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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 4, 1995Linn County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jul 4, 1995, 5:54 PM CDT for Linn County, Missouri. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 1995, 5:54 PM CDT (22:54 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 1995, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Linn County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 238 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 1995-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 104 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 1995-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 440 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
104 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-489 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1596 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
440 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
496 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMCI 042253
TORMCI
MOC115-042330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
554 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...LINN COUNTY
 
AT 552 PM...THE LINN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND
NEAR LINNEUS. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PURDIN AND
SHELBY ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN  INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson45 min
Jul 3, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell69 min
Jul 3, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDaviess42 min
Jul 3, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay48 min
Jul 3, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLivingston69 min
Jul 3, 11:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll51 min
Jul 3, 11:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHarrison51 min
Jul 4, 12:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Linn51 min
Jul 4, 12:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGentry, Worth42 min
Jul 4, 1:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPlatte52 min
Jul 4, 1:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGentry47 min
Jul 4, 2:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, Clinton, DeKalb59 min
Jul 4, 2:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Daviess, Gentry, Harrison53 min
Jul 4, 2:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXGentry, Harrison4 hr
Jul 4, 3:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAdair45 min
Jul 4, 3:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXAdair4 hr
Jul 4, 4:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Ray46 min
Jul 4, 4:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Jackson56 min
Jul 4, 4:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson40 min
Jul 4, 4:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Lafayette40 min
Jul 4, 4:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis, Saline61 min
Jul 4, 4:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton61 min
Jul 4, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHolt60 min
Jul 4, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew63 min
Jul 4, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan40 min
Jul 4, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn39 min
Jul 4, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHoward49 min
Jul 4, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Jackson59 min
Jul 4, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXRandolph66 min
Jul 4, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Daviess61 min
Jul 4, 6:32 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXRandolph43 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.