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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 8, 1995Maries County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1995, 6:15 PM CDT for Maries County, Missouri. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 1995, 6:15 PM CDT (23:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 1995, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Maries County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 217 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 12:00Z on 1995-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1059 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 12:00Z on 1995-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1059 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-101 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1095 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KCOU 082317 RRA
SVRCOU
MOC125-090000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
615 PM CDT SAT JUL 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...MARIES COUNTY
 
AT 612PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS CENTERED 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
JEFFERSON CITY. THE STORM WAS QUITE LARGE AND COVERED MUCH OF COLE AND
OSAGE COUNTIES.
 
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES PER HOUR.
 
THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF WINDS TO 70 MILES PER HOUR AND POSSIBLE
TORNADOES. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM!
 
TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE VIENNA...BELLE...LANES
PRAIRIE...AND VICHY.
 
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.
 
REAUGH
 
 
&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHarrison46 min
Jul 7, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGrundy, Livingston65 min
Jul 7, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHarrison61 min
Jul 7, 11:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDaviess, Grundy, Livingston64 min
Jul 7, 11:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXGrundy, Livingston3 hr
Jul 8, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMercer30 min
Jul 8, 12:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll39 min
Jul 8, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSaline35 min
Jul 8, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Grundy, Livingston59 min
Jul 8, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHarrison, Mercer59 min
Jul 8, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Howard, Saline59 min
Jul 8, 12:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXMercer4 hr
Jul 8, 12:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXSaline4 hr
Jul 8, 1:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Saline59 min
Jul 8, 1:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGrundy, Linn, Livingston59 min
Jul 8, 1:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXMaries, Miller116 min
Jul 8, 1:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXMorgan116 min
Jul 8, 1:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMaries, Miller, Morgan116 min
Jul 8, 1:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMercer40 min
Jul 8, 2:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCamden, Pulaski119 min
Jul 8, 2:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCamden, Pulaski119 min
Jul 8, 3:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGrundy, Sullivan45 min
Jul 8, 6:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAdair48 min
Jul 8, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Saline51 min
Jul 8, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Howard, Randolph61 min
Jul 8, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis61 min
Jul 8, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBenton, Morgan45 min

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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.