Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS St. Louis, MO

Issued

Mar 6, 1992, 1:58 PM CST (19:58 UTC)

Expired

Mar 6, 1992, 3:00 PM CST

In force

62 min

Issued by

NWS St. Louis, MO

Area

Whole counties

County Dent County, MO

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 061959
SVRSTL
MOC065-062100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
158 PM CST FRI MAR 6 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...DENT COUNTY
 
AT 155 PM CST RADAR INDICATED TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN DENT
COUNTY. ONE STORM WAS 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF SALEM WHILE THE OTHER
WAS 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SALEM. SALEM IS 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
ROLLA.
 
THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE
COMMUNITIES OF HOWES AND SLIGO WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE
STORMS WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES.
 
THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS
AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
JPK

In the hours before

MOZ003-006-007-010-011-012-017-018-062000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
104 PM CST FRI MAR 6 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF EAST
MISSOURI...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH COVERS MUCH OF EAST MISSOURI UNTIL
700 PM CST THIS FRIDAY EVENING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE
IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.

A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS...WITH A COLD
FRONT TRAILING SOUTH INTO EAST OKLAHOMA...WILL BE THE TRIGGER FOR
THE SEVERE STORMS. THE WEATHER SYSTRM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING TRACKING INTO IOWA.

A LINE OF STRONG STORMS HAS ALREADY FORMED FROM NORTH CENTRAL
MISSOURI...ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE IN THE COLUMBIA
AREA...THEN TO NEAR HOUSTON IN TEXAS COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE OWN THE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE
WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN THREATENED.
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TO COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

JPK

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992

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.