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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Kansas City, MO

September 9, 1992Macon County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 9, 1992, 3:32 PM CDT for Macon County, Missouri. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 9, 1992, 3:32 PM CDT (20:32 UTC)
Expired
Sep 9, 1992, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Macon County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 280 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1992-09-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2283 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1992-09-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 457 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2283 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-238 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
769 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
457 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
734 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCOU 092032
SVRCOU
MOC121-092100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
332 PM CDT WED SEP 9 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...MACON COUNTY
 
AT 335 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF ELMER IN
MACON COUNTY...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KIRKSVILLE. THE STORM WAS MOVING
EAST AT 45 MPH. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHERN
MACON AND NORTHEAST CHARITON COUNTY.
 
 
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 RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
PERLOW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 9, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson35 min
Sep 9, 2:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPlatte36 min
Sep 9, 3:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan48 min
Sep 9, 4:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMacon, Randolph34 min
Sep 9, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSaline32 min
Sep 9, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper39 min
Sep 9, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSt. Clair33 min
Sep 9, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Moniteau, Morgan52 min
Sep 9, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMorgan40 min
Sep 9, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCallaway40 min
Sep 9, 6:07 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXSt. Clair38 min
Sep 9, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMontgomery63 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.