Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 290, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1995, 12:01 AM CDT for Pulaski County, Missouri. It was in force for 14 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 1995, 12:01 AM CDT (05:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 1995, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pulaski County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KCOU 260502 RRA SVRCOU MOC169-260530- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 1201 AM CDT WED JUL 26 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MISSOURI ...NORTHEASTERN PULASKI COUNTY AT MIDNIGHT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES WEST OF ROLLA...OR JUST SOUTH OF DIXON. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES PER HOUR. 55 MILE PER HOUR WINDS WERE REPORTED IN DIXON AS THE STORM NEARED THAT AREA. DIXON AS WELL AS HIGHWAYS 28...D...AND MM ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. 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. 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, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 9:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 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, 8:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 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, 3 hours 31 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, 3 hours 28 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, 1 hour 46 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
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 11:45 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
MOZ002>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-043>046-053-054-067- KSZ102>105-057-060-260530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 1145 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR ST CLAIR COUNTY... THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA...AND THERE IS NO LONGER A THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER FOR ST CLAIR COUNTY. THEREFORE...THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WELVAERT
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 11:50 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
MOZ067-260530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED CODING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 1145 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR ST CLAIR COUNTY... THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA...AND THERE IS NO LONGER A THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER FOR ST CLAIR COUNTY. THEREFORE...THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 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, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Hickory | 31 min |
| Jul 25, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Maries | 49 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.