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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 259, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 22, 1995Atchison County, Nodaway County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 1995, 4:25 AM CDT for Atchison County, Nodaway County, Missouri. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 22, 1995, 4:25 AM CDT (09:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 1995, 5:30 AM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Atchison County, MO, Nodaway County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 145 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1995-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2611 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1995-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2611 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1488 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
5.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KMCI 220925 RRA
SVRMCI
MOC005-147-221030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
425 AM CDT SAT JUL 22 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...ATCHISON COUNTY...NODAWAY COUNTY
 
AT 420 AM...RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ROCKPORT AREA
AND ANOTHER ABOUT 10 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF BURLINGTON JUNCTION. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. RESIDENTS OF TARKIO AND
BURLINGTON JUNCTION ARE ALL IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. ONE INCH
HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
 
MORE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND WILL
MOVE THROUGH ATCHISON AND NODAWAY COUNTIES THROUGH 6 AM.
 
 
 
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.
 
 
BODNER

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 Jul 22, 3:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 3:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
NORTHWEST MISSOURI FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO
320 AM CDT SAT JUL 22 1995

CONTENDING WITH WEAK SHRT WVS MVNG THRU ZNL FLOW AGN TDY. MODELS IN
GOOD AGREEMENT IN MVMNT OF H5 SHRT WVS AND GRADUALLY LWR HGHTS INTO
LONG WAVE MEAN TROF PSN OVR OH VLY. VORT MAX MVNG INTO SRN IA ATTM
RUNNING INTO GOOD LO LVL WAA AHD OF WRM FNT THAT EXTDS FM LNK TO P35 TO
UIN AT 07Z. TSTMS TRYING TO DVLP IN UNSTABLE AIR S OF FNT IN XTRM SE NE
AND NE KS. WILL MENTION A FEW SHWRS/TSTMS LIKELY THIS AM AS SHRT WV MVS
ACR IA/MO BORDER WITH TRAILING PVA. 07Z ADAP DATA INDICATES STG MSTR
CNVGNC AND DEW PT POOLING JUST W OF CWA.

NEXT FCST CONCERN IS TIMING OF SFC CD FNT. ETA IS ACTUALLY FASTER THAN
NGM. AFTER DISCUSSION WITH STL...POPS WILL BE ADDED FOR THIS PM AS
GRIDDED DATA FCSTS POCKET OF -6 TO -10 LI'S AND DELTA T'S UP TO NEAR 20
BY 00Z. WILL LEAVE POPS AT 50 FOR TNT SINCE TIMING OF FNT CLRG CWA STILL
UP FOR GRABS. WITH ABUNDANT LO LVL MSTR POOLING AHD AND ALG CD
FNT...SGFNT R+ PSBL OVR SECTIONS OF CWA. WITH DECENT DIRECTINAL SHEAR
AND WET BULB ZERO BET 10K AND 12K...ISOLATED SVR PSBL LTR TDY AND THIS
EVNG WITH STG WNDS AND HAIL. FWC NUMBERS SEEM A LTL HI TDY...SO WILL
LEAN TWDS COOLER FAN.

MCI 88/70 45

BODNER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMiller48 min
Jul 22, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAdair40 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.