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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 16, 1995Pettis County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 1995, 11:07 AM CDT for Pettis County, Missouri. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 16, 1995, 11:07 AM CDT (16:07 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 1995, 12:15 PM CDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Pettis County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 4.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1995-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 12:00Z on 1995-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 295 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
995 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
295 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
426 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMCI 161631 COR
SVRMCI
MOC159-161715-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTION FOR RADAR TIME...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
1107 AM CDT SUN APR 16 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

   ...PETTIS COUNTY

AT 1107 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES WEST OF
SEDALIA MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. EARLIER THIS STORM
PRODUCED 1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL IN HOLDEN. PERSONS IN SEDALIA...GREEN
RIDGE...AND THE SOUTHERN HALF OF PETTIS COUNTY ALONG AND SOUTH OF 50
HIGHWAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS TO 60 MPH.
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 TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.



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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 16, 9:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 9:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
NORTHWEST MISSOURI FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO
925 AM CDT SUN APR 16 1995

BUSY AM AT THE WX OFFICE...SVR TSTMS MVNG THRU METRO AREA ATTM. MORE
TSTMS PSBL THIS PM OVER SRN MO IF CAP ERODES. NOT MUCH POS AREA ON
SNDGS EVEN IF LIFTED FROM 900 MB BUT CELLS STILL PRODUCING HAIL AND 75
MPH WNDS. CRNT FCST LKS OK. WILL FINE TUNE TEMPS IN AREAS OF CLDS AND
PCPN. WATER VAPOR LOOP CONTINUES TO SHW LOTS OF MOISTURE <STREAMING INTO
THIS SYSTEM SO IN ADDITION TO SVR TSTMS TDY AND TNT...FLOODING MAY ADD
TO OUR MISSERIES. NO MAJOR FCST CHANGES UNTIL NEW GUIDANCE.

BODNER

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 16, 5:58 AM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before
MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-043>046-053-054-067-
KSZ025-057-060-102>105-161200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO
600 AM CDT SUN APR 16 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

...THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TODAY ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA AND SOME MAY
BECOME SEVERE...

A STATIONARY FRONT EARLY THIS MORNING EXTENDED FROM THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHCENTRAL KANSAS THEN OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA BETWEEN
KANSAS CITY METRO AND SEDALIA.

NORTH OF THE FRONT...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED EARLY THIS MORNING OVER
CENTRAL KANSAS AND THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EFFECT PARTS OF THE OUTLOOK
AREA...INCLUDING KANSAS CITY METRO...BETWEEN 7 AM AND 9 AM. THERE IS
THE POSIBILITY OF HAIL WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

SOUTH OF THE FRONT...THE AIR IS EVEN MORE UNSTABLE AND THERE IS THE
POTENTIAL NOT ONLY FOR SEVERE THUNDERTORMS AND HAIL BUT ALSO TORNADOES
LATER TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT LIKELY TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN
SECTIONS OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON AFTER SOME HEATING
FROM THE SUN BREAKS THE LID ON TOP OF THE INSTABILITY.

THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO BECOME MORE
WIDESPREAD WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINS. A LOT OF GULF MOISTURE
IS AVAILABLE WITH THIS SYSTEM SO LOCAL FLOODING LATER TONIGHT IS NOT
OUT OF THE QUESTION.

SPOTTERS ACTIVATION WILL MOST LIKELY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.

BODNER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 9:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass53 min
Apr 16, 10:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson60 min
Apr 16, 11:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Cass62 min
Apr 16, 11:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper64 min
Apr 16, 12:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry54 min
Apr 16, 1:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper25 min
Apr 16, 1:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBenton62 min
Apr 16, 1:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMorgan61 min
Apr 16, 2:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMiller61 min
Apr 16, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Jackson61 min
Apr 16, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClinton, Ray40 min
Apr 16, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell58 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.