Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 1995, 5:59 PM CDT for Clay County, Jackson County, Missouri. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 1995, 5:59 PM CDT (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 1995, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clay County, MO, Jackson County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCI 162258 SVRMCI MOC047-095-170000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 559 PM CDT SUN APR 16 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI ...CLAY COUNTY...JACKSON COUNTY AT 600 PM CDT...SEVERE THHUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED BY RADAR NEAR DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH GLADSTONE AND DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONnES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. BROWNING
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, 3:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 3:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
NORTHWEST MISSOURI FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 320 PM CDT SUN APR 16 1995 WX HAS CALMED DN SINCE ABT 19Z IN EAX CWA. QSTNRY FNTL BNDRY EXTDS E-W THRU MO FM N OF STL TO S OF SZL TO LOW BTN CNU AND EMP AND ANOTHER LOW OVR S CNTRL KS. BNDRY SHOWS UP ON KEAX 88D ACRS HENRY...BATES...AND SRN MIAMI CNTYS. AMS VERY MOIST AND UNSTBL S OF STNTRY BNDRY WITH SFC DWPTS ARND 70 ADVCTG NWD AND MIN LIS OF MINUS 11 OVR OK. EXPC THIS E-W BNDRY TO LIGHT UP AGAIN THIS EVE WITH SVR PSBL AGAIN AS SE KS LOW TRKS ENE ALG BNDRY AND FOCUSES MOIST/UNSTBL AMS ALG/N OF BNDRY. MAIN SVR THREAT FM LRG HAIL AND DMGG WINDS BUT SUF LOW LVL SHEAR MAY BE PRESENT INVOF SFC LOW FOR MESOCYCLONE/TORNADIC DVLMPT. WILL GO WITH TSTMS REDVLPG FOR SRN HLF OF CWA AND PSBL TSTMS NRN MO FOR TNGT. NGM MINS LOOK TOO CD. TMRW VERY INTERESTING. AGREE WITH STL ASSESSMENT IN FAVORING ETA AS NGM HABITUALLY TOO FAST IN MOVG CLOSED LOWS AND ALSO DVLPG SFC LOW TOO FAR INTO CD AIR. BNDRY CURRENTLY OVR SRN PTN OF CWA EXPCD TO LIFT SLOWLY N AS WRMFNT AS UPSTRM SYS APCHS AND BACKS FLOW. OVRNG TYPE CNVTN SHUD FORM AGAIN MON MRNG ALG/N OF FNT AS WAA INCRS IN RGN OF DVLPG LOW LVL JET. THEN SQLN EXPCD TO DVLP OVR CNTRL KS TMRW AFTN AND MARCH EWD WITH SVR PTNL RCHG WRN MO VERY LT MON OR EVE. MAX TEMPS TO BE TRICKY GIVEN MRNG CNVTN/CLDS AND THEN WRMFNT LFTG NWD. BASED ON MKC MAKING IT INTO WRM SECTOR WILL GO ABV GUID. MCI 55/75 57 JULY
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 1:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 59 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, 3 hours 49 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
BEUSTERIENSpecial weather statement, Apr 16, 2:49 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
MOZ028-029-030-031-032-037-038-039-043-044-045-053-054-067-KSZ103- 104-105-057-060-162045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 248 PM CDT SUN APR 16 1995 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 196 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI... BATES...CASS...CLAY...HENRY...JACKSON...JOHNSON... LAFAYETTE...PLATTE...ST CLAIR...RAY. IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... CARROLL...CHARITON. IN CENTRAL MISSOURI... PETTIS...SALINE. BROWNING
Local storm report, Apr 16, 4:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO
447 PM CDT SUN APR 16 1995
...ADDITIONAL STORM REPORTS FOR APRIL 16TH...
TIME/DATE LOCATION/COUNTY STATE EVENT/REMARKS
0905 CDT 7 W LINWOOD KS 60 MPH WIND REPORTED BY
LEAVENWORTH EMERGENCY MANAGER
1011 CDT HARRISONVILLE MO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
CASS
1024 CDT GUNN CITY j MO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
CASS
1152 CDT SEDALIA MO 65 MPH WIND REPORTED
PETTIS BY SEDALIA POLICE
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JULYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 9:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass | 53 min |
| Apr 16, 10:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson | 60 min |
| Apr 16, 11:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pettis | 68 min |
| Apr 16, 11:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass | 62 min |
| Apr 16, 11:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper | 64 min |
| Apr 16, 12:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry | 54 min |
| Apr 16, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper | 25 min |
| Apr 16, 1:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Benton | 62 min |
| Apr 16, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Morgan | 61 min |
| Apr 16, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Miller | 61 min |
| Apr 16, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clinton, Ray | 40 min |
| Apr 16, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell | 58 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.