Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1995, 7:48 AM CDT for DeKalb County, Gentry County, Missouri. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 1995, 7:48 AM CDT (12:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1995, 8:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:51 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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 3297 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 721 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 322 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 347 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 12.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCI 071247 RRA SVRMCI MOC063-075-071330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 748 AM CDT WED JUN 7 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI ...DEKALB COUNTY...GENTRY COUNTY AT 745 AM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR CONCEPTION TO JUST EAST OF SAVANNAH. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND HAS KNOCKED DOWN TREES NORTH OF MOUND CITY 645 AM AND TREES DOWN IN ROCKPORT AT 625 AM. MAYSVILLE AND FORD CITY ARE IN THE DIRECT PATH OF THIS STORM. 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 Jun 7, 3:21 AM CDT, 4 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 3:21 AM CDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before
NORTHWEST MISSOURI FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 320 AM CDT WED JUN 7 1995 SHORT TERM CONCERN IS WITH CONVECTIVE SYSTEM OVER NEBR. CURRENT TRACK WOULD KEEP IT NORTH OF THE NW CORNER OF MO...FITTING MORE OF THE ETA THICKNESS PATTERN RATHER THAN THE NGMS. ALL MODELS KEEP BOUNDARIES NORTH OF AREA TODAY AS RIDGING HOLDS ACROSS THE AREA AHEAD OF STRONG LOW OVER GREAT BASIN. MODELS SIMILAR IN KEEPING UPPER LOW AROUND SLC THRU 48 HRS...BUT DIVERGE ON SFC BOUNDARY POSITION. CONVECTION ALONG BOUNDARY TONIGHT SHOULD HELP TO PUSH IT FURTHER SOUTH SO PREFER ETA/AVN SOLUTION. ALONG WITH THE THREAT OF SVR...HEAVY RAINS WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN IN NRN PORTIONS OF FCST AREA LATE TONIGHT AND ON THURSDAY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS NORTH TODAY LOOK DOUBTFUL AS WARMING AT H8 AND H7 LEVELS SHOULD KEEP THE CAP IN PLACE. HIGH TEMPS IN WRKZFP LOOK FINE. WITH DPTS STAYING UP...MAY NOT REACH 90 IN MANY PLACES...BUT WITH HIGH HUMIDITIES...IT WILL FEEL THAT WARM. MCI 86/69 14 PC
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 5:58 AM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-043>046-053-054-067- KSZ025-057-060-102>105-071800- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 600 AM CDT WED JUN 7 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 SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF MISSOURI AND A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF NORTHERN MISSOURI TONIGHT... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EAST ACROSS THE EXTREME NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS MORNING...TO THE NORTH OF ST. JOSEPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS WITH A SLIGHT RISK OF WINDS REACHING SEVERE CRITERIA. THESE STORMS WILL EXIT THE REGION BY LATE MORNING. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE MORE THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP IN NORTHERN MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON...BUT THE BETTER CHANCE WILL COME TONIGHT AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI. THIS BOUNDARY SHOULD HELP SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WITH SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE. THE UNCERTAINTY IS IN WHERE EXACTLY THIS FRONT WILL BE TONIGHT...BUT IT APPEARS AT THIS TIME...THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE NORTH OF A LINE FROM PAOLA KANSAS TO BOONVILLE MISSOURI. HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS MORNING IN THE EXTREME NORTH AND IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE OUTLOOK AREA TONIGHT. PC
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 6:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-043>046-053-054-067- KSZ025-057-060-102>105-071800- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 600 AM CDT WED JUN 7 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 SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF MISSOURI AND A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF NORTHERN MISSOURI TONIGHT... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EAST ACROSS THE EXTREME NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS MORNING...TO THE NORTH OF ST. JOSEPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS WITH A SLIGHT RISK OF WINDS REACHING SEVERE CRITERIA. THESE STORMS WILL EXIT THE REGION BY LATE MORNING. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE MORE THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP IN NORTHERN MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON...BUT THE BETTER CHANCE WILL COME TONIGHT AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI. THIS BOUNDARY SHOULD HELP SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WITH SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE. THE UNCERTAINTY IS IN WHERE EXACTLY THIS FRONT WILL BE TONIGHT...BUT IT APPEARS AT THIS TIME...THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE NORTH OF A LINE FROM PAOLA KANSAS TO BOONVILLE MISSOURI. HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS MORNING IN THE EXTREME NORTH AND IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE OUTLOOK AREA TONIGHT. PC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 6:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Holt | 58 min |
| Jun 7, 6:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Nodaway | 62 min |
| Jun 7, 7:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew | 56 min |
| Jun 7, 8:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Daviess | 55 min |
| Jun 7, 8:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | DeKalb, Gentry | 31 min |
| Jun 7, 10:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Chariton | 48 min |
| Jun 7, 10:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Saline | 69 min |
| Jun 7, 10:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Lafayette | 27 min |
| Jun 7, 10:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Howard, Randolph | 56 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.