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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 117, NWS St. Louis, MO

September 9, 1992Adair County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 9, 1992, 2:47 PM CDT for Adair County, Missouri. It was in force for 43 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
Sep 9, 1992, 2:47 PM CDT (19:47 UTC)
Expired
Sep 9, 1992, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Adair County, MO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 9, 3:16 PM CDTHail 1Adair, 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1992-09-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2283 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1992-09-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 457 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2283 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-238 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
769 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
457 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
734 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.4

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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, Sep 9, 9:47 AM CDT, 5 hours before
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Special weather statement, Sep 9, 1:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
MOZALL-092200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
110 PM CDT WED SEP 9 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
   MISSOURI FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH
FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL...CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI FROM 145
PM UNTIL 9 PM CDT.  STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY OVER WEST
CENTRAL MISSOURI AND THEN MOVE THROUGH THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY THIS EVENING.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.  ADDITIONAL WATCHES MAY BE ISSUED LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL COMMERCIAL RADIO AND
TELEVISION FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS...WATCHES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

TUCKER
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 1:57 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
MOZ006-009-010-091930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
150 PM CDT WED SEP 9 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL
9 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

AT 150 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 40 MILES
NORTH OF KIRKSVILLE...TO 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY.  THE
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH...WHILE INDIVIDUAL
STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.  OTHER...MOSTLY LIGHT SHOWERS
WERE SCATTERED ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI.

THESE STORMS DEVELOPED VERY QUICKLY AND ARE EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PROPORTIONS BEFORE 3 PM.  RESIDENTS IN NORTH CENTRAL
MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF LINN...MACON AND CHARITON SHOULD
PREPARE FOR THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS...OR POSSIBLY TORNADOES.

IF YOU OBSERVE SEVERE WEATHER...REPORT IT TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY FOR RELAYj TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.  STAY TUNED TO
WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

PERLOW
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 2:35 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
MOZ003-006-007-011-092030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
233 PM CDT WED SEP 9 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL
TIL 900 PM CDT THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

AT 230 PM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR AT ST. LOUIS SHOWED AN AREA OF
DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NORTHWEST SCHUYLER COUNTY NEAR THE
TOWN OF GLENDALE...ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF KIRKSVILLE AND
EASTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY...ABOUT 15 TO 20 MILES WEST OF KIRKSVILLE.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY WILL MOVE INTO
THE TOWN OF KIRKSVILLE BETWEEN 245 AND 250 PM CDT.

AT 230 PM THE MILAN POLICE DEPARTMENT IN SULLIVAN COUNTY REPORTED
MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

PEOPLE IN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP TUNE FOR LATER STATMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

PRZYBYLINSKI

The office that day

Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 9, 7:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXMonroe, Shelby3 hr
Sep 9, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXKnox48 min
Sep 9, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLewis66 min
Sep 9, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXShelby39 min
Sep 9, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion49 min
Sep 9, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe45 min
Sep 9, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln41 min
Sep 9, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXWarren43 min
Sep 9, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAdams53 min
Sep 9, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike50 min
Sep 9, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXGreene46 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.