Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 106, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 1992, 4:59 PM CDT for Adair County, Missouri. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 25, 1992, 4:59 PM CDT (21:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 1992, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Adair County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 292 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
- 283 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1157 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 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 KSTL 252200 SVRSTL MOC001-252245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 459 PM CDT TUE AUG 25 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI ...ADAIR COUNTY AT 450 PM CDT..NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN ADAIR COUNTY...NEAR THE CITY OF KIRKSVILLE. PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF KIRKSVILLE..MILLARD...AND BRASHEAR ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM AND SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. HIGH WINDS...AND BLINDING RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR 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 H0OME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. PRZYBYLINSKI
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, Aug 25, 4:31 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
MOZ006-009-010-252230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 430 PM CDT TUE AUG 25 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY SHOWERS ARE MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 425 PM CDT COLUMBIAS RADAR SHOWED TWO AREAS...ABOUT 10 MILES WIDE... OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY SHOWERS IN CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE FIRST AREA WAS WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH OF SEDALIA OR JUST WEST OF SLATER TO 15 MILES NORTH OF SEDALIA..JUST NORTHEAST OF SWEET SPRINGS. THE SECOND AREA WAS WEST OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES WEST OF KIRKSVILLE TO 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA AROUND BYNUMVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PRODUCE DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WINDS GUSTING ABOVE 35 MPH AS WELL AS BRIEF DOWNPOURS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL MISSOURI COUNTIES OF SALINE..HOWARD..RANDOLPH..CHARITON AND MACON BY 530 PM CDT. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS..".BUT CAUTION IS ADVISED FOR ALL IN THE PATH OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SEE SEVERE WEATHER PLEASE CALL THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE FOR RELAY OF YOUR MESSAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LB
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Scotland | 54 min |
| Aug 25, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clark | 40 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.