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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 8, 1995Maries County, Pulaski County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1995, 5:49 AM CDT for Maries County, Pulaski County, Missouri. It was in force for 20 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1995, 5:49 AM CDT (10:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1995, 6:09 AM CDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Maries County, MO, Pulaski County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 330 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 1995-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3417 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3417 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1305 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KCOU 081051 RRA
SVRCOU
MOC125-169-081115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
549 AM CDT THU JUN 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  620 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...SOUTHERN MARIES COUNTY...NORTHERN PULASKI COUNTY
 
AT 545AM THE LEADING EDGE OF AN AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM 20
MILES NORTH OF ROLLA NEAR VIENNA TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROLLA NEAR
WAYNESVILLE.
 
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES PER HOUR.
 
WINDS TO 60 MILES PER HOUR AND TREES BEING BLOWN DOWN HAVE BEEN REPORTED
WITH THESE STORMS.
 
TOWNS IN DANGER OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE DIXON...WAYNESVILLE...HAYDEN
...AND VICHY.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IS EFFECT FOR MARIES COUNTY.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
 
REAUGH
 
 
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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 Jun 8, 2:50 AM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 2:50 AM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
NORTHWEST MISSOURI FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO
250 AM CDT THU JUN 8 1995

SEVERE WEATHER IN AREA PRECLUDES DISCUSSION. EXPECT THESE STORMS TO
BE PAST METRO AREA BY DAYBREAK...BUT MORE REDEVELOPING LATER TODAY
AS ENERGY CONTINUES TO BE EJECTED OUT OF WRN LOW.

MCI  81/68   56

PC

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 7, 11:57 PM CDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before
MOZ053-054-067-KSZ057-060-080600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO
1157 PM CDT WED JUN 7 1995

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 570 CANCELLED...

THE TORNADO WATCH...NUMBER 570...WHICH INCLUDED COUNTIES IN EAST
CENTRAL KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE CLEARED FROM THE WATCH...MIAMI AND LINN IN
KANSAS...AND BATES...HENRY...AND ST CLAIR IN MISSOURI.

WELVAERT
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:37 AM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
MOZ012-013-020-021-028-029-037-043-KSZ025-057-060-102>105-081040-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO
437 AM CDT THU JUN 8 1995

...TORNADO WATCH #576 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE KANSAS COUNTIES AND
PARTS OF EXTREME WESTERN MISSOURI...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE KANSAS CITY AND ST.
JOSEPH METRO AREAS. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE
KANSAS COUNTIES AND THE FOLLOWING MISSOURI COUNTIES...ANDREW...
DE KALB...BUCHANAN...CLINTON...PLATTE...CLAY...JACKSON AND CASS.

PC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 2:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Jackson51 min
Jun 8, 2:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, Platte52 min
Jun 8, 3:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay42 min
Jun 8, 3:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates37 min
Jun 8, 3:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSt. Clair44 min
Jun 8, 3:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Ray53 min
Jun 8, 3:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis, Saline49 min
Jun 8, 4:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry, Johnson41 min
Jun 8, 4:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBenton65 min
Jun 8, 4:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMorgan49 min
Jun 8, 12:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCamden61 min
Jun 8, 1:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMiller, Pulaski40 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.