Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Kansas City, MO

Issued

May 13, 1995, 4:00 AM CDT (09:00 UTC)

Expired

May 13, 1995, 4:30 AM CDT

In force

30 min

Issued by

NWS Kansas City, MO

Area

Whole counties

Counties Buchanan County, MO, Platte County, MO

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KMCI 130921 COR
SVRMCI
MOC021-165-130930-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
CORRECTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
400 AM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI

   ...SOUTHERN BUCHANAN COUNTY...NORTHERN PLATTE COUNTY

AT 4AM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
NEAR BEAN LAKE. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE
THROUGH THE CITIES OF FAUCETT AND AGENCY BEFORE 430AM CDT.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS.  HEAVY
RAINS WILL ALSO OCCUR AS THE STORM MOVES THROUGH.

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.

MAXIMUK

CORRECTED EXPIRATION TIME IN TEXT OF WARNING

NWS Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 13, 3:28 AM CDT, 32 minutes earlier.

NORTHWEST MISSOURI FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO
325 AM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995

WARM FRONT MOVING NORTH IN CENTRAL KS BUT HASNT MOVED MUCH IN
MISSOURI. EXPECT IT TO SLIDE NORTH OF MKC AREA EARLY ON THIS
MORNING WITH THE MAIN FOCUS OF THE RAIN THAT IS OCCURRING WITH IT
ALSO MOVING NORTH. HOWEVER...AIR TO ITS SOUTH AND AHEAD OF DRY LINE
IN SC KS REMAINS QUITE UNSTABLE...SO STILL A GOOD CHANCE TO SEE
STORMS MOVING INTO KC AREA THIS MORNING. GOOD LOW LEVEL DRYING SHOWN
COMING INTO AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH
GOOD SUBISIDENCE AND GUSTING WINDS. FOR TONIGHT...BOUNDARY SETS
UP ACROSS NEBRASKA AND IOWA PROVIDING THE FOCUS FOR RAIN TO
OURh NORTH.

TEMPS SHOULD BE ABLE TO WARM UP QUICKLY THIS AFTERNOON AS WINDS
PICK UP. CURRENT ZFP HIGHS MAY NEED TO BE TWEEKED A BIT HIGHER.

MCI  82/57   62

PC

In the hours before

LOCAL STORM REPORT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO
140 AM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995

...STORM REPORTS FOR THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON THE 13TH...

TIME/DATE   LOCATION/COUNTY      j   STATE      EVENT/REMARKS

0026 CDT   MOUND CITY                MO   0.75 INCH HAIL REPORTED
05/13/95   HOLT                           BY SHERIFFS OFFICE

WELVAERT

LOCAL STORM REPORT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO
353 AM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995

...STORM REPORTS FOR FRIDAY EVENING  12 MAY...

TIME/DATE   LOCATION/COUNTY         STATE      EVENT/REMARKS

5/12 1628  EDGERTON    (JOHNSON)     KS   LARGE LIMBS (6") DOWN
5/12 1634  LEES SUMMIT (JACKSON)     MO   3/4 INCH HAIL 2 MILES
                                          WEST OF HWY 291 AT 150
6/12 1634  LAKE WINNEBAGO (CASS)     MO   NICKEL SIZE HAIL.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.