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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 2, 1992Audrain County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1992, 3:50 PM CDT for Audrain County, Missouri. It was in force for 40 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, 3:50 PM CDT (20:50 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 1992, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Audrain County, MO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 2, 4:30 PM CDTHail 1.75Audrain, 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 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 309 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 12:00Z on 1992-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4381 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 12:00Z on 1992-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 249 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
4381 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-204 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
661 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
255 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 022051
SVRCOU
MOC007-022130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
350 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...NORTHERN AUDRAIN COUNTY
 
AT 345PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST NORTHEAST OF CENTRALIA OF 20
MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBIA AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL
MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY AND WILL STAY JUST NORTH OF
MEXICO BUT SHOULD MOVE THROUGH LADDONIA AND VANDALIA BY 415 OR 430 PM.
 
 
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.
 
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.
LAGREE/LARM

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, Jul 2, 3:40 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-022100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO
335 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE EAST OF KANSAS CITY...

AT 330 PM...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE
HAIL WAS LOCATED EAST OF KANSAS CITY FROM JUST NORTHEAST OF BLUE SPRINGS
NORTHEASTWARD TO NEAR RICHMOND AND TO JUST WEST OF CARROLLTON.  THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH...AND WILL
CONTINUE TO AFFECT RAY AND CARROLL COUNTIES FOR THE NEXT 30 MINUTES
OR SO.

ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING IN THE IMMEDIATE KANSAS
CITY METRO AREA...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFLECT UNTIL 9 PM.
PEOPLE IN KANSAS CITY AND OVER MUCH OF THE REST OF WEST AND CENTRAL
MISSOURI SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY DEVELOPING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED  TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES.
Local storm report, Jul 2, 3:48 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO
345 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992

...SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS FOR JULY 2, 1992...

TIME              EVENT                             LOCATION

315 PM CDT    ONE-INCH HAIL.                        RAY CO. MO. NORTH
                                                    SIDE OF RICHMOND.

335 PM CDT    3/4 INCH HAIL.                        CARROLL CO. MO.
                       p                             NEAR NORBORNE.
.END

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 2:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHoward56 min
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, 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

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.