Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1992, 4:19 PM CDT for Pike County, Ralls County, Missouri. It was in force for 41 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
- Jul 2, 1992, 4:19 PM CDT (21:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1992, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 4:25 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Ralls, 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
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 350 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
- 1159 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 563 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 022118 SVRSTL MOC163-173-022200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 419 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...NORTHERN PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI ...RALLS COUNTY AT 413 PM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER RALLS COUNTY...25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF QUNICY...OR NEAR THE TOWN OF CENTER. THE TOWNS OF SAVERTON AND NEW LONDON ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN THESE TOWNS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. 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. 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, Jul 2, 1:04 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 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
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 1:13 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
MOZALL-021900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 110 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 ...MORE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN CENTRAL MISSOURI... ...A TORNDAO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF MID MISSOURI UNTIL 5PM... AT 105 PM...AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS IN CENTRAL MISSOURI JUST NORTH OF FAYETTE OR 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA. THE STORM WAS MOVING NROTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE OVER MOBERLY BY 130 PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING INTO NORTHWEST PARTS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI. LARM
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 2:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
MOZALL-022000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 205 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 ...A TORNDAO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF MID MISSOURI UNTIL 5PM... AT 200 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ALONG A LINE 15 MILES WIDE FROM NEAR THE CITY OF COLUMBIA TO ABOUT HANIBAL...AND ANOTHER CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KIRKSVILLE BEWEEN SALISBURY AND BROOKFIELD. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL MISSOURI WERE PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS...BUT WERE CAPABLE OF INTENSIFYING IN THE UNSTABLE AIR ACROSS THE AREA THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. PERSONS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE TORNADOES THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LA GREE
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 2:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
MOZ003-006-007-011-012-022100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 257 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST AND PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENIN . AT 245 PM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBIA TO 30 MILES TO 45 MILES NORTH OF QUNICY. A SECOND AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM 20 MILES EAST OF QUINCY TO 50 MILES EAST OF QUINCY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER WESTERN BROWN COUNTY ILLINOIS...ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF QUINCY AND NEAR KNOX CITY.. ABOUT 35 NORTHWEST OF QUINCY. MANY OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WHICH WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER AND LOCAL FLOODING AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. RP
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 3:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
MOZALL-022100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 300 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE NORTHWEST HALF OF MISSOURI UNTIL 9 PM... ...ANOTHER TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI UNITL 10 PM CDT.. THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE STATE INCLUDES ALL BUT THE FAR NORTHWEST COUNTIES AND THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE. SOME OF THE CITIES IN THIS TORNADO WATCH ARE KANSAS CITY ...JOPLIN...COLUMBIA...KIRKSVILLE AND HANNIBAL. THIS WATCH RELPACES TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 323 THAT COVERED NORTHEAST MISSOURI. THE WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI INCLUDES ALL OF THE ST LOUIS METRO AREA AND ALSO JEFFERSON CITY AND BOWLING GREEN. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN RUMBLING ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSOURI SINCE THIS MORNING AND MORE STORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN MISSOURI AT MID-AFTERNOON. THE STORMS IN THE NORTHEAST HAVE BEEN PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER. THE ATMOSPHERE IS RIPE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORE SEVERE STORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA AND THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL THROUGH THIS PART OF MISSOURI SHOULD KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS. YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND T.V. STATIONS FOR FURTHER WEATHER INFORMATION. FERRY
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 3:59 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
MOZ003-006-007-011-022200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 359 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST MISSOURI...WESTERN ILLINOIS AND PARTS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI TIL 10 PM CDT... AT 340 PM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVEWR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY... 5 TO 8 MILES EAST OF QUNICY...HANCOCK COUNTY ILLINOIS...20 MILES NORTH OF QUNICY AND NORTHWEST RALLS COUNTY MISSOURI...ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF QUINCY. AT 345 PM CDT...THE ADAMS COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED SURFACE WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR AND BLINDING RAINFALL. MANY OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WHICH WILL PRODUCE LOCAL PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST 1NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP TUNE FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 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, 1:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lewis, Marion | 52 min |
| Jul 2, 1:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Marion | 36 min |
| Jul 2, 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.