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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 9, 1992Benton County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 1992, 8:14 AM CDT for Benton County, Missouri. It was in force for 31 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
Apr 9, 1992, 8:14 AM CDT (13:14 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 1992, 8:45 AM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Benton County, MO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 9, 8:30 AM CDTHail 1.75Benton, 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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 1992-04-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1086 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1992-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 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
1086 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
938 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCOU 091316
SVRCOU
MOC015-091345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
814 AM CDT THU APR 9 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN BENTON COUNTY
 
AT 810AM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WARSAW IN
BENTON COUNTY...OR ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH OF SEDALIA. THE STORM WAS
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL LIKELY MOVE OVER THE BENTON COUNTY
COMMUNITIES OF HASTAIN AND EDWARDS BETWEEN 830 AND 845 AM.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND NEAR 60 MPH OR MORE...
&LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  STAY INSIDE
AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.  HEAVY RAINS CAN REDUCE VISIBILITY AND FLOOD
ROADS QUICKLY.  DRIVERS SHOULD SLOW DOWN  AND AVOID DRIVING INTO AREA
WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
STANLEY/LARM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 4:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHickory67 min
Apr 9, 4:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCamden, Miller67 min
Apr 9, 6:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPulaski29 min
Apr 9, 7:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHickory26 min
Apr 9, 8:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCamden33 min
Apr 9, 8:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMorgan20 min
Apr 9, 2:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis, Saline54 min
Apr 9, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis31 min
Apr 9, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper37 min
Apr 9, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMiller, Moniteau26 min
Apr 9, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMiller54 min
Apr 9, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPlatte34 min
Apr 9, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper43 min
Apr 9, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBoone46 min
Apr 9, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPulaski45 min
Apr 9, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBoone, Howard62 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.