Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 281, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1995, 5:13 PM CDT for Caldwell County, Ray County, Missouri. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 1995, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 1995, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Caldwell County, MO, Ray County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -231 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1425 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 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 252212 RRA SVRMCI MOC025-177-252315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 513 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI ...CALDWELL COUNTY...NORTHERN RAY COUNTY AT 510PM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR LATHROP MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL... UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS. THE STORM WAS MOVING TOWARD MIRABILE... ELMIRA AND KINGSTON. AT 510 THE STORM WAS NEAR INTERSTATE 35 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 FnLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. MAXIMUK &
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 25, 3:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 3:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
NORTHWEST MISSOURI FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 310 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995 TSTMS DVLPG OVR NRN MO AHD OF WK S/W EVIDENT ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY ALG KS-MO BRDR. AMS VRY UNSTBL ACRS FCST AREA THIS AFTN AND XPCT ADDTNL CONVCTN TO DVLP ACRS WRN COUNTIES AS STGR S/W APCHS FM CNTRL KS/NE THIS EVNG. POPS IN LIKELY CATEGORY TNGHT. PRECIP CHCS DCRS WED AS SFC CONVNGC BNDRY SLIPS TO S AND FLO ALFT WKNS OVR AREA. ST ORMS PRECLUDE MUCH ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION. MCI 70/92 61 BUNTING
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 1:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-043>046-053-054-067- KSZ025-057-060-102>105-261200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 100 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995 ...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA AND A SLIGHT RISK ACROSS EASTERN SECTIONS... FORECAST...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND MOVE INTO WESTERN MISSOURI LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY THREATS. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHCENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS EVENING. THE MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS IS WEST OF A LINE FROM BETHANY TO SEDALIA. ELSEWHERE...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS. SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DISCUSSION...A VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS IS IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS KANSAS THROUGH TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED IN CENTRAL KANSAS BY 1 PM AND ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL FORM THROUGH 5 PM ALONG A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE FROM SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA INTO EASTERN KANSAS. THE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST AROUND 25 MPH AND ENTER EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISOURI AFTER 4 PM. MORE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ANYWHERE THIS AFTERNOOON AND EVENING AS TEMPERATURES WARM TO NEAR 90. THESE ISOLATED STORMS ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS ...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. BUNTING
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 1:06 PM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-043>046-053-054-067- KSZ025-057-060-102>105-261200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 100 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995 ...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA AND A SLIGHT RISK ACROSS EASTERN SECTIONS... FORECAST...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND MOVE INTO WESTERN MISSOURI LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY THREATS. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHCENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS EVENING. THE MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS IS WEST OF A LINE FROM BETHANY TO SEDALIA. ELSEWHERE...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS. SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DISCUSSION...A VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS IS IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS KANSAS THROUGH TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED IN CENTRAL KANSAS BY 1 PM AND ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL FORM THROUGH 5 PM ALONG A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE FROM SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA INTO EASTERN KANSAS. THE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST AROUND 25 MPH AND ENTER EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISOURI AFTER 4 PM. MORE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ANYWHERE THIS AFTERNOOON AND EVENING AS TEMPERATURES WARM TO NEAR 90. THESE ISOLATED STORMS ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS ...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. BUNTING
Local storm report, Jul 25, 3:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 350PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995 ...STORM REPORTS FOR 7/25/95 AFTERNOON TIME/DATE LOCATION/COUNTY STATE EVENT/REMARKS JUL 25 EAST OF PURDIN MO 1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL 1526 CDT MAXIMUK NAME
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison | 38 min |
| Jul 25, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn | 37 min |
| Jul 25, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Clinton | 47 min |
| Jul 25, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Adair | 52 min |
| Jul 25, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clinton | 32 min |
| Jul 25, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Platte | 43 min |
| Jul 25, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clinton | 58 min |
| Jul 25, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew | 54 min |
| Jul 25, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | DeKalb | 54 min |
| Jul 25, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Saline | 61 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.