN CIRRUS PATCH MOVING NWD ACROSS W MO ATTM. MDLS LIFT 850 MB CNVG AND JET MAX TO THE NORTH BY 00Z! ONLY CHC FOR SVR APPEARS TO BE FROM INSTBY AND POSSIBLYn LIFT FROM UPR JET. SELS WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. BROWNING
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 27, 1:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-043>046-053-054-067- KSZ025-057-060-102>105-280600- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 100 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995 THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO THE EASTERN KANSAS COUNTIES OF ATCHISON DONIPHAN JOHNSON LEAVENWORTH LINN MIAMI WYANDOTTE AND THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN MISSOURI COUNTIES OF ADAIR CASS GENTRY JOHNSON PETTIS SCHUYLER ANDREW CHARITON GRUNDY LAFAYETTE PLATTE SULLIVAN ATCHISON CLAY HARRISON LINN PUTNAM WORTH BATES CLINTON HENRY LIVINGSTON RANDOLPH BUCHANAN COOPER HOLT MACON RAY CALDWELL DAVIESS HOWARD MERCER ST CLAIR CARROLL DEKALB JACKSON NODAWAY SALINE ...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT... CLEARING SKIES AND A STRONG RETURN OF TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL WORK TO DESTABILIZE THE AIRMASS OVER EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH A DRYLINE EXTENDING THROUGH CENTRAL KANSAS WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE DRYLINE THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD INTO WESTERN MISSOURI LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER AT THIS TIME APPEARS TO BE FROM LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE REGION WHERE STRONGER WIND SHEAR WILL FAVOR ROTATING THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS ALSO AN ADDITIONAL THREAT OF CONTINUED FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. BROWNING
Special weather statement, May 27, 1:01 PM CDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-043>046-053-054-067- KSZ025-057-060-102>105-280600- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 100 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995 THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO THE EASTERN KANSAS COUNTIES OF ATCHISON DONIPHAN JOHNSON LEAVENWORTH LINN MIAMI WYANDOTTE AND THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN MISSOURI COUNTIES OF ADAIR CASS GENTRY JOHNSON PETTIS SCHUYLER ANDREW CHARITON GRUNDY LAFAYETTE PLATTE SULLIVAN ATCHISON CLAY HARRISON LINN PUTNAM WORTH BATES CLINTON HENRY LIVINGSTON RANDOLPH BUCHANAN COOPER HOLT MACON RAY CALDWELL DAVIESS HOWARD MERCER ST CLAIR CARROLL DEKALB JACKSON NODAWAY SALINE ...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT... CLEARING SKIES AND A STRONG RETURN OF TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL WORK TO DESTABILIZE THE AIRMASS OVER EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH A DRYLINE EXTENDING THROUGH CENTRAL KANSAS WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE DRYLINE THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD INTO WESTERN MISSOURI LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER AT THIS TIME APPEARS TO BE FROM LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE REGION WHERE STRONGER WIND SHEAR WILL FAVOR ROTATING THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS ALSO AN ADDITIONAL THREAT OF CONTINUED FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. BROWNING
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Lafayette | 51 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.