Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 1995, 7:06 PM CST for Pulaski County, Missouri. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 26, 1995, 7:06 PM CST (01:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 1995, 7:51 PM CST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pulaski County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1269 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCOU 270108 RRA SVRCOU MOC169-270200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 706 PM CST SUN MAR 26 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MISSOURI ...PULASKI COUNTY...INCLUDING WAYNESVILLE AT 705 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF WAYNESVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 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... PRE6FERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. 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, 3 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 3:14 PM CST, 3 hours 52 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, 4:07 PM CST, 2 hours 59 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, 4:35 PM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes before
MOZ028-029-037-043-KSZ103>105-270010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 435 PM CST SUN MAR 26 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR ALL OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 139 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA. THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT EAST OF A LINE FROM RICHMOND TO PLEASANT HILL TO BUTLER UNTIL 8 PM. DRY AIR HAS PUSHED INTO THE METROPOLITAN AREA AND THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NO LONGER BE NEEDED IN THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA. BROWNING
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 4:37 PM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
MOZ028-029-037-043-KSZ103>105-270010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 435 PM CST SUN MAR 26 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR ALL OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 139 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA. THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT EAST OF A LINE FROM RICHMOND TO PLEASANT HILL TO BUTLER UNTIL 8 PM. DRY AIR HAS PUSHED INTO THE METROPOLI"TAN AREA AND THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NO LONGER BE NEEDED IN THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA. BROWNING
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 5:50 PM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
MOZ028-029-037-043-KSZ103>105-270200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 550 PM CST SUN MAR 26 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH 139 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN MISSOURI... RAY...CARROLL...LAYFAYETTE...CASS AND BATES. DRIER AIR HAS PUSHED INTO PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED. BROWNING
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 5:54 PM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
MOZ028-029-037-043-KSZ103>105-270200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 550 PM CST SUN MAR 26 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH 139 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN MISSOURI... RAY...CARROLL...LAYFAYETTE...CASS AND BATES. DRIER AIR HAS PUSHED INTO PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED. BROWNING
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 5:56 PM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
MOZ030-031-038-043-053-270200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 550 PM CST SUN MAR 26 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH 139 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN MISSOURI... RAY...CARROLL...LAYFAYETTE...CASS AND BATES. DRIER AIR HAS PUSHED INTO PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED. BROWNING
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 7:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Maries | 34 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.