Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 1992, 5:31 PM CDT for Cooper County, Saline County, Missouri. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 7, 1992, 5:31 PM CDT (22:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 1992, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cooper County, MO, Saline County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 228 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
- 1496 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 718 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 264 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCOU 072234 SVRCOU MOC053-195-072315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 531 PM CDT MON SEP 7 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN CENTRAL MISSOURI ...NORTHERN COOPER COUNTY...SOUTHERN SALINE COUNTY AT 530 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 35 MILES WEST OF COLUMBIA ..15 MILES EAST OF SWEETSPRINGS..MOVING TO THE EAST AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL PASS OVER BLACKWATER AND LAMINE IN NORTHERN COOPER COUNTY AROUND 600 PM CDT THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITHOUT ADVANCE WARNING. STAY CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAP:IDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. LB/GS
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, Sep 7, 11:39 AM CDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-008-071540- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 1138 AM CDT MON SEP 7 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EAST AND SOUTH OF KANSAS CITY... AT 1126 AM...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN AND AROUND INDEPENDENCE...LEES SUMMIT AND BLUE SPRINGS. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR. SOME SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE CONTINUING ACROSS NORTH MISSOURI. MAINLY IN AN AREA...10 TO 20 MILES WIDE...FROM NEAR LEXINGTON TO JUST SOUTH OF BETHANY. ALL THE THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 11:43 AM CDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-008-071740- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 1138 AM CDT MON SEP 7 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EAST AND SOUTH OF KANSAS CITY... AT 1126 AM...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN AND AROUND INDEPENDENCE...LEES SUMMIT AND BLUE SPRINGS. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR. SOME SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE CONTINUING ACROSS NORTH MISSOURI. MAINLY IN AN AREA...10 TO 20 MILES WIDE...FROM NEAR LEXINGTON TO JUST SOUTH OF BETHANY. ALL THE THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN H OUR.
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 2:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-008-072040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 233 PM CDT MON SEP 7 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FORMING OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 225 PM...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS ...JUST NORTH OF LAWRENCE. BECAUSE THE AIR OVER EAST KANSAS AND WEST MISSOURI IS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR MOST OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY AREA UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI...WEST AND NORTH OF COLUMBIA. THIS STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 3:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
MOZ008-009-KSZ016-072100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 312 PM CDT MON SEP 7 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 310 PM...THE STORMS IN THE KANSAS CITY AREA AND TO THE WEST HAVE WEAKENED SINCE 230 PM. THESE STORMS WERE STILL PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVED EAST AT 35 MPH. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE METRO AREA THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI...WEST AND NORTH OF COLUMBIA. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 4:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
MOZ008-009-KSZ016-072200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 400 PM CDT MON SEP 7 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 1000 PM... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH HALF OF CLAY COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM... AT 355 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF LIBERTY MISSOURI MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE METRO AREA THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL MISSOURI. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER QUICKLY IN A STRONG BUILDING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Howard | 45 min |
| Sep 7, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper | 30 min |
| Sep 7, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay | 44 min |
| Sep 7, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Ray | 31 min |
| Sep 7, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Ray | 46 min |
| Sep 7, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Lafayette | 37 min |
| Sep 7, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Howard, Saline | 34 min |
| Sep 7, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Lafayette | 46 min |
| Sep 7, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Chariton, Randolph | 36 min |
| Sep 7, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass | 61 min |
| Sep 7, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Boone, Howard | 43 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.