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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Kansas City, MO

March 9, 1992Audrain County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 9, 1992, 5:08 PM CST for Audrain County, Missouri. It was in force for 37 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
Mar 9, 1992, 5:08 PM CST (23:08 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 1992, 5:45 PM CST
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Audrain County, MO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 9, 5:15 PM CSTHail 0.75Audrain, 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, 11.1 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 1992-03-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 29 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 1992-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 570 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
29 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-185 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
932 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
570 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
459 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 092309
SVRCOU
MOC007-092345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
508 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...WESTERN AUDRAIN COUNTY
 
AT 5 PM THE COLUMBIA WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE STORM LOCATED JUST
NORTH OF CENTRALIA...20 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBIA. THE STORM WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED
WITH THE STORM AS IT MOVED THROUGH HALLSVILLE AND CENTRALIA. THE STORM
HAS INTENSIFIED AND WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS IT
MOVES THROUGH WESTERN AUDRAIN COUNTY.
 
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
PERLOW

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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.