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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 14, 1996Linn County, Livingston County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1996, 3:53 PM CDT for Linn County, Livingston County, Missouri. It was in force for 52 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 1996, 3:53 PM CDT (20:53 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1996, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 14, 3:55 PM CDTHail 1.75Linneus, MO

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 219 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 1996-05-14Temperature 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 1996-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 227 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
773 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
384 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMCI 142053
SVRMCI
MOC115-117-142145-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO
353 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 1996

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  LINN COUNTY - NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
  EASTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY - NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
    CHULA
    LINNEUS
    ALONG 139 HWY IN WESTERN LINN COUNTY

* AT 350 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  LINNEUS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED
  IN TRENTON.

* THE STORM WILL BE NEAR CHULA BY 405 PM...AND NEAR LINNEUS BY 420 PM.
  THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HAIL 1 INCH OR LARGER AND WIrND GUSTS TO 60
  MPH.

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



MITCHELL
 

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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 14, 2:55 AM CDT, 12 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 2:55 AM CDT, 12 hours 58 minutes before
NORTHWEST MISSOURI FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO
245 AM CDT TUE MAY 14 1996

FCST CHALLENGE TODAY WILL BE POPS AND TEMPS. WRMFNT CURRENTLY EXTDS FM
SRN TX PNHDL EWD INVOF RED RVR AND THRU CNTRL LA. TIMING OF FNT
CRITICAL FOR MAX TEMPS AS WELL AS PCPN CHCS. ETA/NGM BOTH SHOW MORE OF A
NW-SE ORIENTATION BY 00Z WED. THIS SEEMS RSNBL AS STG SLY LLVL JET
DVLPS ACRS THE PLAINS. EXPC WRMFNT TO BE CLOSE TO PROG FCST AND OVR ERN
KS BY THIS EVE. THIS BNDRY LIKELY TO BE FOCUS FOR TSTMS LTR THIS AFTN
AND EVE WITH INCRG WAA AND APCHG H7 VORT LOBE PROVIDING ADDNL LIFT.

LTST STLT IMAGERY CURRENTLY SHOWS ONE SHRTWV MOVG EWD INTO WRN SD/NEB
WITH ACTIVE MCS OVR SD AND ANOTHER SHRTWV MOVG INTO NM WITH SCT CNVTN
OVR THE SRN PLAINS. THIS LEAVES KS/MO IN BTN FOR THE TIME BEING. HWVR
GOOD NW-SE BACLIN ZONE SET UP ACRS KS SO SHUD SEE INCR IN SCT RW- THIS
MRNG WITH TSTMS HOLDING OFF TILL THIS AFTN/EVE. BEST UVV AND PVA MOVS
ACRS CWA THIS AFTN AND ERY EVE SO WILL STRUCTURE POPS ACCORDINGLY. WITH
PROXIMITY OF WRMFNT NR CWA AND AMS DSTBLZG CANT RULE OUT AN ISOLD SVR
STORM. CNSDRBL CLDNS TODAY AS CWA WILL BE ON COOL SIDE OF FNT SO WILL
NOT SEE MAX EFFECT OF WAA. GUID VALUES RSNBL. SHUD GET BREEZY BY THIS
AFTN WITH A MORE SLY COMPONENT TO WIND.

VERY WRM AIR MOVS INTO MO ON WED WITH WRM MID LVL TEMPS CAPPING AMS.

MCI  70/64  53

JULY

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 14, 12:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-151200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
100 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 1996

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTH MISSOURI UNTIL 3PM...
...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT...
...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY BE PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING IN NORTH
MISSOURI...

FORECAST...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF MISSOURI THROUGH 3PM.
LOW CLOUDS...RAIN AND FOG WILL FOLLOW IN BEHIND THESE
THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. THE LOW CLOUDS
WILL CLEAR OUT THIS EVENING...WITH ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THE GREATEST THREAT
FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE FROM LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS.

DUE TO THE SATURATED GROUNDS...THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCE HEAVY
RAIN IN EXCESS OF ONE TO ONE AND ONE-HALF INCHES AN HOUR...COULD
PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. PERSONS SHOULD AVOID DRIVING THROUGH ROADS
COVERED WITH WATER.

CIVIL DEFENSE COORDINATORS...HAM RADIO AND SPOTTER NETWORKS MAY BE
REQUIRED AGAIN THIS EVENING.

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH AN ELEVATED WARM FRONTAL
BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. LOW
CLOUDS AND FOG WILL FOLLOW BEHIND THE THESE THUNDERSTORMS...AS WARM
AIR ALOFT IS EXPECTED TO PREVENT THE RE-DEVELOPMENT STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. AS THE SURFACE
WARM FRONT MOVES NORTHEAST INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING...SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY RE-DEVELOP IN NEBRASKA AND IOWA...AND
SHIFT SOUTHWARD I`NTO NORTH MISSOURI.

SMITH
Special weather statement, May 14, 2:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
KSZ025-102-MOZ020-142000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
214 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 1996

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR BUCHANAN COUNTY IN
NORTHWEST MISSOURI...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR ATCHISON AND DONIPHAN
COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH NUMBER 327 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3PM...

IN MISSOURI...

BUCHANAN...INCLUDING THE CITY OF ST. JOSEPH

IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...

DONIPHAN...INCLUDING THE CITY OF TROY
ATCHISON...INCLUDING THE CITY OF ATCHISON KANSAS

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT HAS DIMINISHED GREATLY DURING THE LAST HOUR.

THE THREAT OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR AGAIN THIS
EVENING...ALONG WITH THE THREAT FOR HEAVY...POSSIBLY FLASH-FLOOD
PRODUCING RAINFALL.

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

SMITH
Special weather statement, May 14, 3:19 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
MOZ001-002-011>014-021-022-142215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
319 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 1996

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 367 EXPIRED FOR SEVERAL NORTHWEST
MISSOURI COUNTIES...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH NUMBER 327...

IN MISSOURI...

ATCHISON
ANDREW
CLINTON
CALDWELL
DAVIEES
DEKALB
HOLT
NODAWAY

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT HAS DIMINISHED GREATLY DURING THE LAST HOUR.

THE THREAT OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR AGAIN THIS
EVENING...ALONG WITH THE THREAT FOR HEAVY...POSSIBLY FLASH-FLOOD
PRODUCING RAINFALL.

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

SMITH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 12:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison42 min
May 14, 12:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison26 min
May 14, 1:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison43 min
May 14, 1:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXNodaway4 hr
May 14, 1:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXAndrew, Holt6 hr
May 14, 1:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXNodaway57 min
May 14, 1:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXGentry4 hr
May 14, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHoward60 min
May 14, 1:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXHoward4 hr
May 14, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGrundy58 min
May 14, 3:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCooper2 hr
May 14, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMacon, Randolph43 min

Nearby

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.