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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Kansas City, MO

March 3, 1992Miller County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 3, 1992, 6:09 PM CST for Miller County, Missouri. It was in force for 66 min.

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The facts

Issued
Mar 3, 1992, 6:09 PM CST (00:09 UTC)
Expired
Mar 3, 1992, 7:15 PM CST
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Miller County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 190 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 1992-03-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 146 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1992-03-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
146 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
676 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCOU 040011
SVRCOU
MOC131-040115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
609 PM CST TUE MAR 3 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...MILLER COUNTY
 
AT 600 PM CST RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN MILLER
COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. SHORTLY BEFORE 600
PM CAMDEN COUNTY AUTHORITIES REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN
MONTREAL...IN NORTHERN CAMDEN COUNTY.
 
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
DON'T USE TELEPHONESB OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
BLANCHARD

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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.