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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 17, 1995Bates County, Cass County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at May 17, 1995, 12:52 AM CDT for Bates County, Cass County, Missouri. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 17, 1995, 12:52 AM CDT (05:52 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 1995, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bates County, MO, Cass County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:54 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 17, 1:10 AM CDTTornado F1Merwin To, MOA brief tornado touched down in the northwest part of the county, about 5 miles east of Merwin. It moved east for about 5 miles along state Route 18 before lifting about 4 miles west of Adrian near the junction with route FF. Numerous large trees were knocke

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 426 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -35 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
426 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-256 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1533 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMCI 170553
TORMCI
MOC013-037-170630-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
1252 AM CDT WED MAY 17 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  130 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...NORTHERN BATES COUNTY...SOUTHERN CASS COUNTY
 
AT 1250 AM...RADAR INDICATES A DEVELOPING TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF
ADRIAN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. PERSONS THAT LIVE NEAR THE CASS-BATES
COUNTY BORDER ON IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass62 min
May 16, 10:23 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXCass52 min
May 16, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson42 min
May 16, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Lafayette65 min
May 16, 11:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis, Saline51 min
May 16, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson46 min
May 17, 12:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Cass54 min
May 17, 1:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry59 min
May 17, 1:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Howard, Pettis42 min
May 17, 2:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBenton41 min
May 17, 2:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCooper, Henry, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline6 hr
May 17, 2:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCass, Jackson6 hr
May 17, 2:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXBates6 hr
May 17, 2:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXHoward6 hr
May 17, 2:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMorgan42 min
May 17, 2:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXBenton, Morgan4 hr
May 17, 3:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMiller48 min
May 17, 4:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCamden, Miller4 hr
May 17, 4:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPlatte40 min
May 17, 4:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXMaries4 hr
May 17, 8:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBenton44 min
May 17, 8:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMorgan35 min
May 17, 8:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMiller51 min
May 17, 9:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMiller30 min
May 17, 9:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMaries45 min
May 17, 9:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSt. Clair44 min
May 17, 9:49 AM CDTTornado WarningEAXSt. Clair38 min
May 17, 10:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBenton36 min
May 17, 10:21 AM CDTTornado WarningEAXBenton25 min
May 17, 10:21 AM CDTTornado WarningEAXHickory14 min
May 17, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates70 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.