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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 286, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 25, 1995Benton County, Hickory County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1995, 9:46 PM CDT for Benton County, Hickory County, Missouri. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 25, 1995, 9:46 PM CDT (02:46 UTC)
Expired: Jul 25, 1995, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 59 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 02:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2725 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1374 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.0

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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 Jul 25, 9:17 PM CDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 9:17 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

NORTHWEST MISSOURI FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO
915 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995

DISCN DLAD DUE TO ACTIVE WX.  ACTION HAS SHIFTED E OF FA...AND CONTS
JUST S.  WILL EXPECT THIS TO STAY SOUTH OF AREA TONITE...AFTER CLIPPING
ST CLAIR CTY.  ATTN THEN TURNS TO CTRL KS TRW COMPLEX.  THINK THIS
WILL STAY SOUTH OF METRO AS WELL.  VAPOR LOOP SHOWING WK S/WV JUST
PASSING...WHICH HAS HELPED THIS EVE'S TRW.  AFTER BRIEF CJOORD WITH
STL WILL OPT TO KEEP VRY LOW POP CHC IN FCST TO ACCOUNT FOR PSBL
REDVLPT BEHIND THE "BIG STUFF".

WELVAERT

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 25, 8:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 25, 8:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO
815 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995

...STORM REPORTS FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING 7/25/95

TIME/DATE    LOCATION/COUNTY       STATE      EVENT/REMARKS

1722 CDT   PLATTSBURG                MO   QUARTER SIZE HAIL
7/25/95    CLINTON

1640 CDT   EAST OF ST JOSEPH         MO   GOLFBALL HAIL
7/25/95    HWY 36
           BUCHANAN

MAXIMUK

Local storm report, Jul 25, 8:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO
815 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995

...STORM REPORTS FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING 7/25/95

TIME/DATE    LOCATION/COUNTY       STATE      EVENT/REMARKS

1722 CDT   PLATTSBURG                MO   QUARTER SIZE HAIL
7/25/95    CLINTON

1640 CDT   EAST OF ST JOSEPH         MO   GOLFBALL HAIL
7/25/95    HWY 36
           BUCHANAN

MAXIMUK

Local storm report, Jul 25, 8:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO
820 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995

...STORM REPORTS FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING 7/25/95

TIME/DATE    LOCATION/COUNTY       STATE      EVENT/REMARKS

1656 CDT   LATHROP                   MO   11/2 INCH HAIL
7/25/95    CLINTON

1731 CDT   CLARKSDALE                MO   1 INCH HAIL
7/25/95    BUCHANAN

MAXIMUK

Special weather statement, Jul 25, 8:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

MOZ002>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-043>046-053-054-067-
KSZ102>105-057-060-260200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
830 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
MISSOURI...

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM EARLIER THIS EVENING HAVE ALL MOVED EAST
OF THE AREA...AND THERE IS NO LONGER A THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WEST
OF A LINE FROM KIRKSVILLE TO BOONVILLE TO CLINTON.  ALL COUNTIES WEST
OF THIS LINE ARE CLEARED FROM THE WATCH.

ONLY ST CLAIR COUNTY REMAINS IN A WATCH AT THIS TIME.  THAT WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM.

WELVAERT

Special weather statement, Jul 25, 8:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

MOZ002>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-043>046-053-054-067-
KSZ102>105-057-060-260200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
830 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
MISSOURI...

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM EARLIER THIS EVENING HAVE ALL MOVED EAST
OF THE AREA...AND THERE IS NO LONGER A THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WEST
OF A LINE FROM KIRKSVILLE TO BOONVILLE TO CLINTON.  ALL COUNTIES WEST
OF THIS LINE ARE CLEARED FROM THE WATCH.

ONLY ST CLAIR COUNTY REMAINS IN A WATCH AT THIS TIME.  THAT WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM.

WELVAERT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 25, 9:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Hickory	31 min
Jul 25, 10:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Benton, Camden	59 min
Jul 25, 10:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Hickory	31 min
Jul 25, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Maries	49 min
Jul 26, 12:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Pulaski	14 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.