Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 1995, 4:33 PM CST for Pulaski County, Missouri. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 26, 1995, 4:33 PM CST (22:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 1995, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pulaski County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 656 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 650 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 639 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCOU 262234 RRA SVRCOU MOC169-262300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 433 PM CST SUN MAR 26 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MISSOURI ...PULASKI COUNTY AT 435 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR WAYNESVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL AFFECT WAYNESVILLE THROUGH 445 PM. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. KENNEDY
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 26, 3:14 PM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 3:14 PM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes before
NORTHWEST MISSOURI FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 300 PM CST SUN MAR 26 1995 CURNT OBS INDC DRYLINE MOVG THRU KC METRO ATTM. SATL SHOWS COLD AIR CU OVR CNTRL KS WITH STG TSTM DVLPMNT ACRS E OK/SW MO. ADAP AND MAP FILES SHOW BEST MSTR CNVG ALNG WRM FNT FROM 30I SE TWRD CNTRL MO. MAY BE HARD PRESSED FOR DVLPMNT OVR W/NW MO UNTIL CAA/LIFT OF CLD FNT ARRIVES. WILL BE WATCHING CNTRL MO AND SRN SECS OF CWA FOR SVR DVLPMNT INTO EVE HRS. UPR LOW STILL FIGHTING BLOCK AND ONLY MAKING SLOW DRIFT TO THE EAST. WV LOOP SHOWS STG SYS OUT 160W WHICH WILL ASSIST RDGG ALNG W CST AND CONT TROF OVR ROCKIES. NGM HAD FROPA MCI THIS EVE AND LTL VVEL AFTER THAT BUT C OLDR TEMPS...BACK TO NORMAL...AS SFC FNT PUSHES ACRS ST TNGT. MCI 42/53 20/10 BROWNING
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 10:33 AM CST, 6 hours before
MOZ001-002-011>013-020-021-028>030-037-038-043-044-053-054-067- KSZ025-057-060-102>105-261900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 1033 AM CST SUN MAR 26 1995 ...THERE IS A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS WESTERN MISSOURI AND EXTREME EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHWESTERN KANSAS WITH A DRY LINE PUNCHING EAST INTO EASTERN KANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE DRY LINE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS AND QUICKLY MOVE INTO WESTERN MISSOURI BETWEEN 200 AND 500 PM. THIS AREA INCLUDES THE CITIES OF MARYVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...KANSAS CITY... ATCHISON...MIAMI... PLATTSBURG AND BUTLER. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL SPREAD EAST INTO THE REMAINDER OF WESTERN MISSOURI EARLY THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY THREAT...BUT TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL DETAILS WILL BE PROVIDED IN THE 100 PM ISSUANCE OF THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. PEOPLE IN WESTERN MISSOURI AND EXTREME EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN KANSAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. BEUSTERIEN
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 10:36 AM CST, 5 hours 57 minutes before
MOZ001-002-011>013-020-021-028>030-037-038-043-044-053-054-067- KSZ025-057-060-102>105-261900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 1033 AM CST SUN MAR 26 1995 ...THERE IS A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS WESTERN MISSOURI AND EXTREME EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHWESTERN KANSAS WITH A DRY LINE PUNCHING EAST INTO EASTERN KANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE DRY LINE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS AND QUICKLY MOVE INTO WESTERN MISSOURI BETWEEN 200 AND 500 PM. THIS AREA INCLUDES THE CITIES OF MARYVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...KANSAS CITY... ATCHISON...MIAMI... PLATTSBURG AND BUTLER. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL SPREAD EAST INTO THE REMAINDER OF WESTERN MISSOURI EARLY THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY THREAT...BUT TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL DETAILS WILL BE PROVIDED IN THE 100 PM ISSUANCE OF THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. PEOPLE IN WESTERN MISSOURI AND EXTREME EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN KANSAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. BEUSTERIEN
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 1:00 PM CST, 3 hours 33 minutes before
MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-043>046-053-054-067- KSZ025-057-060-102>105-261900- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 100 PM CST SUN MAR 26 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 ...THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS LOCATED IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS WITH A DRY LINE EXTENDING SOUTHEAST ALONG A TOPEKA TO A CHANUTE KANSAS LINE. THE ATMOSPHERE WAS BECOMING INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AHEAD OF THE DRY LINE AS WARM AND MOIST AIR RETURNS TO THE REGION. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE DRY LINE IN EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS OR EXTREME WESTERN SECTIONS OF MISSOURI BETWEEN 100 AND 300 PM. THIS AREA INCLUDES THE KANSAS CITY AND ST. JOSEPH AREA AS WELL AS THE CITIES OF ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE... ATCHISON...MIAMI AND BUTLER. THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE QUICKLY. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY THREAT BUT TORNADO DEVELOPMENT IS ALSO POSSIBLE. OTHERWISE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. ONLY ISOLATED OCCURENCES OF SEVERE WEATHER ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL SHIFT QUICKLY EAST OUT OF EXTREME WESTERN MISSOURI BY 700 PM THIS EVENING AND REACH A PRINCETON TO CHLLICOTHE TO MARSHALL TO SEDALIA LINE BETWEEN 800 AND 1000 PM. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT THEN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE QUICKLY EAST TO A KIRKSVILLE TO MOBERLY LINE BY AROUND MIDNIGHT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. BEUSTERIEN
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 1:03 PM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes before
MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-043>046-053-054-067- KSZ025-057-060-102>105-261900- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 100 PM CST SUN MAR 26 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 ...THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS LOCATED IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS WITH A DRY LINE EXTENDING SOUTHEAST ALONG A TOPEKA TO A CHANUTE KANSAS LINE. THE ATMOSPHERE WAS BECOMING INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AHEAD OF THE DRY LINE AS WARM AND MOIST AIR RETURNS TO THE REGION. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE DRY LINE IN EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS OR EXTREME WESTERN SECTIONS OF MISSOURI BETWEEN 100 AND 300 PM. THIS AREA INCLUDES THE KANSAS CITY AND ST. JOSEPH AREA AS WELL AS THE CITIES OF ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE... ATCHISON...MIAMI AND BUTLER. THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE QUICKLY. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY THREAT BUT TORNADO DEVELOPMENT IS ALSO POSSIBLE. OTHERWISE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. ONLY ISOLATED OCCURENCES OF SEVERE WEATHER ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL SHIFT QUICKLY EAST OUT OF EXTREME WESTERN MISSOURI BY 700 PM THIS EVENING AND REACH A PRINCETON TO CHLLICOTHE TO MARSHALL TO SEDALIA LINE BETWEEN 800 AND 1000 PM. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT THEN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE QUICKLY EAST TO A KIRKSVILLE TO MOBERLY LINE BY AROUND MIDNIGHT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. BEUSTERIEN
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 4:05 PM CST, 28 minutes before
MOZ028-029-037-043-KSZ103>105-270010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 405 PM CST SUN MAR 26 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR MUCH OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 139 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA... IN KANSAS... LEAVENWORTH WYANDOTTE JOHNSON IN MISSOURI... PLATTE CLAY AT 405 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DRYLINE...WHICH MARKS THE LEADING EDGE OF DRIER AIR...FROM EXCELSIOR SPRINGS TO BLUE SPRINGS TO BELTON. THE DRYLINE IS MOVING SLOWLY EAST...AND MARKS THE AREA WHERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT REMAINS POSSIBLE. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED OVER ALL BUT EASTERN SECTIONS OF JACKSON COUNTY MISSOURI. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT REMAINS EAST OF A LINE FROM BUCKNER TO BLUE SPRINGS...AND THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS. BB
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 4:07 PM CST, 26 minutes before
MOZ028-029-037-043-KSZ103>105-270010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 405 PM CST SUN MAR 26 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR MUCH OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 139 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA... IN KANSAS... LEAVENWORTH WYANDOTTE JOHNSON IN MISSOURI... PLATTE CLAY AT 405 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DRYLINE...WHICH MARKS THE LEADING EDGE OF DRIER AIR...FROM EXCELSIOR SPRINGS TO BLUE SPRINGS TO BELTON. THE DRYLINE IS MOVING SLOWLY EAST...AND MARKS THE AREA WHERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT REMAINS POSSIBLE. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED OVER ALL BUT EASTERN SECTIONS OF JACKSON COUNTY MISSOURI. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT REMAINS EAST OF A LINE FROM BUCKNER TO BLUE SPRINGS...AND THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS. BB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 3:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Miller | 37 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.