Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1992, 1:08 PM CDT for Lewis County, Marion County, Missouri; Adams County, Illinois. It was in force for 52 min. 2 reports 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
- Jul 2, 1992, 1:08 PM CDT (18:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1992, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Adams County, IL, Lewis County, MO, Marion County, MO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2:05 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Adams, IL | |
| Jul 2, 2:10 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Adams, IL |
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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 370 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 021808 SVRSTL ILC001-MOC111-127-021900- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 108 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...WESTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI ...EASTERN LEWIS COUNTY...MARION COUNTY AT 105 PM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL LEWIS AND WESTERN MARION COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI. THE TOWNS OF WARREN..PALMYRA...QUNICY AND LAGRANGE ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. THE SEVERE THUNDERTSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. 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, 10:48 AM CDT, 2 hours 20 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
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 11:32 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
MOZALL-022200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1130 AM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 ...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS A FEW POSSIBLY SEVERE WILL DEVELOPE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MISSOURI... A STRONG STORM SYSTEM CENTERED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA WILL BE MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN IOWA THIS AFTEROON TO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT. WARM HUMID AND VERY UNSTABLE AIR ACROSS MISSOURI ESPECIALLY THE NORTHWESTERN HALF OF THE STATE IS EXCELLENT FOR THUNDER- STORM DEVELOPMENT. THIS AFTERNOONS WEATHER COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS. PERSONS IN MISSOURI ARE URGED TO KEEP AN ESPECIALLY CLOSE WATCH ON THE WEATHER AND KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BW
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 11:42 AM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
MOZALL-021730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 1140 AM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED OUT OF CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 1135 AM...NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN CENTRAL MISSOURI. HOWEVER... AN ISOLATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVED OUT OF NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI TO 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KIRKSVILLE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE REFORMING IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI NEAR CLINTON...30 MILES WEST OF SEDALIA. A;LL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. CENTRAL MISSOURI CONTINUES TO BE UNDER THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR LATER UPDATES. LARM
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 12:31 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
MOZ002-003-006-007-009-010-011-021830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1225 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 5 PM... AT 1220 PM...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER THE EXTREME NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST. OTHER SEVERE STORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF MISSOURI AND WEST CENTvRAL ILLINOIS. A TORNADO WATCH IS THEREFORE IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA UNTIL 5 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TV STATION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION OF THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. GOETSCH
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 1:04 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
MOZ003-006-007-021900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 102 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST MISSOURI... AT 100 PM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SMALL AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN LEWIS AND MARION COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF QUINCY TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF QUINCY. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY SURXFACE WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. RP
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 11:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Shelby | 34 min |
| 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, 1:39 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 |
| Jul 2, 1:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Adams | 41 min |
| Jul 2, 2:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Adams | 42 min |
| Jul 2, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Brown | 42 min |
| Jul 2, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 44 min |
| Jul 2, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Scott | 41 min |
| Jul 2, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene | 37 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1992Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 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.