Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 1992, 3:02 AM CDT for Andrew County, DeKalb County, Missouri. It was in force for 28 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 1992, 3:02 AM CDT (08:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1992, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Andrew County, MO, DeKalb County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 4203 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 996 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 292 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.6
- Supercell composite
- 17.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCI 170803 TORMCI MOC003-063-170830- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 302 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI ...SOUTHERN ANDREW COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN DEKALB COUNTY AT 250AM TROOP H REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR SAVANNAH MOVING NORHTEAST AT 45 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL fINTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Jun 17, 12:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-KSZ016-170740- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 1235 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHWEST MISSOURI... AT 1225 AM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER WESTERN IOWA...SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND CENTRAL KANSAS. THE LINE WAS FROM OMAHA TO JUST EAST OF LINCOLN AND SOUTH-SOUTHWEST TO NEAR SALINA KANSAS. VERY STRONG STORMS WERE LOACTED 65 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA...NEAR CLAY CENTER...AND FROM JUST EAST OF LINCOLN TO 15 MILE SOUTH OF BEATRICE NEBRASKA. THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSOURI AFTER 1 AM...INTO THE ST JO SEPH AREA AROUND 2 AM AND INTO THE KANSAS CITY AREA BETWEEN 3 AND 4 AM. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES... LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSATORM WINDS. HIBBERT
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 1:05 AM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-KSZ016-170740- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 100 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 6 AM... AT 1 AM A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED SOUTHWEST FROM EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSOURI OR 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST JOSEPH TO MANHATTAN KANSAS ON INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AND IS EXPECTED MOVE INTO THE ST JOSEPH AREA BETWEEN 2 AND 230 AM AND INTO THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE GREATER KANSAS CITY AREA AROUND 3 AM AND INTO THE SOUTH PART OF THE CITY BY 4 OR 430 AM. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES... LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSATORM WINDS. STAY ALERT AND LISTEN TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV OR RADIO FOR LATER INFORMATION. HANNER
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 1:36 AM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-KSZ016-170740- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 130 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 6 AM... AT 125 AM...A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED SOUTHWEST FROM WESTERN IOWA ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND NORTHEAST TO CENTRAL KANSAS. THE STORMS WERE 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF COUNCIL BLUFFS TO MANHATTAN KANSAS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS 40 MILES NORTH- NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA...NEAR SENECA AND CORNING. THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AND IS EXPECTED MOVE INTO THE ST JOSEPH AREA BETWEEN 2 AND 230 AM AND INTO THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE GREATER KANSAS CITY AREA AROUND 3 AM AND INTO THE SOUTH PART OF THE CITY BY 4 OR 430 AM. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES... LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. STAY ALERT AND LISTEN TO COMMERCIAL OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES....HIBBERT
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 1:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-KSZ016-170740- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 130 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 6 AM... AT 125 AM...A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED SOUTHWEST FROM WESTERN IOWA ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA INTO CENTRAL KANSAS. THE STORMS WERE MAILNY FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF COUNCIL BLUFFS TO MANHATTAN KANSAS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS 40 MILES NORTH- NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA...NEAR SENECA AND CORNING. THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AND IS EXPECTED MOVE INTO THE ST JOSEPH AREA BETWEEN 2 AND 230 AM AND INTO THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE GREATER KANSAS CITY AREA AROUND 3 AM AND INTO THE SOUTH PART OF THE CITY BY 4 OR 430 AM. . THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES... LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. STAY ALERT AND LISTEN TO COMMERCIAL RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. . HIBBERT
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 2:08 AM CDT, 54 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-KSZ016-170740- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 200 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 6 AM... AT 200 AM...A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED SOUTHWEST FROM WESTERN IOWA ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS. THE STORMS WERE MAILNY FROM 20 MILES WEST OF MARYVILLE MISSOURI TO JUST WEST OF TOPEKA KANSAS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI NEAR MOUND CITY ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST JOSEPH. HOLT COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AND IS EXPECTED MOVE INTO THE ST JOSEPH AREA BY 230 AM AND INTO THE NORTHWEST PART GREATER KANSAS CITY AREA BETWEEN 300 AM AND 330 AM AND INTO THE SOUTH PART OF THE CITY BY 4 OR 430 AM. KETCHAM COMMERCIAL RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR pFURTHER UPDATES. . HIBBERT
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 2:35 AM CDT, 27 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-KSZ016-170740- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 230 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 6 AM... AT 225 AM...A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED SOUTHWEST FROM WESTERN IOWA ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSOURI INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS. THE STORMS WERE MAINLY FROM 60 MILES EAST OF COUNCIL BLUFFS IOWA TO 15 MILES WEST OF ST JOSEPH...NEAR TROY KANSAS...TO 10 MILES WEST OF TOPEKA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER BETWEEN KANSAS AND MISSOURI FROM 10 MILES EAST OF MOUND CITY MISSOURI TO 10 MILES WEST OF ATCHISON KANSAS. THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AND IS EXPECTED MOVE INTO THE ST JOSEPH AREA BY 230 AM AND INTO THE NORTHWEST PART GREATER KANSAS CITY AREA BETWEEN 300 AM AND 330 AM AND INTO THE SOUTH PART OF THE CITY BY 4 OR 430 AM. . . HIBBERT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Morgan | 56 min |
| Jun 17, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Boone | 56 min |
| Jun 17, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Maries, Osage | 46 min |
| Jun 17, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Gasconade, Maries | 27 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.