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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 7, 1996Johnson County, Miami County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 1996, 7:01 AM CDT for Johnson County, Miami County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 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 7, 1996, 7:01 AM CDT (12:01 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 1996, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Johnson County, KS, Miami County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 77 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1996-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1996-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 146 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
471 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 7, 2:54 AM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 2:54 AM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
NORTHWEST MISSOURI FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO
255 AM CDT TUE MAY 7 1996

HERE WE GO AGN...LATEST RAMSDIS LOOPS INDCG MCS DVLPG IN WRN KS ALG
850 BNDRY AHD OF 700 MB SHRTWV MOVG INTO HI PLAINS WITH TRAING ALG
BNDRY IN NRN MO BGN TO DCRS.  'PRE MCS SOAK' RAINFALL AMNTS IN NRN MO
OVR 5 INCHES FM LIVINSTON TO LINN TO MACON COUNTIES.

NGM AND AVN GRIDDED DATA FAIRLY CLOSE AT 12Z IN SHOWG 850 THETA-E RDG
AXIS FM NE KS INTO CNTRL MO WHILE ETA OUT TO LUNCH.  XPC MCS TO DVLP
MORE SWD AND MOV ALG AXIS THRU CWA AFT 600 AM WITH RAINFALL CONTG INTO
AFTN.  PER DISCUSSION WITH STL...EXTDG CVRG OF FFA TDA OVR ENTR CWA
LOOKS GOOD.

ANOTHER SHRTWV THEN IN CONTINUOUS STREAM ROUHGLY 24HRS APART EVIDENT
ALG CA COAST PER 00Z UA.  THO MCS DVLMT TNGT FARTHER N AS SFC FNT
LIFTS INTO NRN MO...STILL XPC DVLPMT AHD OF DRYLINE.

MCI TT 65/61 +6

DJV

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 7, 2:46 AM CDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
KSZ057-060-103>105-MOZ028-029-037-043-053-070830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
246 AM CDT TUE MAY 7 1996

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 309 CANCELLED FOR THE KANSAS
CITY METRO AND SOUTH OF THE METRO...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4AM HAS BEEN
CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING KANSAS AND MISSOURI COUNTIES...

LEAVENWORTH...PLATTE....WYANDOTTE...CLAY....JOHNSON
...JACKSON...MIAMI...CASS...BATES...LINN

ALTHOUGH THE SEVERE THREAT HAS ENDED FOR THE NEXT FEW
HOURS...REDEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE STORMS IN CENTRAL KANSAS WILL LIKELY
AFFECT THE METRO AREA AGAIN BETWEEN 5AM AND 8AM.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERtICIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION
FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES.

SMITH
Special weather statement, May 7, 3:28 AM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
MOZ030>033-038>040-044>046-054-070915-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
325 AM CDT TUE MAY 7 1996

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 309 CANCELLED FOR PART OF
WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI...

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH NUMBER 309...

RAY...CARROLL...CHARITON...RANDOLPH...LAFAYETTE...SALINE...HOWARD
...JOHNSON...PETTIS...COOPER...HENRY

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA
DURING THE PAST HOUR.

ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EASTWARD
ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS...AND WILL LIKELY MOVE BACK ACROSS THE AREA
BETWEEN 7AM AND 10AM THIS MORNING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY
BECOME SEVERE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERICIAL RADIO AND
TELEVISION FOR ANY FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES...WATCHES OR WARNINGS.

SMITH
Special weather statement, May 7, 6:01 AM CDT, 1 hour before
KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-081200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
600 AM CDT TUE MAY 7 1996

...MORE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING AND LATE
TONIGHT...

FORECAST...A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED OVER
WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS OVERNIGHT...AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE
AREA THIS MORNING. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS LIKELY TO
DEVELOP TONIGHT. THE BEST THREAT EXTENDS SOUTH OF A ST JOSEPH TO
MACON LINE AND NORTH OF AN OLATHE TO SEDALIA LINE. THE PRIMARY
THREAT IS HEAVY RAINFALL...FURTHER COMPLICATING FLOOD PROBLEMS
ACROSS THE REGION. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THESE
STORMS...MAINLY ALONG THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE ABOVE AREA.

DISCUSSION...AFTER THE ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS
MORNING...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PUSH A WARM FRONT NORTH OF
THE KANSAS CITY AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG AND NEAR THIS FRONT AS IT PROGRESSES
NORTHWARD. LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO THREE
INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH GENERAL COVERAGE OF AN INCH OR MORE ACROSS
NORTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI.

JHV

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 9:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXLinn, Livingston4 hr
May 6, 11:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXMacon4 hr
May 7, 1:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXLinn, Livingston3 hr
May 7, 2:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXMacon2 hr
May 7, 8:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCooper3 hr
May 7, 10:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXPettis4 hr
May 7, 11:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCooper, Howard3 hr
May 7, 12:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXRandolph3 hr
May 6, 10:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLeavenworth46 min
May 7, 12:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXLinn118 min
May 7, 8:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXJohnson4 hr

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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.