Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1992, 4:27 PM CDT for Audrain County, Missouri. It was in force for 48 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, 4:27 PM CDT (21:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1992, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Audrain County, MO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 4:30 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Audrain, 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, 9.5 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.
- 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
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 47 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, 39 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.
.ENDSpecial weather statement, Jul 2, 4:13 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-013-022130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 410 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER WESTCENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 405 PM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO THE EAST AND SOUTH OF KANSAS CITY...GENERALLY FROM NEAR BUTLER WHICH IS ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTH OF KANSAS CITY...TO NEAR CARROLLTON. ONE OF THE STORMS IN CARROLL COUNTY PRODUCED DIME SIZED HAIL AT 350 PM JUST WEST OF CARROLLTON. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM...SO PEOPLE IN WEST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER. RM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Howard | 56 min |
| Jul 2, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Ray | 46 min |
| Jul 2, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Randolph | 54 min |
| Jul 2, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Boone | 53 min |
| Jul 2, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll | 27 min |
| Jul 2, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Audrain | 40 min |
| Jul 2, 4:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Boone, Callaway | 17 min |
| Jul 2, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass | 25 min |
| Jul 2, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates | 27 min |
| Jul 2, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pettis, Saline | 42 min |
| Jul 2, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Pettis | 50 min |
| Jul 2, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry | 33 min |
| Jul 2, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Boone, Cooper, Howard | 54 min |
| Jul 2, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Boone | 32 min |
| Jul 2, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Audrain, Callaway | 60 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.