Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 23, 1996, 8:47 AM CDT for Bates County, Cass County, Missouri. It was in force for 48 min. 2 reports 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
- Sep 23, 1996, 8:47 AM CDT (13:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 23, 1996, 9:35 AM CDT
- In force
- 48 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 13:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 8:50 AM CDT | Hail 1 | Drexel, MO | |
| Sep 23, 9:25 AM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Archie, MO |
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.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 837 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -261 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 696 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 394 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 414 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMCI 231347
SVRMCI
MOC013-037-231435-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO
847 AM CDT MON SEP 23 1996
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
NORTHERN BATES COUNTY - WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
SOUTHERN CASS COUNTY - WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
* UNTIL 935 AM CDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
DREXEL
ADRIAN
* AT 845 AM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES W OF
DREXEL MOVING E AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR ADRIAN BY 855
AM.
* THE STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO 1 INCH AND WIND
GUSTS TO 60 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FOR
YOUR SAFETY...MOVE INDOORS AND SvTAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
PCWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Sep 23, 2:10 AM CDT, 6 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 23, 2:10 AM CDT, 6 hours 37 minutes before
NORTHWEST MISSOURI FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 210 AM CDT MON SEP 23 1996 WATCH 1053 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7AM. LTST ANALYSIS SHOWS 8H JET INTERSECTING SFC WMFNT NR STJ WITH STG MSTR ADVCTN ALONG THETAE RIDGE OVR AREA. CRNT CNVCTN SEEMS TO BE FIRING ALONG IMPINGMENT OF SFC TROF WITH 8H BOUNDARY. 00Z GRIDS SHOW STG UPRLVL DVRG AIDING DVLPMNT...AND COOLER MIDLVL AIR WL ALSO AID DESTABILIZATION. MODELS SIMILAR IN CONCEPT BUT A LITTLE OFF IN TIMING. PREFER NGMS SLOER SOLN...BRINGING SFC FNT THROUGH THE FA LT MON AFTN. MAIN EFFECT OF THIS WL BE TO REMOVE TIMING OF SHRA/TSRA WRN ZONES. AIRMASS SHOULD HAVE AMPLE TIME TO DESTABILIZE ONCE AGAIN AFTER CNVCTN MOVES THRU THIS AM...AND WITH 7H WV AND SFC BOUNDARY STILL TO OUR WEST DYNAMICS SHOULD BE IN PLACE FOR ANOTHER RD LT THIS AFTN. REST OF GOING FCST LUKS XCLNT. FWC TEMPS THRU PD SEEM TOO WARM...SO WL TREND CLOSER TO COOLER FAN. MCI TB 72/49 68/49 63 0562- JHV
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 23, 5:57 AM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-043 >046-053-054-241200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 600 AM CDT MON SEP 23 1996 ...THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY TODAY...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE... FORECAST...TWO WAVES OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. ONE IS OCCURRING EARLY THIS MORNING AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE EAST ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI. THE SECOND IS FORECAST FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON IN PREPARATION FOR THE SECOND ROUND OF STORMS. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS APPEARS TO BE DAMAGING HAIL...ALTHOUGH STRONG WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINS MAY ALSO BE SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE DAMAGE. DISCUSSION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG AND NEAR A WARM FRONT THAT EXTENDED FROM EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS ACROSS FAR NORTHERN MISSOURI. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED ALONG A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY FURTHER SOUTH OVER THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO STREAM NORTHWARD INTO THE AREA ON STRONG LOW-LEVEL WINDS. A SURFACE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE TODAY...PROVIDING A PRIME FOCUS FOR AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. JHV
Special weather statement, Sep 23, 7:31 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
KSZ102-MOZ001>006-011>015-020>023-031-231330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 730 AM CDT MON SEP 23 1996 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 1053 HAS EXPIRED FOR NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7AM THIS MONDAY MORNING HAS EXPIRED. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE REMAINED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND THROUGH DAYBREAK. THERE STILL EXISTS THE POTENTIAL FOR PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH. HOWEVER...THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS THROUGH MID- MORNING. SMITH THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MACON... CHARITON...RANDOLPH...SALINE...HOWARD...JOHNSON...PETTIS...AND COOPER COUNTIES. THE COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED THROUGH THE AREA...DIMINISHING THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER. WHILE SOME SHOWERS MAY LINGER THROUGH 8 OR 9 PM IN SOME SPOTS...NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. THEREFORE THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THESE AREAS. THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR ANY COUNTIES SERVED BY THE PLEASANT HILL NATIONAL WEATHER S,ERVICE OFFICE. WELVAERT
Special weather statement, Sep 23, 7:33 AM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
KSZ102-MOZ001>006-011>015-020>023-031-231330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 730 AM CDT MON SEP 23 1996 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 1053 HAS EXPIRED FOR NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7AM THIS MONDAY MORNING HAS EXPIRED. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE REMAINED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND THROUGH DAYBREAK. THERE STILL EXISTS THE POTENTIAL FOR PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH. HOWEVER...THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS THROUGH MID- MORNING. SMITH 0
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 4:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Platte | 46 min |
| Sep 23, 9:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry | 41 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.