Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 1996, 10:06 AM CST for Cass County, Missouri. It was in force for 54 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
- Mar 14, 1996, 10:06 AM CST (16:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 1996, 11:00 AM CST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cass County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:10 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 171 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -281 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1177 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMCI 141606 RRA
SVRMCI
MOC037-141710-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO
1006 AM CST THU MAR 14 1996
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
CASS COUNTY - WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
* UNTIL 1100 AM CST
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
DREXEL
HARRISONVILLE
* AT 1003 AM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF DREXEL
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. HAIL ONE AND ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER HAS
BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.
* THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HAIL GOLFBALL-SIZE OR LARGER AND STRONG
WINDS..
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR OTHER
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.
BB
&What 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 Mar 14, 3:28 AM CST, 6 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 3:28 AM CST, 6 hours 38 minutes before
NORTHWEST MISSOURI FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 315 AM CST THU MAR 14 1996 LOOKING AT IR SATL IMAGES...NOTED THAT BEFORE AND AFTER ECLIPSE PD THAT MAIN VORT CNTR AND LOW CONT MOVING ESE ACRS SRN NV...WITH SECONDARY VORT MAX/LOBE OVR WRN CO. PCPN OVER ERN CO/WRN NE/NWRN KS...BEING MAINLY SUPPORTED BY DIFF. DIVERGENCE...WHICH IN TURN IS SHARPENING LAPSE RATES IN THAT AREA...LIFTING MAINLY MID-LVL MSTR. NGM/RAFS PROGS APPRD TO DO WELL IN PLACEMENT OF MAIN VORT/LOW INTO CNTRL AZ BY 12Z...AND STILL HINTING AT SECONDARY VORT CNTR AND SHEAR AXIS TO THE NORTH. THE PLACEMENT OF ALL FEATURES IS A LTL FURTHER S THAN PROGGED BY NGM. MAIN THETA-E RDG AOB 850 MB GETS SHUNTED TO ERN MO...WITH A SMALLER SECONDARY RIDGE DEVELOPING OVR SERN KS BTWN NOW AND 15Z. SFC LOW AT 06Z/ WELL INIT BY NGM/ WILL MOVE NEWD...FOCUSING MSTR ACRS ERN KS AND WRN MO FROM 14/12Z-15/00Z. AS UPR LVL VORT MAX MOVES INTO OK THIS AM...DVRG WILL INCR...AND ENHANCE LOWER LVL MSTR FIELD ALONG TIGHTENING WRM FNTL BNDRY MAINLY S OF EAX CWA. WK THICKNESS DIVERGENC NOTED IN SERN KS AND WRN MO BTWN 18Z AND 00Z. CDFNT TO THE NORTH WL MOVE LTL UNTIL IT COMES UNDER DEFORMATION ZONE LATER THIS AFTN AND EVE...THIS MAY WRING OUT ADDITIONAL PCPN TONIGHT...BUT THINK THE THREAT OF ELEVATED TRWS WL BE PRIMARILY THIS AFTN...WITH GENRL ISENTROP LIFT TONIGHT ACRS CDFNT BNDRY...AS MOST OF THE UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT AND MSTR GETS SHEARED TO THE EAST. MCI EE 066/039 35 KES
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 14, 6:00 AM CST, 4 hours 6 minutes before
KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-043>
046-053-054-141745-
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
600 AM CST THU MAR 14 1996
...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT...
...THE FIRE DANGER CONTINUES ACROSS AREA THROUGH TODAY...
***SPECIAL NOTICE***
BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF KANSAS...A BAN ON OPEN
BURNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL KANSAS COUNTIES. IN ADDITION...ALL
OPEN BURNING PERMITS HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED THROUGH MARCH 15TH FOR
PERSONS LIVING IN THE CITY LIMITS OF KANSAS CITY...BY ORDER OF THE
KANSAS CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT.
YOU ARE URGED TO REFRAIN FROM ANY AND ALL FORMS OF OUTDOOR BURNING...
AND TO DISPOSE OF ALL SMOKING MATERIALS IN ASHTRAYS OR OTHER APPROVED
RECEPTACLES.
OFF-ROAD DRIVING IS ALSO DISCOURAGED...DUE TO THE HIGH OPERATING
TEMPERATURES OF CATALYTIC CONVERTERS IN MANY LATE MODEL CAR AND TRUCK
EXHAUST SYSTEMS. ALL VEHICLE OPERATORS ARE URGED TO LIMIT DRIVING OR
PARKING OF VEHICLES TO PAVED ROAD SURFACES.
