Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 172, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 1992, 7:30 PM CDT for Cooper County, Howard County, Missouri. It was in force for 45 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
- Sep 7, 1992, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 1992, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cooper County, MO, Howard County, MO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Cooper, 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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 249 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
- 2290 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 924 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 8.2
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 2:38 PM CDT, 4 hours 52 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, 4 hours 18 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, 3 hours 30 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, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Boone, Callaway | 34 min |
| Sep 7, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Boone, Cooper, Moniteau | 44 min |
| Sep 7, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Callaway | 48 min |
| Sep 7, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Osage | 25 min |
| Sep 7, 11:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pulaski | 25 min |
| Sep 7, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Miami | 41 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.