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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS St. Louis, MO

April 17, 1992Perry County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 1992, 4:56 PM CDT for Perry County, Missouri. It was in force for 44 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
Apr 17, 1992, 4:56 PM CDT (21:56 UTC)
Expired
Apr 17, 1992, 5:40 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Perry County, MO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 17, 5:05 PM CDTHail 1Perry, 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 122 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1992-04-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1992-04-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
0 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 172157
SVRSTL
MOC157-172245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
456 PM CDT FRI APR 17 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 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
 
   ...EASTERN PERRY COUNTY
 
AT 455 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL PERRY
COUNTY MISSOURI NEAR PERRYVILLE. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH AND WILL BE MOVING THROUGH OR NEAR THE TOWNS OF PERRYVILLE
MENFRO AND CROSS TOWN.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE \HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
 
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
DLF/JK

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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.