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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 194, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 16, 2025, 6:43 PM CDT for Clay County, Platte County, Missouri; Wyandotte County, Kansas. It was in force for 19 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
- Sep 16, 2025, 6:43 PM CDT (23:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2025, 7:02 PM CDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Wyandotte County, KS, Clay County, MO, Platte County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 274 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 847 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1464 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Sep 16, 6:26 PM CDT, 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 16, 6:26 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO 0504 AM CDT Tue Sep 16 2025 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-171004- Atchison KS-Miami-Linn KS-Doniphan-Leavenworth-Wyandotte-Johnson KS- Atchison MO-Nodaway-Worth-Gentry-Harrison-Mercer-Putnam-Schuyler- Holt-Andrew-De Kalb-Daviess-Grundy-Sullivan-Adair-Buchanan-Clinton- Caldwell-Livingston-Linn MO-Macon-Platte-Clay-Ray-Carroll-Chariton- Randolph-Jackson-Lafayette-Saline-Howard-Cass-Johnson MO-Pettis- Cooper-Bates-Henry- 0504 AM CDT Tue Sep 16 2025 This hazardous weather outlook is for northwest...north central and west central Missouri...as well as extreme eastern Kansas. .DAY ONE...Through tonight. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .KEY MESSAGES... - Above normal temperatures continue into Wednesday. Highs will range in the mid 80s to low 90s. - A few chances for widely scattered storms (20-30%) on Monday afternoon/evening to scattered showers and storms (up to 40%)on Tuesday afternoon/evening. No severe weather expected. - An unsettled pattern arrives Wednesday with better chances for more widespread showers and storms through the end of the work-week.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 16, 5:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
532 PM CDT Tue Sep 16 2025
MOZ022-030-031-162300-
Ray MO-Carroll MO-Caldwell MO-
532 PM CDT Tue Sep 16 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT RAY...NORTHWESTERN CARROLL AND
SOUTHERN CALDWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM CDT...
At 531 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Crystal Lakes, or near Lawson. This thunderstorm was nearly
stationary.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Excelsior Springs, Richmond, Lawson, Braymer, Polo, Hardin,
Henrietta, Crystal Lakes, Cowgill, Excelsior Estates, Woods Heights,
Rayville, Homestead, Elmira, Knoxville, and Stet.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3963 9376 3961 9375 3961 9367 3960 9360
3934 9366 3921 9387 3923 9420 3925 9421
3934 9421 3955 9420 3965 9390
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 322DEG 4KT 3939 9413
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
PeselLocal storm report, Sep 16, 6:10 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 5:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Ray | 28 min |
| Sep 16, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Ray | 26 min |
| Sep 16, 6:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Jackson | 27 min |
| Sep 16, 6:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Jackson | 54 min |
| Sep 16, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson | 32 min |
| Sep 16, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Wyandotte | 37 min |
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