Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at May 17, 1995, 10:21 AM CDT for Benton County, Missouri. It was in force for 25 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, 10:21 AM CDT (15:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 1995, 10:46 AM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Benton County, MO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 10:45 AM CDT | Tornado F0 | Fristoe, MO | County sheriff reported that a tornado touched down just east of Fristoe. No damage to property was reported. Specifics of the length and width of path were not available. |
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
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 278 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -248 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1048 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 395 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 426 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCOU 171524 TORCOU MOC015-085-171615- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 1021 AM CDT WED MAY 17 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MISSOURI ...SOUTHERN BENTON COUNTY...NORTHERN HICKORY COUNTY AT 1019 AM CDT...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED ON NWS RADAR 5 MILES NORTH OF QUINCY...OR 45 MILES SOUTH OF SEDALIA. THE STORM PRODUCING THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN BENTON BY 1035 AM. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE POSSIBLE TORNADO INCLUDE...AVERY...FRISTOE... EDWARDS...AND CROSS TIMBERS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS ANDj MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. SEARCY
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at May 17, 3:47 AM CDT, 6 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 17, 3:47 AM CDT, 6 hours 34 minutes before
NORTHWEST MISSOURI FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 340 AM CDT WED MAY 17 1995 NO TIME FOR LONG DISC WITH YET ANOTHER ROUND OF SVR HEADED FOR MKC AREA...FEELS LIKE A BOXING MATCH WITH ALL THESE ROUNDS OF SVR. SVR/FF WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR PTNS OF FA. LAST MCS HAS LAID OUT AN OUTFLOW BNDRY ACRS EXTRM SRN PTN OF FA BUT STG H8 JET HAS REFORMED OVR CNTRL KS WITH NEXT ROUND OF SVR AND OUTFLOW BNDRY MAY LFT N. UPR SYS NR 4 CRNRS AND LFTG OUT. AMS AND GRND SATURATED. NOT AS MUCH OF A TRPCL PLUME PER STLT IMAGERY BUT PLENTY OF JUICE AT LOW LVLS WILL CONT FLOODING THREAT. TEMPS WONT MOV MUCH TODAY AND WONDER HOW MCU OF THE CDR AIR WILL MAKE IT IN BY THU MRNG.^ LOOKS VERY BUSY HERE TODAY WITH STAFFING SHORTAGE. MCI 69/54 ++ JULY
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 17, 6:27 AM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-043>046-053-054-067- KSZ025-057-060-102>105-181200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 610 AM CDT TUE MAY 16 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 ...A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE ENTIRE AREA... ...FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE SOUTH OF A ST JOSEPH TO MACON LINE... THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND MISSOURI REMAINS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDS FROM CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH KANSAS CITY AND KIRKSVILLE. THIS BOUNDARY WILL PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR SEVERAL MORE ROUNDS OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO WILL MOVE INTO KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA TONIGHT AND PROVIDE THE NECESSARY ENERGY TO MAINTAIN THE STORMY WEATHER THROUGH TONIGHT. IN ADDITION FLASH FLOODING IS QUITE LIKELY SOUTH OF A ST JOSEPH TO MACON LINE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ST JOSEPH TO MACON. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM FOR A SMALL PART OF WEST CENTRL MISSOURI WHICH INCLUDES THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA AS WELL AS THE PLATTSBURG...RICHMOND... AND LEXINGTON AREAS. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE REGION THIS MORNING...MAINLY SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. THESE STORMS WILL EXACERBATE THE FLOODING PROBLEMS CURRENTLY OCCURRING ALONG AREA STREAMS AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. . THEN THIS EVENING AS THE NEW MEXICO UPPER SYSTEM MOVES OUT STILL ANOTHER ROUND OF POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND SPOTTER GROUPS MAY BE NEEDED FOR ACTIVATION. PERSONS ARE ALSO URGED TO BE ESPECIALLY ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF HIGH WATER LATER TONIGHT. BE SURE TO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION AND STAY ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS. JULY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass | 62 min |
| May 16, 10:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cass | 52 min |
| May 16, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson | 42 min |
| May 16, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Lafayette | 65 min |
| May 16, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pettis, Saline | 51 min |
| May 16, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson | 46 min |
| May 17, 12:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass | 54 min |
| May 17, 12:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass | 38 min |
| May 17, 1:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry | 59 min |
| May 17, 1:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard, Pettis | 42 min |
| May 17, 2:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Benton | 41 min |
| May 17, 2:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper, Henry, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline | 6 hr |
| May 17, 2:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson | 6 hr |
| May 17, 2:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Bates | 6 hr |
| May 17, 2:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Howard | 6 hr |
| May 17, 2:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Morgan | 42 min |
| May 17, 2:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Benton, Morgan | 4 hr |
| May 17, 3:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Miller | 48 min |
| May 17, 4:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Camden, Miller | 4 hr |
| May 17, 4:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Platte | 40 min |
| May 17, 4:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Maries | 4 hr |
| May 17, 8:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Benton | 44 min |
| May 17, 8:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Morgan | 35 min |
| May 17, 8:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Miller | 51 min |
| May 17, 9:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Miller | 30 min |
| May 17, 9:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Maries | 45 min |
| May 17, 9:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | St. Clair | 44 min |
| May 17, 9:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | St. Clair | 38 min |
| May 17, 10:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Benton | 36 min |
| May 17, 10:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Hickory | 14 min |
| May 17, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates | 70 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.