Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 20, 1995, 1:33 AM CST for Maries County, Missouri. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 20, 1995, 1:33 AM CST (07:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 20, 1995, 2:15 AM CST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Maries County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 2508 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 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 KCOU 200734 RRA SVRCOU MOC125-200815- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 133 AM CST MON MAR 20 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MISSOURI ...MARIES COUNTY AT 133AM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES WEST OF ROLLA NEAR DIXON. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH TOWARDS HAYDEN...VICHY...AND LANES PRAIRIE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TOV A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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 Mar 19, 8:32 PM CST, 5 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 8:32 PM CST, 5 hours 1 minute before
NORTHWEST MISSOURI FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 830 PM CST SUN MAR 19 1995 TSTMS DVLPG ACRS KANSAS CITY METRO AS UVM AIDS IN DESTABILIZATION OF AMS AND WAA GENERATES LIFT. STGR CONVCTN W OF MHK CONTS TO TREK EWD AND BELIEVE CURNT FCST REMAINS ON TRACK. SVR POTL CONTINUES DUE TO LO WBZ HGHTS AND STG LWR TROP WINDS WHICH CUD MIX DOWN IN STG DOWNDRAFTS. HIGHER POPS SEEM IN ORDER BASED ON CURNT RADAR TRENDZS. BUNTING
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 19, 11:27 PM CST, 2 hours 6 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 1126 PM CST SUN MAR 19 1995 TIME COUNTY/STATE EVENT 1005 PM BUCHANAN MO NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN E ST JOSEPH 1016 PM JOHNSON KS DIME SIZE HAIL IN SHAWNEE KS 1035 PM CLAY MO DIME SIZE HAIL NEAR WORLDS OF FUN 1048 PM CLAY MO 1 INCH HAIL IN GLADSTONE 1049 PM CLAY MO NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT ANTIOCH AND ENGLEWOODb BROWNING
Special weather statement, Mar 20, 12:29 AM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
MOZ001-002-003-004-005-006-007-008-011-012-013-014-015-016-017- 020-021-022-023-024-025-028-029-030-031-032-033-037-038-039-040- 043-044-045-046-053-054-067-KSZ102-025-103-104-105-057-060-200830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 1229 AM CST MON MAR 20 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 3 AM CST... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAAND NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI AND RACE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. LARGE H LIS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS EARLY THIS MORNING. NO SEVERWEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED SINCE 1049 PM. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT NORTH OF A LINE FROM OLATHE KANSAS TO TRENTON MISSOURI...THIS INCLUDES ST JOSEPH AND THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF KANSAS CITY. JULY
Special weather statement, Mar 20, 12:30 AM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
MOZ001-002-003-004-005-006-007-008-011-012-013-014-015-016-017- 020-021-022-023-024-025-028-029-030-031-032-033-037-038-039-040- 043-044-045-046-053-054-067-KSZ102-025-103-104-105-057-060-200830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 1229 AM CST MON MAR 20 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 3 AM CST... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAAND NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI AND RACE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. LARGE H LIS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS EARLY THIS MORNING. NO SEVERWEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED SINCE 1049 PM. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT NORTH OF A LINE FROM OLATHE KANSAS TO TRENTON MISSOURI...THIS INCLUDES ST JOSEPH AND THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF KANSAS CITY. JULY
Special weather statement, Mar 20, 12:32 AM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before
MOZ001-002-003-004-005-006-007-008-011-012-013-014-015-016-017- 020-021-022-023-024-025-028-029-030-031-032-033-037-038-039-040- 043-044-045-046-053-054-067-KSZ102-025-103-104-105-057-060-200830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 1229 AM CST MON MAR 20 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 3 AM CST... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI AND RACE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. LARGE HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS EARLY THIS MORNING. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED SINCE 1049 PM. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT NORTH OF A LINE FROM OLATHE KANSAS TO TRENTON MISSOURI...THIS INCLUDES ST JOSEPH AND THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF KANSAS CITY. JULY
Special weather statement, Mar 20, 1:32 AM CST, 1 minute before
MOZ028-029-037-043-KSZ103>105-200835- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 132 AM CST MON MAR 20 1995 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE KANSAS CITY AREA. A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH NORTHWEST MISSOURI EARLY THIS MORNING HAS SWEPT THE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE EAST OF THE METRO AREA. NO ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. JULY
Special weather statement, Mar 20, 1:33 AM CST, 0 minutes before
MOZ028-029-037-043-KSZ103>105-200835- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 132 AM CST MON MAR 20 1995 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE KANSAS CITY AREA. A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH NORTHWEST MISSOURI EARLY THIS MORNING HAS SWEPT THE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE EAST OF THE METRO AREA. NO ADDRITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. JULY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 10:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay | 42 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.