Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1992, 3:51 PM CDT for Benton County, Camden County, Hickory County, Missouri. It was in force for 54 min. 2 reports 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 4, 1992, 3:51 PM CDT (20:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1992, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Hickory County, MO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 4:01 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Hickory, MO | |
| Jul 4, 4:10 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Benton, 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 1430 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1026 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
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 4, 11:44 AM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jul 4, 12:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-013-KS016-041840- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 1240 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN MISSOURI... AT 1230 PM...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER NORTHERN MISSOURI...CENTERED ABOUT 80 MILES NORTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY...AND JUST EAST OF I-35. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTHEAST OF BETHANY TO JUST NORTH OF CHILLICOTHE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...WERE OCCURRING FROM NEAR JAMESPORT TO JUST WEST PF TRENTON. MOVEMENT OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR...AND THIS WILL BRING THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TRENTON AND LAREDO BEFORE 130 PM. THERE WAS NO PRECIPITATION OCCURRING IN THE KANSAS CITY OR ST. JOSEPH AREAS. WATCH FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON...AS THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE TO DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. DESTRI
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 1:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-013-KS016-041945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 145 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 130 PM...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER NORTHERN MISSOURI...CENTERED ABOUT 85 MILES NORTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY. THE STORMS WERE JUST NORTHEAST OF CHILLICOTHE...IN NORTHEAST LIVINGSTON COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AND HOUR ...AND THEY WILL MOVE OUT OF CHILLICOTHE AREA TOWARDS BROOKFIELD BETWEEN 145 AND 230 PM. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA ...SOUTHEAST KANSAS...AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. . THERE WAS NO PRECIPITATION OCCURRING IN THE KANSAS CITY OR ST. JOSEPH AREAS. WATCH FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON...AS THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE TO DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY TOWARDS EVENING. DESTRI
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 2:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-013-KS016-041945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 200 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PART OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL MISSOURI. THE WATCH...NUMBER 540...IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM THIS EVENING. THE WATCH IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILE SOUTHEAST OF TOPEKA KANSAS TO 35 MILES SOUTH OF KANSAS CITY TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBIA MISSOURI. MAJOR CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE SPRINGFIELD...JOPLIN...WEST PLAINS AND POPLAR BLUFF. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 2:51 PM CDT, 1 hour before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-013-KS016-042045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 245 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST MISSOURI...AND MUCH OF EASTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 800 PM THIS EVENING...THIS DOES INCLUDE BOTH THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA AND ST. JOSEPH... AT 235 PM...NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS OCCURRING IN EXTREME NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...OR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. HOWEVER...SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...FROM SALINA...TO EMPORIA...TO FORT SCOT T KANSAS...TO BETWEEN SPRINGFIELD AND THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS IN MISSOURI. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 3:43 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-013-KS016-042145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 340 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST MISSOURI...AND MUCH OF EASTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 800 PM THIS EVENING...THIS DOES INCLUDE BOTH THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA AND ST. JOSEPH... AT 330 PM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN... HAIL...STRONG WIND GUSTS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...WERE OVER EASTCENTRAL KANSAS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 25 MILES SOUTH AND 50 MILES SOUTH OF TOPEKA KANSAS. THESE STORMS WERE IN AND AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MANHATTAN KANSAS TO 60 MILES SOUTH OF KANSAS CITY TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST 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 4, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Camden, Morgan | 48 min |
| Jul 4, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Benton, Morgan | 51 min |
| Jul 4, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson | 59 min |
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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.