Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Kansas City, MO

October 3, 1991Cooper County, Pettis County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 3, 1991, 5:02 PM CDT for Cooper County, Pettis County, Missouri. It was in force for 58 min. 3 reports 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
Oct 3, 1991, 5:02 PM CDT (22:02 UTC)
Expired
Oct 3, 1991, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cooper County, MO, Pettis County, MO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 3, 5:10 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 55Pettis, MO
Oct 3, 5:55 PM CDTHail 0.75Pettis, MO
Oct 3, 5:55 PM CDTHail 1.75Cooper, 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. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 220 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1991-10-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 310 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1991-10-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 160 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
310 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-90 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
736 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 2, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson38 min
Oct 2, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBoone, Callaway42 min
Oct 2, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Platte39 min
Oct 3, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXCooper, Pettis30 min
Oct 3, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXCooper30 min
Oct 3, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Moniteau59 min
Oct 3, 6:51 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXMoniteau39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1991Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1991

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.