Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1992, 11:11 AM CDT for Shelby County, Missouri. It was in force for 34 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 1992, 11:11 AM CDT (16:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1992, 11:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Shelby County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 319 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
- 5739 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 558 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 10.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 021615 SVRSTL MOC205-021645- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1111 AM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1200 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI ...NORTHERN AND WESTERN SHELBY COUNTY AT 1108 AM EST...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN MACON COUNTY...ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KIRKSVILLE. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHERN AND WESTERN SHELBY COUNTY. THE PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF CLARENCE AND SHELBYVILLE ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM AND SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. 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 I*N SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. PRZYBYLINSKI
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, Jul 2, 5:54 AM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before
MOZALL-011500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 545 AM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 ...THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN MISSOURI... A DEEPENING STORM SYSTEM NOW OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS IS FORECAST TO TRIGGER AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES OVER A PORTION OF THE UPPER AND MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...INCLUDING MISSOURI...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE IN MISSOURI IS OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE... HOWEVER EVEN SOUTHERN MISSOURI CAN EXPECT A CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS. TODAY IS AN UNUSUAL WEATHER DAY. PERSONS IN MISSOURI ARE URGED TO KEEP AN ESPECIALLY CLOSE WATCH ON THE WEATHER AND KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. WHEN THE WEATHER BEGINS TO LOOK THREATENING THINK AHEAD WHERE IS THE SAFEST PLACE FOR YOU TO GO. . SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER OCCUR IN YOUR AREA...LARGE HAIL...WINDS OVER 55 MPH...SIGNIFIC=ANT PROPERTY DAMAGE...OR TORNADOES...REPORT THIS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS FOR RELAY TO THE NEAREST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. PEDIGO
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 10:48 AM CDT, 23 minutes before
MOZALL-021630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 1040 AM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 1030 AM...AN ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS NEAR 40 MPH...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL... WAS IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI NEAR MARCELINE...OR ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KIRKSVILLE. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WI LL MOVE OVER MARCELINE...BUCKLIN AND NEW CAMBRIA BY 11AM. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED AROUND NORTHWEST PARTS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI. LARM
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 11:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Knox | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 11:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clark, Lewis | 46 min |
| Jul 2, 1:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lewis, Marion | 52 min |
| Jul 2, 1:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Marion | 36 min |
| Jul 2, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike, Ralls | 41 min |
| Jul 2, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 52 min |
| Jul 2, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.