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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 8, 1996Nodaway County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 1996, 11:18 PM CDT for Nodaway County, Missouri. It was in force for 57 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 8, 1996, 11:18 PM CDT (04:18 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 1996, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Nodaway County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 164 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1996-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1091 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1996-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 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
1091 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
739 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMCI 090418
SVRMCI
MOC147-090515-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO
1118 PM CDT WED MAY 8 1996

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  NODAWAY COUNTY - NORTHWEST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
    MARYVILLE

* AT 1115 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF
  MARYVILLE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE STORM WILL MOVE INTO MARYVILLE BY 1130 PM.
  HAIL OF 1 INCH OR LARGER AND WINDS 60 MPH OR GREATER CAN BE EXPECTED.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  FOR YOUR
SAFETY...MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND
OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.

BROWNING

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 8, 3:12 PM CDT, 8 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 3:12 PM CDT, 8 hours 6 minutes before
NORTHWEST MISSOURI FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO
305 PM CDT WED MAY 8 1996

HERE WE GO AGAIN...ANOTHER EVENING/NGT WITH A LRG MCS ONCE AGN EXPCD.
QUESTION IS M

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison56 min
May 8, 10:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXAtchison4 hr
May 8, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison77 min
May 8, 11:01 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXAtchison59 min
May 9, 7:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXAtchison5 hr
May 9, 9:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXNodaway46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.