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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 9, 1995Benton County, Hickory County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1995, 9:52 PM CDT for Benton County, Hickory County, Missouri. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 1995, 9:52 PM CDT (02:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1995, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
68 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 02:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 142 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1995-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 631 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1995-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 129 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
631 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-167 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1461 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 9, 8:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 8:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCamden69 min
Jun 9, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMiller, Pulaski49 min
Jun 10, 2:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXLinn4 hr

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.