Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Kansas City, MO

February 14, 1992Maries County, Osage County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 14, 1992, 8:02 PM CST for Maries County, Osage County, Missouri. It was in force for 28 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
Feb 14, 1992, 8:02 PM CST (02:02 UTC)
Expired
Feb 14, 1992, 8:30 PM CST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Maries County, MO, Osage County, MO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 14, 8:08 PM CSTHail 0.75Osage, 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 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 230 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 00:00Z on 1992-02-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 392 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1992-02-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 230 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
392 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1450 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
230 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
290 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
3.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCOU 150204
SVRCOU
MOC125-151-150245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
802 PM CST FRI FEB 14 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...NORTHERN MARIES COUNTY...SOUTH CENTRAL AND EASTERN OSAGE COUNTY
 
AT 8 PM THE COLUMBIA WEATHER RADAR AND THE ST LOUIS DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED A SEVERE STORM OVER SOUTH CENTRAL OSAGE AND EXTREME NORTHERN
MARIES COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
 
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.
 
PERLOW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 14, 6:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHickory27 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.