Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1992, 6:45 PM CDT for Audrain County, Callaway County, Missouri. It was in force for 60 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, 6:45 PM CDT (23:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1992, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Audrain County, MO, Callaway County, MO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Callaway, 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 290 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCOU 022346 SVRCOU MOC027-007-030045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 645 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN CENTRAL MISSOURI ...CALLAWAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...AUDRAIN COUNTY AT 640 PM CDT A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 25 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBIA THROUGH THE CITY OF COLUMBIA TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF JEFFERSON CITY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE CITY OF COLUMBIA AND AT THE AIRPORT. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE CITIES OF MEXICO AND KINGDOM CITIES BETWEEN 650 PM AND 720 PM THIS EVENING. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITHOUT ADVANCE WARNIN G. STAY CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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
Local storm report, Jul 2, 3:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 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, 2 hours 32 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, 2 hours 15 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, 1 hour 53 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.
.ENDSpecial weather statement, Jul 2, 5:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-013-022335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 535 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 ...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA BUT REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COUNTIES OF MISSOURI TO THE EAST OF KANSAS CITY UNTIL 9 PM THIS THURSDAY EVENING... AT 530 PM...A AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER WESTCEMTRAL MISSOURI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A BAND...35 MILES WIDE...AND EXTENDED FROM 65 MILES EAST OF KANSAS CITY TO 70 MILES SOUTH OF KANSAS CITY. THE STRONGER STORMS CONTAINED VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MILES AN HOUR AND SMALL HAIL. AT 532 PM THE HENRY COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUST TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 5:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-013-022335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 535 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992...CORRECTION ...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA BUT REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COUNTIES OF MISSOURI TO THE EAST OF KANSAS CITY UNTIL 9 PM THIS THURSDAY EVENING... AT 530 PM...A AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER WESTCEMTRAL MISSOURI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A BAND...35 MILES WIDE...AND EXTENDED FROM 65 MILES EAST OF KANSAS CITY TO 70 MILES SOUTH OF KANSAS CITY. THE STRONGER STORMS CONTAINED VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MILES AN HOUR AND SMALL HAIL. AT 532 PM THE HENRY COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR IN NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY...70 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
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, 5:18 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 |
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.