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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 2, 1992Howard County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1992, 2:49 PM CDT for Howard County, Missouri. It was in force for 56 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
Jul 2, 1992, 2:49 PM CDT (19:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 1992, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Howard County, MO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 2, 3:00 PM CDTHail 0.75Howard, 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 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 255 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 1992-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5739 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 1992-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 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
5739 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
558 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.2
Supercell composite
10.1

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Ray46 min
Jul 2, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXRandolph54 min
Jul 2, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBoone53 min
Jul 2, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll27 min
Jul 2, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAudrain40 min
Jul 2, 4:13 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXBoone, Callaway17 min
Jul 2, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Cass25 min
Jul 2, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAudrain48 min
Jul 2, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates27 min
Jul 2, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis, Saline42 min
Jul 2, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Pettis50 min
Jul 2, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry33 min
Jul 2, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBoone, Cooper, Howard54 min
Jul 2, 6:28 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXBoone32 min
Jul 2, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAudrain, Callaway60 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.