FORECAST...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS
NORTHEAST KANSAS AND THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF MISSOURI STARTING THIS
MORNING...AND EXTENDING ON AND OFF THROUGH TONIGHT.
A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHEAST KANSAS AND
NORTHWEST MISSOURI THIS MORNING MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...NEAR
3/10THS OF AN INCH AN HOUR IN THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL
FOR PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL.
FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF AN EMPORIA
KANSAS...COLUMBIA MISSOURI LINE. ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY NORTH OF
THIS LINE SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.
WITH THE INCREASE IN MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA...FIRE DANGER WILL
DECREASE SLIGHTLY...BUT PERSONS SHOULD STILL REFRAIN FROM OPEN BURNING
AS GRASSES AND BRUSH REMAIN QUITE DRY.
DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH
OKLAHOMA...SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSOURI TODAY
INTO TONIGHT. MOISTURE IS BEING PULLED NORTH AND WILL GATHER ALONG A
DEVELOPING WARM FRONT THAT EXTENDS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS INTO
THE SOUTH HALF OF MISSOURI. A COLD FRONT WILL ALSO BE MOVING SOUTH
FROM NEBRASKA AND IOWA...INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI
FROM MIDDAY INTO THIS EVENING.
MOISTURE LIFTED OVER THESE FRONTS...COMBINED WITH UNSTABLE AIR ALOFT
WILL KEEP A THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA AT LEAST THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.
SPOTTER AND SKYWARN ACTIVATION IS NOT INDICATED AT THIS TIME...BUT
PERSONS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR FOR ANY CHANGES DURING THE DAY.
SMITHSpecial weather statement, Mar 14, 6:01 AM CST, 4 hours 5 minutes before
KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-043>
046-053-054-141745-
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
600 AM CST THU MAR 14 1996
...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT...
...THE FIRE DANGER CONTINUES ACROSS AREA THROUGH TODAY...
***SPECIAL NOTICE***
BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF KANSAS...A BAN ON OPEN
BURNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL KANSAS COUNTIES. IN ADDITION...ALL
OPEN BURNING PERMITS HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED THROUGH MARCH 15TH FOR
PERSONS LIVING IN THE CITY LIMITS OF KANSAS CITY...BY ORDER OF THE
KANSAS CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT.
YOU ARE URGED TO REFRAIN FROM ANY AND ALL FORMS OF OUTDOOR BURNING...
AND TO DISPOSE OF ALL SMOKING MATERIALS IN ASHTRAYS OR OTHER APPROVED
RECEPTACLES.
OFF-ROAD DRIVING IS ALSO DISCOURAGED...DUE TO THE HIGH OPERATING
TEMPERATURES OF CATALYTIC CONVERTERS IN MANY LATE MODEL CAR AND TRUCK
EXHAUST SYSTEMS. ALL VEHICLE OPERATORS ARE URGED TO LIMIT DRIVING OR
PARKING OF VEHICLES TO PAVED ROAD SURFACES.
FORECAST...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS
NORTHEAST KANSAS AND THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF MISSOURI STARTING THIS
MORNING...AND EXTENDING ON AND OFF THROUGH TONIGHT.
A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHEAST KANSAS AND
NORTHWEST MISSOURI THIS MORNING MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...NEAR
3/10THS OF AN INCH AN HOUR IN THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL
FOR PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL.
FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF AN EMPORIA
KANSAS...COLUMBIA MISSOURI LINE. ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY NORTH OF
THIS LINE SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.
WITH THE INCREASE IN MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA...FIRE DANGER WILL
DECREASE SLIGHTLY...BUT PERSONS SHOULD STILL REFRAIN FROM OPEN BURNING
AS GRASSES AND BRUSH REMAIN QUITE DRY.
DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH
OKLAHOMA...SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSOURI TODAY
INTO TONIGHT. MOISTURE IS BEING PULLED NORTH AND WILL GATHER ALONG A
DEVELOPING WARM FRONT THAT EXTENDS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS INTO
THE SOUTH HALF OF MISSOURI. A COLD FRONT WILL ALSO BE MOVING SOUTH
FROM NEBRASKA AND IOWA...INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI
FROM MIDDAY INTO THIS EVENING.
MOISTURE LIFTED OVER THESE FRONTS...COMBINED WITH UNSTABLE AIR ALOFT
WILL KEEP A THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA AT LEAST THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.
SPOTTER AND SKYWARN ACTIVATION IS NOT INDICATED AT THIS TIME...BUT
PERSONS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR FOR ANY CHANGES DURING THE DAY.
SMITHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 10:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates | 48 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.