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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 9, 1995Gentry County, Worth County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 1995, 11:06 PM CDT for Gentry County, Worth County, Missouri. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 9, 1995, 11:06 PM CDT (04:06 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 1995, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Gentry County, MO, Worth County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 183 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1995-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1995-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 428 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
428 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
531 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMCI 100410 RRA
SVRMCI
MOC075-MOC227-100500-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ...CORRECTION AND WORTH COUNTY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
1106 PM CDT SUN APR 9 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI

   ...GENTRY AND WORTH COUNTIES

AT 1105 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
STANBERRY. THE STORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL PASS THROUGH
GENTRY AND ALLENDALE. LARGE HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE CAN BE EXPECTED.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT MAY
CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.  MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

PB

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 Apr 9, 8:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 8:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
NORTHWEST MISSOURI FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO
845 PM CDT SUN APR 9 1995

FCST PROBLEM TNGT IS PTNL SVR FAR SRN PTN OF CWA AND RAIN/ELEVATED
TSTMS OVR REST OF FA. WW 166 IN EFFECT FOR SRN PTN OF FA. BNDRY NRLY
STNRY OVR SRN MO WHILE SFC LOW DEEPENING OVR TX PNHDL. PROFILERS AND
EVE RAOBS SHOW CD AIR IS RATHER SHALLOW OVR MO N OF FNT. ISOLD ELEVATED
CNVTN HAS FORMED OVR LINN CNTY/KS AND STGR OVR CNTRL MO AND JUST E OF
HENRY CNTY. CELLS HV BEEN SLOW TO STRENGTHEN PBLY BECAUSE UPR DYNAMICS
HV YET TO RCH MO. MO IS IN FVRBL UPR LVL DIFLUENT ZONE AND ADAP SHOWS
BULLSEYE MSTR CNVGNC OVR SW MO. STILL...MAY HV TO WAIT AWHILE FOR BTR
DYNAMICS TO ARRIVE BEFORE STGR STORMS DVLP AS CAP WAS STGR TODAY THAN
YDA. WILL CONT TO WATCH FOR FTHR DVLPMT OF CNVTN OVR FAR SRN FA.

ELSEWHERE DESPITE CD AIR BEING RATHER SHALLOW TEMPS ARE QUITE NIPPY ON
BRISK ENE WIND. DONT THINK THEY WILL FALL MUCH FTHR. MAY ONLY SEE L- OR
R- TNGT OVR REST OF FA AND WAIT UNTIL TMRW MRNG FOR ELEVATED TSTMS WHEN
LEFT EXIT RGN OF UPR JET AND LEADING EDGE OF PVA ARRIVE.
NGM TAKES SFC LOW TOO FAR W INTO CD AIR TMRW AND PREFER AVN/ETA AND
THEY MAY EVEN BE A BIT TOO FAR W. AS ISENTR<OPIC LIFT INCRS AND FNT
TRIES TO RETURN N COULD SEE SVR OVR SRN/ERN SXNS OF FA TMRW.

JULY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMaries33 min
Apr 9, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMaries31 min
Apr 9, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMaries25 min
Apr 9, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson47 min
Apr 9, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates44 min
Apr 9, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry, Johnson54 min
Apr 9, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Ray55 min
Apr 9, 11:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLafayette29 min
Apr 9, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson48 min
Apr 9, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLafayette62 min
Apr 9, 11:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMorgan42 min
Apr 9, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Henry61 min
Apr 9, 11:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXRay51 min
Apr 10, 12:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll56 min
Apr 10, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn, Sullivan63 min
Apr 10, 12:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass40 min
Apr 10, 12:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry64 min
Apr 10, 12:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson, Ray54 min
Apr 10, 12:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLafayette51 min
Apr 10, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll45 min
Apr 10, 1:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass28 min
Apr 10, 1:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Jackson45 min
Apr 10, 2:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLafayette38 min
Apr 10, 9:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan25 min
Apr 10, 9:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGentry48 min
Apr 10, 9:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDeKalb41 min
Apr 10, 11:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHarrison43 min
Apr 10, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXRandolph35 min
Apr 10, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMacon37 min
Apr 10, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCamden35 min
Apr 10, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMorgan43 min
Apr 10, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMiller35 min
Apr 10, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMiller53 min
Apr 10, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMaries, Pulaski59 min
Apr 10, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPulaski33 min
Apr 10, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMaries48 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.