Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Kansas City, MO
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 7:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass | 59 min |
| May 5, 8:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Bates | 4 hr |
| May 5, 8:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Cass, Henry | 4 hr |
| May 5, 7:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn, Miami | 44 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.