Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 1995, 9:22 AM CDT for Doniphan County, Kansas; Andrew County, Buchanan County, Missouri. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 10, 1995, 9:22 AM CDT (14:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 1995, 9:47 AM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Doniphan County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Buchanan County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:22 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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 541 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 526 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 723 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCI 101423 SVRMCI KSC043-MOC003-021-101500- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 922 AM CDT MON APR 10 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST KANSAS ...EASTERN DONIPHAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI ...ANDREW COUNTY...NORTHERN BUCHANAN COUNTY AT 920 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR WATHENA KANSAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE STORM WILL PASS THROUGH SAVANNAH. 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. MW
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 10, 2:35 AM CDT, 6 hours 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 2:35 AM CDT, 6 hours 47 minutes before
NORTHWEST MISSOURI FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 235 AM CDT MON APR 10 1995 07Z SFC BDRY STILL ACRS SW-CTRL MO WITH SFC LOW JUST NE OF JOPLIN. ELEVATED CNVCTN ONGOING JUST N OF BDRY ACRS LAFAYETTE/PETTIS CTIES. BEEN A BUSY NIGHT WITH NOT MUCH OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT DATA. WV ENHANCING CRNT ACTIVITY OVR MO MOVG OUT AND SHOULD SEE THIS END BY SR. HWVR...WIDESPREAD SVR ACRS KS AS MN DYNAMICS FM CUTOFF UPR SYS MOVE OUT. LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER THREAT OF SVR TDY FOR MUCH OF MO AS SYS SLOW TO MOVE AND VRY WOUND UP. PROLONGED PD OF PCPN AS SFC LOW OVR TX SLOWLY TREKS TWD MKC BY 12Z TUE. COLD THKNS MOVG INTO AREA TUE NITE INTO WED MORNING AND SOME OF THE WHITE STUFF NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. OTW...OFF AND ON RAIN SEEMS LIKELY FOR NXT FEW DYS. EXPECT FNT TO REMAIN S OF METRO TDY AND TEMPS COOLER THAN GUID SEEM APPROPRIATE. FAVOR COOLER FAN IN OUT PDS. MCI 50/42 ++ WELVAERT
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 5:01 AM CDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
MOZ038-043-044-053-054-067-101100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 500 AM CDT MON APR 10 1995 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 168 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WESTERN MISSOURI... LAFAYETTE....CASS....JOHNSON....BATES....HENRY....ST CLAIR. THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA UNTIL 7 AM THIS MONDAY MORNING. BROWNING
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 6:05 AM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-043>046-053-054-067- KSZ025-057-060-102>105-101800- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 605 AM CDT MON APR 10 1995 THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO THE EASTERN KANSAS COUNTIES OF ATCHISON DONIPHAN JOHNSON LEAVENWORTH LINN MIAMI WYANDOTTE AND THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN MISSOURI COUNTIES OF ADAIR CASS GENTRY JOHNSON PETTIS SCHUYLER ANDREW CHARITON GRUNDY LAFAYETTE PLATTE SULLIVAN ATCHISON CLAY HARRISON LINN PUTNAM WORTH BATES CLINTON HENRY LIVINGSTON RANDOLPH BUCHANAN COOPER HOLT MACON RAY CALDWELL DAVIESS HOWARD MERCER ST CLAIR CARROLL DEKALB JACKSON NODAWAY SALINE ...SEVERE WEATHER IS AGAIN A POSSIBILITY JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA TODAY... FOR THE FOURTH STRAIGHT DAY...A FRONTAL BOUNDARY STRETCHED ACROSS MISSOURI. THIS TIME IS WAS LOCATED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE SHOW-ME STATE. IT SHOULD REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH THE DAY AND WILL AGAIN SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE...THERE WAS STILL VERY MILD AIR IN PLACE...EVEN INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI. THIS HAS BEEN WHAT HAS HELPED PRODUCE ALL THE SEVERE WEATHER THE PAST FEW DAYS...DESPITE SUCH COOL TEMPERATURES. A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM OVER WEST TEXAS WILL MOVE TOWARD THE REGION TODAY AND WILL LIKELY CAUSE MORE SEVERE WEATHER. THIS POSSIBILITY EXISTS JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE IN THE OUTLOOK AREA...WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM LARGE HAIL. SPOTTER ACTIVATION REMAINS A POSSIBILITY AGAIN TODAY. WELVAERT
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 6:25 AM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
MOZ021-022-028-029-030-037-KSZ025-103-104-105-057-060-101230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 625 AM CDT MON APR 10 1995 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH COVERING PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT ANYWHERE IN WESTERN MISSOURI OR EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS. WELVAERT
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 6:26 AM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
MOZ021-022-028-029-030-037-KSZ025-103-104-105-057-060-101230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 625 AM CDT MON APR 10 1995 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH COVERING PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT ANYWHERE IN WESTERN MISSOURI OR EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS. WELVAERT
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 7:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
MOZ095-047-165-KSZ209-103-091-101330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 740 AM CDT MON APR 10 1995 DUE TO COMPUTER PROBLEMS...SOME OLD EXPIRED WARNINGS ARE BEING RESENT ON THE WEATHER WIRE CIRCUIT. THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO WARNINGS IN EFFECT IN WESTERN OR NORTHWEST MISSOURI. BROWNING
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 7:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
MOZ095-047-165-KSZ209-103-091-101330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 740 AM CDT MON APR 10 1995 DUE TO COMPUTER PROBLEMS...SOME OLD EXPIRED WARNINGS ARE BEING RESENT ON THE WEATHER WIRE CIRCUIT. THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO WARNINGS IN EFFECT IN WESTERN OR NORTHWEST MISSOURI. BROWNING
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn, Miami | 58 min |
| Apr 9, 11:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson | 67 min |
| Apr 9, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Miami | 48 min |
| Apr 9, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Maries | 33 min |
| Apr 9, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Maries | 31 min |
| Apr 9, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Maries | 25 min |
| Apr 9, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson | 47 min |
| Apr 9, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates | 44 min |
| Apr 9, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry, Johnson | 54 min |
| Apr 9, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Ray | 55 min |
| Apr 9, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Lafayette | 29 min |
| Apr 9, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Gentry, Worth | 54 min |
| Apr 9, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson | 48 min |
| Apr 9, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Lafayette | 62 min |
| Apr 9, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Morgan | 42 min |
| Apr 9, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Henry | 61 min |
| Apr 9, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Ray | 51 min |
| Apr 10, 12:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll | 56 min |
| Apr 10, 12:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn, Sullivan | 63 min |
| Apr 10, 12:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass | 40 min |
| Apr 10, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry | 64 min |
| Apr 10, 12:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson, Ray | 54 min |
| Apr 10, 12:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Lafayette | 51 min |
| Apr 10, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll | 45 min |
| Apr 10, 1:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass | 28 min |
| Apr 10, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson | 45 min |
| Apr 10, 2:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Lafayette | 38 min |
| Apr 10, 9:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Gentry | 48 min |
| Apr 10, 9:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | DeKalb | 41 min |
| Apr 10, 11:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Harrison | 43 min |
| Apr 10, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Randolph | 35 min |
| Apr 10, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Macon | 37 min |
| Apr 10, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Camden | 35 min |
| Apr 10, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Morgan | 43 min |
| Apr 10, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Miller | 35 min |
| Apr 10, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Miller | 53 min |
| Apr 10, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Maries, Pulaski | 59 min |
| Apr 10, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pulaski | 33 min |
| Apr 10, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Maries | 48 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.