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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 5, 1996Platte County, Missouri; Leavenworth County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1996, 5:57 AM CDT for Platte County, Missouri; Leavenworth County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 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
May 5, 1996, 5:57 AM CDT (10:57 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 1996, 6:45 AM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Leavenworth County, KS, Platte County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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

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 May 5, 2:54 AM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 2:54 AM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
NORTHWEST MISSOURI FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO
255 AM CDT SUN MAY 5 1996

THINGS A LTL MORE TRANQUIL OVR CWA THIS AM...
SFC BNDRY FTHR S AT 07Z OVR XTRM SE KS AND SRN MO. NOT MUCH PROFILER
DATA AVBL BUT APPRS THAT LO LVL JET STILL SOMEWHAT OF A PLAYER THIS AM.
88-D DATA INDICATING SCT RW'S DVLPG ALG H8 WRM FNTL BNDRY OVR XTRM NE
KS AND NW MO. CAPES IN THIS AREA APPR TO BE LESS THAN 1000 J/KG SO SOME
THUNDER PSBL THIS AM HOWEVER WITH DECENT HGHT RISES AT H5 LAST NITE
POINTS TO WARMING ALF AND CAPPING...NOT CONCERNED WITH SGFNT CNVTN
DVLPG THIS AM. 88-D CROSS SECTIONS INDICATING STORM TOPS BET 17K-22K FT.
GRIDDED DATA SHWS WEAK ISENTROPIC LIFT THRU 12Z THEN DECRSG THETA-E
VALUES LTR THIS AM AS WEAK SFC RDG PUNCHES INTO CWA FM NW. ATTM WOULD
LIKE TO GO WITH 40 PERCENT POP FOR SHWRS/TSTMS MAINLY THIS AM ALG AND N
OF STJ MACON LN AND 30 PERCENT POP TDY TO S OF LN. MODELS ALL HINT AT
RAINFREE CONDITIONS TNT WITH LITE NE FLOW THRU BNDRY LYR THEN BRING
MSTR NWRD AGN MON AND MON NITE AS SFC RDG RETREATS TO NE AND MONSOONAL
TYPE SHRT WV MVS INTO SRN PLNS FM SW. THINKING DRY FOR ALL ZNS TNT THEN
REINTRODUCING 30 PERCENT POPS FOR MON AND MON NITE. BASED ON NO SGFNT
CHNG IN AIR MASS PERSISTANCE LKS LIKE A GOOD TEMP FCST AND FWC/FAN IN
THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

MCI 70/53 21

BODNER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 7:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Cass59 min
May 5, 8:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXBates4 hr
May 5, 8:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCass, Henry4 hr
May 5, 7:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn, Miami44 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1996Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.