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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 194, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 29, 1996Johnson County, Lafayette County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 1996, 8:07 AM CDT for Johnson County, Lafayette County, Missouri. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 29, 1996, 8:07 AM CDT (13:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 1996, 8:45 AM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 223 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 1996-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1832 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 1996-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 134 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
1832 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1204 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
4.8

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Saline50 min
Jul 28, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLeavenworth40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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.