Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1992, 4:54 PM CDT for Benton County, Morgan County, Missouri. It was in force for 51 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 4, 1992, 4:54 PM CDT (21:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1992, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Benton County, MO, Morgan County, MO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 5:00 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCOU 042154 SVRCOU MOC015-141-042245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 454 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN CENTRAL MISSOURI ...BENTON COUNTY...MORGAN COUNTY AT 450 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SEDALIA NEAR GRAVOIS MILLS...AND ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 28 MILES SOUTH OF SEDALIA OVER WARSAW. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. LARGE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN BOTH BENTON AND MORGAN COUNTIES AT 445 PM. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE COMMUNITIES OF VERSAILLES AND WARSAW. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPL OUTSIDE SHOULD FIND SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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 4, 12:44 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 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, 3 hours 5 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, 2 hours 50 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, 2 hours 3 minutes 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, 1 hour 11 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.
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:13 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-013-KS016-042145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 410 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 400 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING DIME TO LARGER THAN QUARTER SIZE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WAS MOVING CLOSER TO THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA. THE STORM WAS 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAWRENCE. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR... WHICH WOULD BRING THE STORM INTO WESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY AND EXTREME NORTHERN MIAMI COUNTY BETWEEN LAWRENCE...OLATHE...AND SPRING HILL AROUND 430 PM. . OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...JUST SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF BUTLER...OR 65 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY. THESE ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS STORMS...AND PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND BE READY TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. DESTRI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Benton, Camden, Hickory | 54 min |
| Jul 4, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Camden, Morgan | 48 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.