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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 2, 1992Franklin County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1992, 7:52 PM CDT for Franklin County, Missouri. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 1992, 7:52 PM CDT (00:52 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 1992, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Franklin County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 257 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 00:00Z on 1992-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3595 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 00:00Z on 1992-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 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
3595 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
764 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 030054
SVRSTL
MOC071-030145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
752 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY
 
AT 750 PM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING
NORTHWEST FRANKLIN COUNTY...ABOUT 55 TO 60 MILES WEST OF ST. LOUIS.
 
THE TOWNS OF NEW HAVEN...WASHINGTON AND UNION ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE
STORMS.
 
THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WINDS OF 55 TO 70 MILES AN
HOUR. SMALL TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE
STORMS.
 
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 TO 45 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.
 
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, 2:08 PM CDT, 5 hours 44 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, 4 hours 55 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, 4 hours 52 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, 3 hours 53 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
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 5:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
MOZALL-022330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
540 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992

TORNADO WATCH 524 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL
AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI.  THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS
MOVED EAST OF THESE AREAS.

THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

CLINTON            HARRISON          MERCER         PUTNAM
DAVIESS            GRUNDY            SULLIVAN       CALDWELL
LIVINGSTON         RAY               CARROLL        PLATTE
CLAY               JACKSON           CASS

THE CITIES OF KANSAS CITY...CHILLICOTHE...AND TRENTON HAVE ALSO
BEEN CLEARED FROM THE WATCH.

HOWEVER...TORNADO WATCH 524 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SECTIONS OF
WEST CENTRAL...CENTRAL...AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.  INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUE OVER WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI FROM NEAR MARSHALL TO CLINTON.
THESE STORMS STILL HAVE A STRONG POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING SEVERE
WEATHER AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST DURING THE EVENING HOURS.

TRUETT
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 7:28 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
MOZALL-030130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
725 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10PM...

AT 720PM...THE NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
INTO LINCOLN AND WARREN COUNTIES IN MISSOURI.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE ST LOUIS METROPOLITAN AREA BETWEEN
8PM AND 9PM THIS EVENING.

DAMAGING WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND LARGE
HAIL HAVE ALL BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND
CAN BE EXPECTED AS THE STORMS MOVE TO THE EAST AT 40 TO 45 MILES
AN HOUR.

KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES FOR
FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

LP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Warren45 min
Jul 2, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike51 min
Jul 2, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles50 min
Jul 2, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Warren41 min
Jul 2, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Louis, City of Saint Louis65 min
Jul 2, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLewis49 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.