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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 17, 1995Hickory County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at May 17, 1995, 10:21 AM CDT for Hickory County, Missouri. It was in force for 14 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 17, 1995, 10:21 AM CDT (15:21 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 1995, 10:35 AM CDT
In force
14 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Hickory County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 123 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1995-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 278 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1995-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 395 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
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

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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

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, 12:52 AM CDTTornado WarningEAXBates, Cass38 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.