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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 13, 1995Sullivan County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1995, 7:38 AM CDT for Sullivan County, Missouri. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 1995, 7:38 AM CDT (12:38 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 1995, 8:06 AM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Sullivan County, MO

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 255 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1995-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 358 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1995-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 418 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
358 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-115 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
726 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
85 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
418 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
396 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMCI 131238
SVRMCI
MOC211-131330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
738 AM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...SULLIVAN COUNTY
 
AT 738 AM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MILAN MOVING
EAST-NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS
AND HAIL AS IT MOVES ACROSS EASTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY TOWARDS MYSTIC AND
GREEN CITY.
 
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.
 
BB

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 May 13, 3:28 AM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 3:28 AM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
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, May 13, 1:40 AM CDT, 5 hours 58 minutes 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, May 13, 3:58 AM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
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.
Special weather statement, May 13, 6:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-043>046-053-054-067-
KSZ025-057-060-102>105-131800-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO
600 AM CDT SAT MAY 13 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 HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI
TODAY...

A LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL TRACK FROM NORTHERN KANSAS INTO IOWA TODAY...
THEN INTO WISCONSIN TONIGHT. THIS LOW WILL BRING THUNDERSTORMS TO
PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING. FOR THIS
AFTERNOON...DRIER AIR WILL BE PUSHING IN FROM THE WEST. THIS SHOULD
HELP TO REIGNITE STORMS OVER MISSOURI. ALTHOUGH THERE IS A CHANCE
OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THE STORMS THIS MORNING...THE BETTER CHANCE
OF SEVERE WILL BE WITH THE REFIRING OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON.
A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS IN AN AREA TO THE EAST OF A
LINE FROM NEAR BETHANY...TO SEDALIA. TO THE WEST OF THIS LINE THERE
IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY.

DURING THE EVENING HOURS...THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE MOVING OFF
INTO EASTERN MISSOURI...LEAVING DRY WEATHER IN THE OUTLOOK AREA THE
REST OF THE NIGHT. WITH THE POTENTIAL "OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY...
INCLUDING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES...SPOTTER
ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

PC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMaries45 min
May 12, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMaries47 min
May 13, 12:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew45 min
May 13, 12:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHolt25 min
May 13, 4:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, Platte30 min
May 13, 7:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAdair, Schuyler40 min
May 13, 1:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSullivan40 min
May 13, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAdair, Putnam, Schuyler40 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.