Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 127, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 9, 1992, 6:47 PM CDT for Warren 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, 6:47 PM CDT (23:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 1992, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Warren County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 7:29 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Warren, 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
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 287 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
- 1613 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 830 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 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 092348 SVRSTL MOC219-100030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 647 PM CDT WED SEP 9 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...WARREN COUNTY AT 645 PM...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN WARREN COUNTY...ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST LOUIS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL EFFECT THE TOWNS OF WARRENTON...HOLSTEIN...AND WRIGHT CITY. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAhN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. GLASS
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, 3:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
MOZ006-009-010-092100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO...CORRECTION 320 PM CDT WED SEP 9 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 9 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 300 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF KIRKSVILLE TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KIRKSVILLE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED OVER KIRKSVILLE. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING AROUND 40 MILES NORTH OF SEDALIA...JUST WEST OF MARSHALL AND SLATER. THESE STORMS WILL BE 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA BY 420 PM AND COULD REACH SEVERE STRENGTH AT ANY TIME...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS...OR POSSIBLY TORNADOES. IF YOU OBSERVE SEVERE WEATHER...REPORT IT TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. KENNEDY
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 4:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
MOZ002-003-005-006-092215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 415 PM CDT WED SEP 9 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI... THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM THE WATCH... SCHUYLER SCOTLAND CLARK ADAIR KNOX DAVIESS GRUNDY SULLIVAN CALDWELL LIVINGSTON RAY CARROLL LINN THE CITIES OF KIRKSVILLE...MEMPHIS...AND CHILLICOTHE ARE ALSO CLEARED FROM THE WATCH. < HOWEVER...THE REST OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI REMAINS UNDER A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 9 PM. AT 415 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP FROM JUST NORTH OF SEDALIA TO JUST WEST OF QUINCY ILLINOIS. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL REMAIN QUITE HIGH ALONG AND EAST OF THIS LINE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...AND DURING THE EVEvNING HOURS. TRUETT
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 5:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
MOZ013-015-019-100500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 510 PM CDT WED SEP 9 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI... ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE MISSOURI COUNTIES OF BATES...BARTON...JASPER ...MCDONALD...NEWTON AND VERNON IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. ALSO...THE TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. TUCKER
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 5:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
MOZALL-100100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 532 PM CDT WED SEP 9 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 1 AM... ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI... A NEW TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MISSOURI. THIS ONE EXTENDS FROM A SMALL PORTION OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THROUGH EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE SPRINGFIELD...ROLLA AND ST LOUIS AREA AND IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM. THE TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. TUCKER
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 6:06 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
MOZALL-100100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 555 PM CDT WED SEP 9 1992 ...PORTIONS OF TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 830 HAS BEEN CLEARED... ...TORNADO WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN...CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CLEARED THAT PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 830 NORTH AND WEST OF THE COLUMBIA AREA. THIS INCLUDES ZONES 6 AND 9...INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF MACON...CHARITON...RANDOLPH... LAFAYETTE...SALINE...JOHNSON AND PETTIS. THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SEDALIA. THE REST OF TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 830 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 835...FROM SOUTHWEST THROUGH EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. TUCKdER
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 6:16 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
MOZ011-012-100115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 616 PM CDT WED SEP 9 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...AND THE ST LOUIS METRO AREA... AT 610 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS FROM CENTRAL ILLINOIS TO CENTRAL MISSOURI...FROM JUST NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS TO JUST SOUTH OF COLUMBIA MISSOURI. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS DROPPING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. AT THIS MOVEMENT...STORMS SHOULD BEGIN TO AFFECT NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE ST LOUIS METRO AREA BY 7 PM...AND SHOULD REACH THE CITY OF ST LOUIS BY 730 PM. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ST LOUIS METRO AREA...AS WELL AS ALL OF EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. PEOPLE SHOULD CAREFULLY KEEP ABREAST OF WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS ACROSS THE BI-STATE AREA AS THESE STORMS APPROACH. ALONG WITH THE THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...THESE STORMS WILL BE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS. TRUETT
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 7:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Monroe, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adair | 43 min |
| Sep 9, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Knox | 48 min |
| Sep 9, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lewis | 66 min |
| Sep 9, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Shelby | 39 min |
| Sep 9, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion | 49 min |
| Sep 9, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe | 45 min |
| Sep 9, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 41 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.