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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 288, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 25, 1995Hickory County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1995, 10:38 PM CDT for Hickory County, Missouri. It was in force for 31 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 25, 1995, 10:38 PM CDT (03:38 UTC)
Expired: Jul 25, 1995, 11:09 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Whole counties

County Hickory County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:40 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 123 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

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

000 
TTAA00 KCOU 260339 RRA
SVRCOU
MOC015-029-085-260445-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
1038 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...BENTON COUNTY...WESTERN CAMDEN COUNTY
   ...CENTRAL AND EASTERN HICKORY COUNTY
 
AT 1035PM A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 25 MILES SOUTH OF
SEDALIA TO 20 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD...OR FROM WARSAW TO BOLIVAR.
 
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES PER HOUR.
 
TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE WARSAW...HERMITAGE...CROSS
TIMBERS...CLIMAX SPRINGS...AND MACKS CREEK.
 
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 OPR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
REAUGH

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, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 9:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 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, 8:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 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, 2 hours 23 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, 2 hours 18 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, 2 hours 8 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, 2 hours 5 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

Local storm report, Jul 25, 10:15 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO
1015 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995

...ADDITIONAL STORM REPORT FOR THE AFTERNOON OF 7/25/95...

TIME/DATE    LOCATION/COUNTY       STATE      EVENT/REMARKS

1615 CDT   4 W NIND                  MO   NICKEL SIZE HAIL
7/25/95    ADAIR

WELVAERT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 25, 9:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Benton, Hickory	59 min
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, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Maries	49 min
Jul 26, 12:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Pulaski	14 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1995 Every 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.