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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 16, 1995Miller County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 1995, 2:37 PM CDT for Miller County, Missouri. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 16, 1995, 2:37 PM CDT (19:37 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 1995, 3:38 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Miller County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 190 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1995-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 686 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1995-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 202 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
686 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
596 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
202 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
241 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.5

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The text

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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, 5 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 9:20 AM CDT, 5 hours 17 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, 1:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-043>046-053-054-067-
KSZ025-057-060-102>105-170600-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO
1258 PM 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

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A
KANSAS CITY TO MOBERLY LINE UNTIL 3 PM...

CONDITIONS FAVOR THE POSSIBILITY OF RE-DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE
MAIN THREAT FROM THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS. THE MAIN AREA TO BE AFFECTED WILL BE SOUTH OF A ST
JOSEPH TO KIRKSVILLE LINE.

THE NEXT ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT LOCATED FROM A LOW OVER
CENTRAL KANSAS TO NEAR ST. LOUIS.  SATELLITE DATA SHOWS SKIES CLEARING
OVER CENTRAL KANSAS.  THIS WILL ALLOW THE MOIST AND U*NSTABLE AIR TO
HEAT UP AND DESTABILIZE FURTHER...FAVORING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.
Local storm report, Apr 16, 2:10 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO
150 PM CDT SUN APR 16 1995

...STORM REPORTS FOR APRIL 16TH...

TIME/DATE   LOCATION/COUNTY         STATE      EVENT/REMARKS

0912 CDT   EDGERTON                  KS   0.75 INCH HAIL REPORTED
04/16/95   JOHNSON                        BY SPOTTER

0915 CDT   HILLSDALE                 KS   0.75 INCH HAIL AND TREES
04/16/95   MIAMI                          DOWN REPORTED BY SHERIFF

0942 CDT   CLEVELAND                 MO   1.75 INCH HAIL REPORTED
04/16/95   CASS                           BY SHERIFF

1035 CDT   HOLDEN                    MO   1.00 INCH HAIL REPORTED
04/16/95   JOHNSON                        BY SHERIFF

0915 CDT   4N OF LINWOOD             KS   BARN AND TRAILER DESTROYED
04/16/95   LEAVENWORTH                    TREES UPROOTED...REPORTED
                                          BY EMERGENCY MANAGER

1152 CDT   SEDELIA                   MO   1.75 INCH HAIL REPORTED
04/16/95   PETTIS                         BY SEDELIA PD

1130 CDT   1N DREXEL                 MO   0.75 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY
04/16/95   CASS                           SPOTTER

1130 CDT   1S DREXEL                 MO   0.75 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY
04/16/95   BATES                          SPOTTER

1251 CDT   LONE ELM                  MO   1.75 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY
04/16/95   COOPER                         BOONVILLE PD

1245 CDT   CLINTON                   MO   TREES UPROOTED AND BROKEN
04/16/95   HENRY                          WINDOWS REPORTED BY SHERIFF

1305 CDT   5E OF CLINTON             MO   0.88 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY
04/16/95   HENRY                          EMERGENCY MANAGER
BEUSTERIEN

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, 11:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis68 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, 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

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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.