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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 24, 1996Adair County, Schuyler County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1996, 12:34 PM CDT for Adair County, Schuyler County, Missouri. It was in force for 46 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 24, 1996, 12:34 PM CDT (17:34 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1996, 1:20 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Adair County, MO, Schuyler County, MO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 24, 12:40 PM CDTHail 1Queen City, 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

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 225 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 1996-05-24Temperature 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 1996-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 352 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
710 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
352 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
374 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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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 24, 10:42 AM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 10:42 AM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
NORTHWEST MISSOURI FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO
1040 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 1996

WILL MAKE SOME SGFNT CHGS TO FAR NRN ZONES FOR SCT RW-/TRW- AND ALSO
LOWER MAX TEMPS DUE TO WIDESPREAD ST OVR AREA. EXPC THIS CLD COVER TO
LIFT BUT THERE WILL STILL BE PLENTY OF CLDNS. QSTNRY BNDRY WAS FTHR N
YDA AND 3OI ONLY MADE IT TO 71. WILL KNOCK ABT 10 DEGREES OFF GOING
FCST. STLT IMAGERY SHOWS APRNT VORT MAX MOVG NNE OUT OF N CNTRL TX.
LOTS OF ACCAS SPREADING N ACRS ERN KS INTO NW MO. ISENTROPIC LIFT ACRS
BNDRY AND WAA ALLOWING FOR CNVTN TO CONT DESPITE NORMAL DIURNAL LULL
FOR CNVTN. MRNG 12HR ETA SHOWS CNVTV FEEDBACK TYPE VORT MAX OVR SE IA
SO WILL HV TO WATCH FOR PSBL MCS DVLPG THIS AFTN ACRS NRN MO. TOP 12Z
RAOB SHOWS PRONOUNCED CAP SO LOOKING AT ELEVATED CNVTN...MRNG H7 RAOB
ANALYSIS SHOWS +12 ISOTHERM AS FAR E AS WRN MO.

JULY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 12:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton64 min
May 24, 12:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn, Sullivan60 min
May 24, 12:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass47 min
May 24, 12:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Pettis57 min
May 24, 12:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll65 min
May 24, 1:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAdair, Macon55 min
May 24, 1:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton55 min
May 24, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass57 min
May 24, 2:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLafayette58 min
May 24, 2:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass59 min
May 24, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton56 min
May 24, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates56 min
May 24, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn, Macon77 min
May 24, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass50 min
May 24, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSaline59 min
May 24, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates61 min
May 24, 1:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMiami56 min
May 24, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn61 min
May 24, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMiami73 min
May 24, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLeavenworth74 min
May 24, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn79 min

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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.