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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 24, 1992Jefferson County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1992, 6:38 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Missouri. It was in force for 22 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 1992, 6:38 PM CDT (23:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 1992, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Jefferson County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 325 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1992-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 119 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1992-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
119 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-192 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1612 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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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 24, 4:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
MOZALL-242200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
430 PM CDT WED JUN 10 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 900PM
THIS EVENING...

AT 420 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN COLUMBIA AND 30 MILES
EAST OF COLUMBIA NEAR KINGDOM CITY MOVING EAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN
HOUR. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 35 MILES EAST OF JEFFERSON CITY
OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF HERMANN. A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED A WIND GUST
OF 43 MILES AN HOUR AT BOTH DOWNTOWN COLUMBIA AND AT COLUMBIA REGIONAL
AIRPORT AT 412 PM THIS AFTERNOON. SMALL HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND
HEAVY RAIN CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

PERSONS ACROSS SOUTH AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI SHOULD KEEP ABREAST
OF THE LATEST ON THE THUNDERSTORMS AROUND THE AREA...AND LISTEN TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST
STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS YOUR AREA STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. DO NOT USE THE TELEPHONE OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

LA GREE
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 4:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
MOZ011-012-018-242245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
442 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI LATE THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 436 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM POTOSI OR 47 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ST. LOUIS TO NEAR KNOB LICK OR 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST.
LOUIS IN ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST
AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS
EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR HEAVY RAIN DROPPING VISIBILITIES TO AROUND ONE MILE OR
LESS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

IF YOU'RE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SEEK A STURDY BUILDING AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

METZE
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 5:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
MOZ011-012-242330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
522 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO ROLL ACROSS EAST CENTRAL
MISSOURI...
AT 521 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 40 MILES WEST OF ST. LOUIS...JUST WEST OF
WASHINGTON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MILES AN HOUR AND
SOME SMALL HAIL. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO THE UNION AND
WASHINGTON BY 540 PM.

IF YOU'RE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SEEK A STRONG BUILDING IF OUTSIDE
UNITL THE STORM PASSES.

METZE
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 5:43 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
MOZ011-012-242345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
542 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
   MISSOURI...

AT 540 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR CAPE
GIRARDEAU TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF ROLLA AND NORTH TO 25 MILES WEST OF ST.
LOUIS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 15 SOUTH OF ROLLA
IN WESTERN DENT...AND 35 NORTHWEST OF CAPE GIRARDEAU. THESE STORNGER
STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

MANY OF THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 35 TO
40 MILES AN HOUR...SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

IF YOU'RE ARE OUTSIDE AND IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...FIND SHELTER
IN THE STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

METZE
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 5:45 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
MOZ011-012-017-018-022-242345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO CODING...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
542 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
   MISSOURI...

AT 540 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR CAPE
GIRARDEAU TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF ROLLA AND NORTH TO 25 MILES WEST OF ST.
LOUIS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 15 SOUTH OF ROLLA
IN WESTERN DENT...AND 35 NORTHWEST OF CAPE GIRARDEAU. THESE STORNGER
STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

MANY OF THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 35 TO
40 MILES AN HOUR...SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

IF YOU'RE ARE OUTSIDE AND IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...FIND SHELTER
IN THE STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

METZE
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 6:09 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
MOZ010-013-014-015-016-242345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
605 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR A PORTION OF MISSOURI...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES IN MISSOURI...

ZONE 10 - COLE COUNTY

ZONE 13 - ST CLAIR AND HICKORY COUNTIES

ZONE 14 - CAMDEN AND MILLER COUNTIES

ZONE 15 - VERNON...CEDAR...BARTON...AND DADE COUNTIES

ZONE 16 - DALLAS COUNTY

The office that day

Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSainte Genevieve29 min

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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.