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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 2, 1992Pettis County, Saline County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1992, 5:18 PM CDT for Pettis County, Saline County, Missouri. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 2, 1992, 5:18 PM CDT (22:18 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 1992, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Whole counties

Counties Pettis County, MO, Saline County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 207 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

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

000 
TTAA00 KCOU 022218
SVRCOU
MOC159-195-022300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
518 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...NORTHWESTERN PETTIS COUNTY...SALINE COUNTY
 
AT 512 PM A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 5 MILES WIDE EXTENDED FROM 23
MILES NORTH OF SEDALIA NEAR MARSHALL TO 15 MILES WEST OF SEDALIA NEAR
WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE COMMUNITIES OF SWEET SPRINGS AND
MARSHALL BETWEEN 520 PM AND 540 PM THIS AFTERNOON.
 
 
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.
LA GREE

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, 1 hour 38 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, 1 hour 30 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

Special weather statement, Jul 2, 4:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 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

Special weather statement, Jul 2, 4:30 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-013-022130-

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

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

AT 425 PM...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN
WAS LOCATED 15 MILES NORTH OF BUTLER MISSOURI OR ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTH
OF DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY.  THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MILES AN HOUR. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE ADRIAN AND AUSTIN.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM FOR NORTHERN
BATES COUNTY. STAY ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER.

THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...NEAR CARROLLTON HAVE
DECREASED IN INTENSITY SINCE 400 PM AS THEY MOVED NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES
AN HOUR.
RH

Local storm report, Jul 2, 4:52 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO
450 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992

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

TIME              EVENT                             LOCATION

435 PM CDT    3/4 INCH HAIL.                        BATES CO MO.
                                                    IN ADRIAN MO.
440 PM CDT    GOLFBALL HAIL.                        BATES CO MO.
                                                    IN ADRIAN MO.
.END

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, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Audrain	48 min
Jul 2, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates	27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.