Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 1995, 11:02 AM CDT for Harrison County, Missouri. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 10, 1995, 11:02 AM CDT (16:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 1995, 11:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Harrison County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 206 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 WUUS1 KMCI 101602 RRA SVRMCI MOC081-101645- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 1102 AM CDT MON APR 10 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI ...HARRISON COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS WAS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL IN SOUTHWEST HARRISON COUNTY...SOUTH AND WEST OF BETHANY. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE UP INTERSTATE 35. THE HAIL WAS REPORTED TO BE COVERING THE GROUND IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. 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.
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, 10:01 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 10:01 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
NORTHWEST MISSOURI FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 1000 AM CDT MON APR 10 1995 BUSY WITH WX SO WILL KEEP IT SHORT. H8 LEVEL IS THE PLACE TO WATCH THIS MORNING AS CONVECTION IS ELEVATED. 850 WINDS WILL CONTINUE STRONG OVERRUNNING ACROSS WRN MO INTO AFTN HOURS SO EXPECT CONVECTION IN KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA TO MOVE INTO AREA WITH TIME. NW MO ALREADY HAVING CONVECTION BUT SHOULD MOVE OFF INTO IOWA IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS SO CWA MAY HAVE A BIT OF A BREAK UNTIL CONVECTION TO THE WEST CAN BUILD INTO THE REGION. EXPECT THE ENTIRE CWA TO STAY IN CLOUDS FOR MUCH OF DAY WITH SFC FRONT TO THE SOUTH SO TEMPS WILL STRUGGLE. 40S WILL BE ABOUT IT ALTHOUGH SRN CWA MAY SNEAK INTO LOW 50S PC
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 6:05 AM CDT, 4 hours 57 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, 4 hours 37 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, 4 hours 36 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, 3 hours 24 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, 3 hours 22 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, 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, 9:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan | 25 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, 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
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.