Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 1992, 10:58 PM CDT for Ray County, Missouri. It was in force for 47 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, 10:58 PM CDT (03:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 1992, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ray County, MO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 11:15 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Ray, 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, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 954 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 264 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCI 100358 SVRMCI MOC177-047-100445- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 1058 PM CDT THU APR 9 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI ...NORTHERN RAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...NORTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY AT 1050 PM... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY FROM JUST EAST OF KEARNEY TO EXCELSIOR SPRINGS. THE STORM WAS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS WHICH WAS CAUSING SOME FLOODING OF STREAMS AND ROADWAYS. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE PASSING OVER OR NEAR THE COMMUNITIES OF EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RAYVILLE AND DOCKERY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. WCH/TJD
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, Apr 9, 6:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
MOZ004-005-008-009-013-100015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 639 PM CDT THU APR 9 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS INCLUDING KANSAS CITY AND ST. JOSEPH UNTIL 900 PM TONIGHT... AT 625 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE OCCURRING OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI. ONE STORM WAS JUST NORTHWEST OF ST. JOSEPH...NEAR THE MISSOURI RIVER ...AND THE ANDREW/ BUCHANAN COUNTY LINE. OTHER STORMS WERE LOCATED 15 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF ST. JOSEPH IN DEKALB COUNTY...AND 5 MILES WEST OF CHILICOTHE IN WESTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH...AND PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO STATE OR LOCAL POLICE. ALSO...VERY HEAVY RAIN MAY FLOOD ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS...SO NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. ALSO...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI... BETWEEN COLUMBIA AND MARSHALL...AND THEY WERE ALSO MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. TD/ GH
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 7:03 PM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
MOZ004-005-008-009-013-100045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 700 PM CDT THU APR 9 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS INCLUDING KANSAS CITY AND ST. JOSEPH UNTIL 900 PM TONIGHT... AT 650 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE OCCURRING OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI. ONE STORM WAS JUST NORTHEAST OF ST JOSEPH...ALONG THE BUCHANAN AND CLINTON COUNTY LINE. ANOTHER STORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTHEAST OF CAMERON MISSOURI ALONG THE DEKALB AND DAVIES COUNTY LINE ABOUT 25 MILES EAST OF ST JOSEPH MISSOURI. THE MSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH...AND PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO STATE OR LOCAL POLICE. GH/TD
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 7:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
MOZ004-005-008-009-013-100115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 735 PM CDT THU APR 9 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS INCLUDING KANSAS CITY AND ST. JOSEPH UNTIL 900 PM TONIGHT... AT 725 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE OCCURRING OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI. ONE STORM WAS JUST NORTHEAST OF ST JOSEPH...BETWEEN THE CITIES OF SAVANNAH AND OBORN...IN DEKALB COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH...AND PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO STATE OR LOCAL POLICE. HM/GH
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 8:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
MOZ004-005-008-009-013-KSZO16-100145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 810 PM CDT THU APR 9 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 113 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY AND ST. JOSEPH AREAS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 113 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR TONIGHT...BUT THEY ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS. HOWEVER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 111 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...INCLUDING MIAMI AND LINN COUNTIES. AT 805 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURRING OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI...IN SOUTHERN DAVIESS COUNTY...5 MILES SOUTH OF GALLATIN. . THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL AS IT MOVES EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR THROUGH SOUTHERN DAVIESS COUNTY BETWEEN GALLATIN AND$ BRECKENRIDGE. NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS THREATENING EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AT THE PRESENT TIME...BUT THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP...SO STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS. DESTRI
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 8:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
MOZ004-005-008-009-013-100115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 735 PM CDT THU APR 9 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH FOR NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI INCLUDING KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 830 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE OCCURRING OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES WEST OF CHILLCOTHE MISSOURI IN LIVINGSTON COUNTY. ANOTHER STORM WAS LOCATED 30 MILES SOUTH OF BETHANY IN DAVIESS COUNTY NEAR PATTONSBURG. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH...AND PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. GH
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 9:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
MOZ004-005-008-009-013-100115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI SHORT RANGE WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 910 PM CDT THU APR 9 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE REDEVELOPED OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI... AT 900 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING HAD RAPIDLY DEVELOPED IN THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA AND TO THE EAST ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF MISSOURI RIVER...TO THE NORTH OF LEXINGTON AND WAVERLY. AT 905 PM...THE LEAVONWORTH COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL JUST WEST OF LEAVENWORTH. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND THE STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN PLATTE AND WESTERN CLAY COUNTIES BETWEEN 910 AND 1000 PM...NEAR OR JUST SOUTH OF THE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN KANSAS CITY NORTH...FROM LEAVONWORTH TO NORTH OF PLATTE WOODS...TO GLADSTONE. . PERSONS SHOULD SEEK SHELT(ER IF THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. ALSO...VERY HEAVY RAIN MAY FLOOD ROADS...SO SLOW DOWN AND NEVER DRIVE INTO HIGH WATER. DESTRI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Platte | 54 min |
| Apr 9, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Ray | 52 min |
| Apr 9, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay | 42 min |
| Apr 10, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Clinton | 45 min |
| Apr 10, 2:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Gentry, Nodaway | 41 min |
| Apr 10, 3:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Holt, Nodaway | 28 min |
| Apr 10, 4:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Gentry | 40 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.