Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1992, 12:41 PM CDT for Lewis County, Marion County, Missouri. It was in force for 34 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
- Jun 17, 1992, 12:41 PM CDT (17:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1992, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lewis County, MO, Marion County, MO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 12:55 PM CDT | Hail 1.25 | 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 12:00Z, 5.7 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
- 2067 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 171742 SVRSTL MOC111-127-171815- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1241 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI ...SOUTHERN LEWIS COUNTY...NORTHERN MARION COUNTY AT 1229 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF SHELBYVILLE IN SHELBY COUNTY... 30 MILES EAST OF HANNIBAL. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO THE PHILADEPHIA...PALMYRA...AND TAYLOR AREAS BY 1 PM. IF YOU LIVE IN THESE AREAS...MOVE TO SHELTER IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. 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. EHG/RP
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, Jun 17, 6:52 AM CDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before
MOZALL-171500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 651 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI HAVE DISSIPATED. AT 645 AM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING NEAR COLUMBIA IN CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR. MAINELLI
Local storm report, Jun 17, 11:31 AM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
MOZALL-171730-
PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
1130 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992
DLAD REPORTS (POST EVENT FOLLOW-UP)
COUNTY TIME(CDT) REPORT
SW MACON 1045-1100 5 N. OF NEW CAMBRIA. HAIL (.75). RAIN 0.90" IN
15 MINUTES.
NW CHARITON @1100 N. OF SALISBURY (PSBLY NR BYNUMVILLE) LARGE HAIL.
(SIZE NOT SPECIFIED)
SE LINN 1110 BUCKLIN AND AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIWAY 5 AND 36.
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL (1.75).
NW MACON 1150 NR ELMER. HAIL(1.00) AND 1.00" RAIN. CORN AND
TOMATOES IN A SMALL GARDEN WERE FLATTENED.
NE MACON @1300 ISN ATLANTA. HAIL(0.50 - 0.75). NOT MUCH RAIN.Special weather statement, Jun 17, 12:29 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
MOZ003-007-171830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1228 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 AT 1223 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A DEVELOPING LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST MISSOURI. THE LINE EXTENDED FROM NEAR PEAKSVILLE IN CLARK COUNTY...TO NEAR CLARENCE IN SHELBY COUNTY. STORM MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THESE STORMS SHOULD BE MOVING INTO THE MONTICELLO AND SHELBYVILLE AREAS THROUGH 1245 PM...REACHING THE CITIES OF LA GRANGE AND TAYLOR AROUND 1 PM. SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. IF THEY MOVE INTO YOUR AREA...MOVE TO SHELTER IMME6DIATELY UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. GOETSCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion | 48 min |
| Jun 17, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 34 min |
| Jun 17, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 32 min |
| Jun 17, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 44 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.