Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 274, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 1995, 3:58 PM CDT for Andrew County, Buchanan County, Missouri. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 1995, 3:58 PM CDT (20:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 1995, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Andrew County, MO, Buchanan County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 1455 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 988 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCI 242059 RRA SVRMCI MOC003-021-242145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 358 PM CDT MON JUL 24 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI ...SOUTHERN ANDREW COUNTY...BUCHANAN COUNTY AT 358 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ON THE EAST SIDE OF ST JOSEPH. THE STORM WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE EAST- SOUTHEAST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH AND HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER IS POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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 24, 3:20 PM CDT, 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 3:20 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
NORTHWEST MISSOURI FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 315 PM CDT MON JUL 24 1995 MESSY SFC PAT WITH BNDRYS A DIME A DOZEN. WK TROFS LOCATED FM STJ TO OTM WITH SCT PULSE TYPE TSTMS OCRG. ANOTHER BNDRY N-S ACRS EXTRME ERN KS BUT LTL OCRG WITH IT. PRIMARY DYNAMIC FORCING FTHR S WITH VORT MAX APCHG SE KS PER WV IMAGERY. GOOD DRY INTRUSION INTO SW MO SHUD AID CNVTN THERE WHILE TAKING SOME OF THE HEAT OFF FTHR N IN TRPCL TYPE AMS. LIS RMN HIGH ACRS FA WITH MIN VALUES PER ADAP BTN MINUS 8 AND MINUS 10. PRIMARY FORCING MECHANISM WILL BE AFTN HEAT AND ABV MENTIONED BNDRYS. ISOLD STORMS CUD STILL BRIEFLY PULSE UP AND BCM SVR BUT PRIMARY THREAT IS LCLLY HVY RAINFALL. ACTVTY SHUD WKN CNSDRBLY AFTER SUNSET. WITH THAT IN MIND WILL RETAIN WIDELY SCT EVE CNVTN OVR CWA. CNVTN OVR NE/E CNTRL NEB MAY SNEAK INTO FAR NW LTR THIS EVE. AMS WILL RMN JUICY OVRNGT WITH MIN TEMPS IN LOWER 70S. NGM/ETA BRING A VORT LOBE OUT OF ERN WY THIS EVE AND TO A CNTRL NEB TO WRN KS LN BY 12Z. HWVR WV IMAGERY DOES NOT SUPPORT THIS AS IT SHOWS PRONOUNCED SHRTWV RDGG MOVG ACRS WY. MODELS ALSO DO NOT SHOW CURRENT VORT LOBE ACRS CNTRL NEB WHICH IS AIDING CNVTN OVR E CNTRL NEB. MAY nSEE TSTMS MOV BACK INTO NW MO BY 12Z TUE. OTR REST OF FA COULD BE DRY AFT EVE CNVTN DIES. MCI 71/89 32 JULY
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 1:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-043>046-053-054-067- KSZ025-057-060-102>105-251200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 100 PM CDT MON JUL 24 1995 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND AGAIN TOWARDS TUESDAY MORNING... FORECAST...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BRIEFLY EXCEED SEVERE LIMITS WITH THE MAIN THREAT DUE TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IN ADDITION LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS OF TUESDAY MORNING ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE INTO EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI AND THEY TOO MAY PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. OVERALL THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ENTIRE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. DISCUSSION...A VERY UNSTABLE TROPICAL-LIKE AIRMASS COVERS ALL OF EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN AND NORTHERN MISSOURI. A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY LIES ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN MISSOURI AND WILL MOVE LITTLE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS BEFORE WEAKENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BRIEFLY REACH SEVERE LIMITS AS THEY PULSE UP AND DOWN. THE BEST THREAT FOR MORE ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SOUTH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. EARLY THIS AFTERNOON STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE UNIONVILLE AREA. LATER THIS AFTERNOON STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE HIGH PLAINS OF WESTERN NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST KANSAS AND ROLL EASTWARD. IF THEY HOLD TOGETHER ALL NIGHT THEY WILL REACH THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI DURING THE PER-DAWN HOURS OF TUESDAY MORNING. THESE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER WEST OF A BETHANY TO BUTLER LINE. JULY
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 1:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-043>046-053-054-067- KSZ025-057-060-102>105-251200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 100 PM CDT MON JUL 24 1995 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND AGAIN TOWARDS TUESDAY MORNING... FORECAST...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BRIEFLY EXCEED SEVERE LIMITS WITH THE MAIN THREAT DUE TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IN ADDITION LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS OF TUESDAY MORNING ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE INTO EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI AND THEY TOO MAY PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. OVERALL THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ENTIRE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. DISCUSSION...A VERY UNSTABLE TROPICAL-LIKE AIRMASS COVERS ALL OF EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN AND NORTHERN MISSOURI. A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY LIES ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN MISSOURI AND WILL MOVE LITTLE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS BEFORE WEAKENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BRIEFLY REACH SEVERE LIMITS AS THEY PULSE UP AND DOWN. THE BEST THREAT FOR MORE ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SOUTH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. EARLY THIS AFTERNOON STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE UNIONVILLE AREA. LATER THIS AFTERNOON STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE HIGH PLAINS OF WESTERN NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST KANSAS AND ROLL EASTWARD. IF THEY HOLD TOGETHER AL L NIGHT THEY WILL REACH THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI DURING THE PER-DAWN HOURS OF TUESDAY MORNING. THESE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER WEST OF A BETHANY TO BUTLER LINE. JULY
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.