Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1992, 3:55 PM CDT for Pike County, Missouri. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 1992, 3:55 PM CDT (20:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1992, 4:27 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pike County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 332 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
- 2332 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 853 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
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, Jun 17, 12:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
MOZALL-180100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1250 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 800 PM CDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI UNTIL 800 PM. THE QUINCY/HANNIBAL AREA AND COLUMBIA ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA. AT 1245 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING FROM NORTHEASTERN INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS IS A PARTICULARY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNIVNG... AND TORNADOES. . PEOPLE LIVING IN CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND OR WARNINGS. GLASS
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 1:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
MOZALL-171800-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
103 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1992
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
MISSOURI UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IS DEVELOPING QUICKLY...
AT 100 PM A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED IN CENTRAL
MISSOURI ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR PARIS MISSOURI...45 MILES NORTHEAST OF
COLUMBIA...TO 30 MILES WEST OF COLUMBIA AND SOUTHWEST TO NEAR CLINTON
...WHICH IS ABOUT 100 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBIA.
THESE STORMS ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF EXPLOSIVE DEVELOPMENT...ESPECIALLY
WEST AND NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA. THEY ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE RAPIDLY
NORTHEASTWARD. PERSONS IN THE CENTRAL MISSOURI COUNTIES OF BOONE....
HOWARD...COOPER...AND PETTIS COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED OR VERY INTENSE
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY BETWEEN 115 PM AND 230 PM THIS AFTERNOON.
.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST MISSOURI BASICALLY EAST OF
COLUMBIA AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70.
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION...PERSONS IN CENTRAL MISSOURI SHOULD
KEEP ABREAST OF LOCAL WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND LISTEN
FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
PEDIGOSpecial weather statement, Jun 17, 1:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
MOZALL-172000-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION...TORNADO WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
120 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1992
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MISSOURI
UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IS DEVELOPING QUICKLY...
AT 100 PM A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED IN CENTRAL
MISSOURI ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR PARIS MISSOURI...45 MILES NORTHEAST OF
COLUMBIA...TO 30 MILES WEST OF COLUMBIA AND SOUTHWEST TO NEAR CLINTON
...WHICH IS ABOUT 100 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBIA.
THESE STORMS ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF EXPLOSIVE DEVELOPMENT...ESPECIALLY
WEST AND NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA. THEY ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE RAPIDLY
NORTHEASTWARD. PERSONS IN THE CENTRAL MISSOURI COUNTIES OF BOONE....
HOWARD...COOPER...AND PETTIS COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED OR VERY INTENSE
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY BETWEEN 115 PM AND 230 PM THIS AFTERNOON.
.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST MISSOURI BASICALLY EAST OF
COLUMBIA AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70.
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION...PERSONS IN CENTRAL MISSOURI SHOULD
KEEP ABREAST OF LOCAL WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS THIS AFTER`NOON AND LISTEN
FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
PEDIGOSpecial weather statement, Jun 17, 2:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
MOZALL-172000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 200 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST PARTS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 8 PM... AT 200 PM...A SOLID LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL MISSOURI FROM HANNIBAL TO COLUMBIA TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SEDALIA. THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF EXPLOSIVE DEVELOPMENT...ESPECIALLY WEST AND NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA. THEY ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEASTWARD. PERSONS IN THE CENTRAL MISSOURI COUNTIES OF BOONE.... HOWARD...COOPER...BENTON...AUDRAIN AND MORGAN COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN 2 PM AND 3PM THIS AFTERNOON. LARM
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 2:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
MOZ003-180100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 210 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR EXTREME NORTHEAST MISSOURI... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE H
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 3:52 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
MOZ007-010-011-172145-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
350 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1992
...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN MISSOURI AND
WESTERN ILLINOIS UNTIL 8 PM...
AT 345 PM...A BROKEN LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 60 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBIA...TO 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST. LOUIS...TO 45 MILES
WEST OF SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS. MOVEMENT ON THE STORMS WAS EAST AT 30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WATCH HAS THEREFORE BEEN CANCELED FOR THE AREA NORTHWEST OF
THIS THUNDERSTORM LINE.
THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THOUGH UNTIL 8 PM
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN MISSOURI...PIKE...MISSOURI ZONE 7
< MONTGOMERY...LINCOLN...MISSOURI ZONE 11
IN ILLINOIS...PIKE...MISSOURI ZONE 7
THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR OTHER SECTIONS OF WESTERN ILLINOIS.
GOETSCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 12:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lewis, Marion | 34 min |
| 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 | Lincoln | 44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.