Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 1992, 7:10 PM CDT for Marion County, Missouri. It was in force for 41 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 19, 1992, 7:10 PM CDT (00:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 1992, 7:51 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marion County, MO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 7:15 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Marion, 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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 357 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 897 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 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 200012 SVRSTL ILC001-MOC127-200100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 710 PM CDT SUN APR 19 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...WESTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI ...EASTERN MARION COUNTY AT 710 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHEAST MARION COUNTY OVER HANNIBAL MISSOURI...10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF QUINCY ILLINOIS. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM WILL BE MOVING OVER THE TOWNS OF HANNIBAL MISSOURI AND THE ILLINOIS TOWNS OF QUINCY...URSA...AND LORAINE BY 8 PM. 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
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, Apr 19, 5:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
MOZ017-018-192345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 546 PM CDT SUN APR 19 1992 ...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN HAD DEVLOPED OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... AT 540 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER DENT COUNTY...20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROLLA. THE STORM WAS IN THE SALEM VICINITY AND WAS MOVING NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE DENT COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE AT SALEM REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAINS AT 53;5 PM. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR SULLIVAN IN NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY BY 645 PM. PEOPLE IN BANGERT...STEELVILLE...COOK STATION...AND SULLIVAN CAN EXPECT BRIEF DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UPTO 40 MPH BETWEEN 545 AND 645 PM. FERRY
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 6:51 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
MOZ007-ILZ009-200045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 649 PM CDT SUN APR 19 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WERE OVER NORTHEAST MISSOURI... AT 645 PM...RADAR INDICATED THESE STORMS 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF QUINCY ILLINOIS OVER CANTON MISSOURI AND 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF QUINCY NEAR NEW LONDON MISSOURI. THE CANTON POLICE REPORTED MABLE SIZE HAIL AT 640 PM CDT. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM OVER CANTON MISSOURI WILL BE MOVING INTO HANCOCK COUNTY ILLINOIS BY 715 PM. THE STORM OVER NEW LONDON MISSOURI WILL BE NORTHEAST OF QUINCY ILLINOIS NEAR CAMP POINT BY 745 PM. PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF HANNIBAL MISSOURI...HULL ILLINOIS AND QUINCY ILLINOIS CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH BETWEEN 645 PM AND 745 PM CDT. PEOPLE IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A SAFE STRUCTURE AND MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONeDITIONS ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND T.V. STATIONS. FERRY
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 12:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Crawford, Iron, Washington | 6 hr |
| Apr 20, 12:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Dent, Reynolds | 6 hr |
| Apr 20, 2:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Madison | 5 hr |
| Apr 20, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Saint Charles | 51 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.