Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 295, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 30, 1995, 5:39 PM CDT for Saline County, Missouri. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 30, 1995, 5:39 PM CDT (22:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 30, 1995, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Saline County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -274 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1308 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 254 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 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 302239 RRA SVRMCI MOC033-195-302330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 539 PM CDT SAT SEP 30 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MISSOURI ...EASTERN CARROLL COUNTY...SALINE COUNTY AT 539 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER 5 MILES NORTH OF MALTA BEND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. A LINE OF VERY STRONG STORMS ALSO EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES EAST OF CARROLLTON TO 10 MILES WEST OF SWEET SPRINGS. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST. DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER CAN BE EXPECTED IN MIAMI STATION...DE WITT AND SURROUNDING AREAS. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO MOVE INTO CHARITON COUNTY...WHERE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM...AND MY BE EXTENDED. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 0
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 Sep 30, 3:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 30, 3:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
NORTHWEST MISSOURI FORECAST DICUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 315 PM CDT SAT SEP 30 1995 NOT MUCH TIME TO WRITE ATTM WITH TSTMS OVR CWA AND RECENTLY ISSUED BOX. CD FNT ZIPPING ALG TO E AND SHOULD SWEEP ACR CWA THIS EVNG AS DEPICTED BY MODELS. TWO LNS OVR CWA ATTM ONE OVR METRO AND STRONGER LN TO E INVOF SZL. LOTS OF DVRGNC AT H3 OVR MO AND WITH RAPID NEWRD MVNT OF STORMS AT 40 KTS BIGGEST CONCERN ATTM IS DAMAGING WNDS. AS FAR AS FCST GOES...JUST GO WITH SCT TSTMS EARLY EVNG THEN CLRG LTR ON. PREFER COOLER FAN NUMBERS FOR TNT. MCI 51/72 10 BODNER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 30, 1:05 PM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-011200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 105 PM CDT SAT SEP 30 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA... FORECAST...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG WINDS BUT WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED BUT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAMS SHOULD STILL WATCH THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING IN THE EVENT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE LOCALY. DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT OVER SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND EASTERN KANSAS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA AS THE FRONT PUSHES THROUGH. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED BUT WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE LOCALLY DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE ACCELERATING THE FRONT ALONG. MORE STABLE AIR WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT LATER THIS EVENING. BODNER
Special weather statement, Sep 30, 1:06 PM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-011200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 105 PM CDT SAT SEP 30 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA... FORECAST...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG WINDS BUT WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED BUT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAMS SHOULD STILL WATCH THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING IN THE EVENT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE LOCALY. DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT OVER SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND EASTERN KANSAS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA AS THE FRONT PUSHES THROUGH. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED BUT WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE LOCALLY DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE ACCELERATING THE FRONT ALONG. MORE STABLE AIR WILL FOLLOW THEJ FRONT LATER THIS EVENING. BODNER
Special weather statement, Sep 30, 5:00 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-010200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 500 PM CDT SAT SEP 30 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 9 PM... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT WEST OF A EAGLEVILLE TO BETHANY TO RICHMOND TO PLEASANT HILL LINE. THE REST OF NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST...CENTRAL...AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI REMAIN IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM. THE FIRST LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI EAST OF A KIRKSVILLE TO SEDALIA LINE. HOWEVER...A SECOND LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM TRENTON TO BUTLER HAS FORMED AND IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST EAST OF THIS LINE. JULY
Special weather statement, Sep 30, 5:03 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-010200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 500 PM CDT SAT SEP 30 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 9 PM... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT WEST OF A EAGLEVILLE TO BETHANY TO RICHMOND TO PLEASANT HILL LINE. THE REST OF NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST...CENTRAL...AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI REMAIN IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM. THE FIRST LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI EAST OF A KIRKSVILLE TO SEDALIA LINE. HOWEVER...A SECOtND LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM TRENTON TO BUTLER HAS FORMED AND IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST EAST OF THIS LINE. JULY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Howard, Randolph | 47 min |
| Sep 30, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Lafayette | 44 min |
| Sep 30, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll | 36 min |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.