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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 16, 1995Lafayette County, Saline County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 1995, 8:00 PM CDT for Lafayette County, Saline County, Missouri. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 16, 1995, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
Expired: Apr 16, 1995, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Whole counties

Counties Lafayette County, MO, Saline County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 186 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 611 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 187 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMCI 170059
SVRMCI
MOC107-170200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
800 PM CDT SUN APR 16 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...EASTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY
 
RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR CONCORDIA. THIS
STORM WILL MOVE TO THE EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH AND PASS THROUGH SWEET
SPRINGS AND TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 70.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT MAY
CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.  MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
 
PB

1 follow-up statement

000 
TTAA00 KMCI 170103 RRA
SVRMCI
MOC107-195-170200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTION ADD SALINE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
800 PM CDT SUN APR 16 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...EASTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY AND SALINE COUNTY
 
RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR CONCORDIA. THIS
STORM WILL MOVE TO THE EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH AND PASS THROUGH SWEET
SPRINGS AND TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 70.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT MAY
CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.  MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
 
PB

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, 4 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 3:27 PM CDT, 4 hours 33 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

Local storm report, Apr 16, 2:10 PM CDT, 5 hours 50 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

Special weather statement, Apr 16, 2:49 PM CDT, 5 hours 11 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, 3 hours 13 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
.
JULY

Local storm report, Apr 16, 6:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO
 645PM CDT SUN APR

...STORM REPORTS FOR 6 1995

                  

   NAME

Local storm report, Apr 16, 7:30 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO
 735PM CDT SUN APR 16 1995

...STORM REPORTS FOR

TIME/DATE    LOCATION/COUNTY       STATE      EVENT/REMARKS

 1818/16    KEARNEY/CLAY              MO   3/4 INCH HAIL

 1834/16    HOLTG

   NAME

Local storm report, Apr 16, 7:33 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO
 735PM CDT SUN APR 16 1995

...STORM REPORTS FOR

TIME/DATE    LOCATION/COUNTY       STATE      EVENT/REMARKS

 1834/16    HOLT/CLAY                 MO   GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL

 1842/16    ELMIRA/RAY                MO   1 IN DIAMETER HAIL

 1845/16    8NE HOLT/CLINTON          MO   3/4 INCH DIAMETER HAIL

 1855/16    4 NE KINGSTON/CALDWELL    MO   GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL

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   NAME

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 16, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Livingston	45 min
Apr 16, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Howard	48 min
Apr 16, 9:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cooper	54 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.