Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1992, 9:55 PM CDT for Clay County, Platte County, Missouri; Wyandotte County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 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
- Jul 9, 1992, 9:55 PM CDT (02:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1992, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Wyandotte County, KS, Clay County, MO, Platte County, MO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 10:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Platte, 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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 1343 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1755 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 7.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCI 100255 SVRMCI KSC209-MOC165-047-100330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 955 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS ...WYANDOTTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI ...SOUTHERN PLATTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...SOU THERN CLAY COUNTY AT 950PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURRING JUST NORTH OF TONGANOXIE KANSAS AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. SOME CITIES AND PLACES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE KANSAS CITY KANSAS...WOODLANDS RACE TRACK...KANSAS CITY NORTH...GLADSTONE...CLAYCOMO....LIBERTY...PLATTE CITY. QUARTER SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WAVTER COVERS THE ROAD.
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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 7:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-100100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 724 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EAST KANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH AREAS ...UNTIL 1100 PM THIS THURSDAY EVENING... AT 720 PM...SCATTERED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...AND ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND NORTHCENTRAL MISSOURI. A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST NORTHWEST OF ST JOSEPH..IN NORTHERN BUCHANAN COUNTY. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF ST JOSEPH...NEAR PATTONSBURG. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. ALL THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. . THE VERY HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORIST SHOULD NOT ATTEMP TO DRIVE ACROSS HIGH WATER ON THE ROADS. IF THREATHENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...MOVE INSIDE UNTIL THE STORM PASSES THROUGH...AND LISTEN TO THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. AT 722 PM THUNDER WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND PEA SIZE$ HAIL WAS OCCURRING AT THE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. 4/10 OF AN INCH OF RAIN FELL AT THE AIRPORT BETWEEN 705 PM AND 720 PM.
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 8:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-100100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 810 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EAST KANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH AREAS ...UNTIL 1100 PM THIS THURSDAY EVENING... AT 805 PM...SCATTERED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...AND ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND NORTHCENTRAL MISSOURI. A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN CLAY COUNTY...NEAR THE TOWNS OF SMITHVILLE..LIBERTY AND EXCELSIOR AT 645 PM POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED 2 INCH HAIL AT THE INTERSECTION OF I-29 AND I-35. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WAS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS IN LEAVENWORTH COUNTY...20 MILES WEST OF KANSAS CITY...ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER. THIS STORM WAS ALSO PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. . THE VERY HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORIST SHOULD NOT ATTEMP TO DRIVE ACROSS HIGH WATER ON THE ROADS. PEOPLE IN THE PATHS OF THESE STORMS PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD TAKE COVER QUICKLY AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 8:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-100100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 810 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EAST KANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH AREAS ...UNTIL 1100 PM THIS THURSDAY EVENING... AT 805 PM...SCATTERED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...AND ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND NORTHCENTRAL MISSOURI. A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN CLAY COUNTY...NEAR THE TOWNS OF SMITHVILLE..LIBERTY AND EXCELSIOR AT 645 PM POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED 2 INCH HAIL AT THE INTERSECTION OF I-29 AND I-35. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WAS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS IN LEAVENWORTH COUNTY...20 MILES WEST OF KANSAS CITY...ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER. THIS STORM WAS ALSO PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. . THE VERY HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORIST SHOULD NOT ATTEMP TO DRIVE ACROSS HIGH WATER ON THE ROADS. PEOPLE IN THE PATHS OF THESE STORMS PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD TAKE COVER QUICKLY AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 8:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-100100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...COR... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 810 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EAST KANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH AREAS ...UNTIL 1100 PM THIS THURSDAY EVENING... AT 805 PM...SCATTERED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...AND ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND NORTHCENTRAL MISSOURI. A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN CLAY COUNTY...NEAR THE TOWNS OF SMITHVILLE..LIBERTY AND EXCELSIOR AT 645 PM POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED 2 INCH HAIL AT THE INTERSECTION OF I-29 AND I-35. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WAS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS IN LEAVENWORTH COUNTY...20 MILES WEST OF KANSAS CITY...ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER. THIS STORM WAS ALSO PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. . THE VERY HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORIST SHOULD NOT ATTEMP TO DRIVE ACROSS HIGH WATER ON THE ROADS. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD TAKE COVER QUICKLY AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 9:12 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-100300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 910 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EAST KANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH AREAS ...UNTIL 1100 PM THIS THURSDAY EVENING... AT 905 PM...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHEAST KANSAS AND ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND NORTHCENTRAL MISSOURI. A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN WESTERN LEAVENWORTH COUNTY...BETWEEN THE CITY OF SPRINGDALE AND FT. LEAVENWORTH...20 MILES WEST OF KANSAS CITY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST. . THE VERY HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORIST SHOULD NOT ATTEMP TO DRIVE ACROSS HIGH WATER ON THE ROADS. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD TAKE COVER QUICKLY AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MORGAN
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 9:35 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-100300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 910 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EAST KANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH AREAS ...UNTIL 1100 PM THIS THURSDAY EVENING... AT 905 PM...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHEAST KANSAS AND ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND NORTHCENTRAL MISSOURI. A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN WESTERN LEAVENWORTH COUNTY...BETWEEN THE CITY OF SPRINGDALE AND FT. LEAVENWORTH...20 MILES WEST OF KANSAS CITY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST. . THE VERY HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORIST SHOULD NOT ATTEMP TO DRIVE ACROSS HIGH WATER ON THE ROADS. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD TAKE COVER QUICKLY AND LISTEN TO NO.AA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MORGAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay | 39 min |
| Jul 9, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Platte | 39 min |
| Jul 9, 8:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Ray | 26 min |
| Jul 10, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Benton | 43 min |
| Jul 10, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Benton, Morgan | 52 min |
| Jul 10, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Camden | 54 min |
| Jul 10, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Camden, Miller, Moniteau, Morgan | 55 min |
| Jul 10, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Maries | 55 min |
| Jul 10, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cole, Osage | 56 min |
| Jul 9, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn | 50 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1992Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.