Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1992, 2:47 PM CDT for Dent County, Missouri. It was in force for 58 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 4, 1992, 2:47 PM CDT (19:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1992, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dent County, MO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 3:30 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Dent, 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
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 1430 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1026 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 041948 SVRSTL MOC065-042045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 247 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI ...SOUTHERN DENT COUNTY AT 240 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES SOUTH OF ROLLA. THIS STORM WAS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LARGE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS INDICATED IN THIS STORM. THE STORM SHOULD MOVE TO NEAR GLADDEN BY AROUND 315 PM. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND INTENSE LIGHTNING ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. TUCKER
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 4, 1:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
MOZALL-041915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 125 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF THE CENTRAL MISSOURI AREA... AT 120 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST TO ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD NEAR STOCKTON. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROLLA NEAR FORT LEONARD WOOD. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOT THREATENING THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS AREA YET...HOWEVER THE LARGE AMOUNT OF WEEKEND CAMPERS AND BOATERS IN THAT AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY THIS AFTERNOON...AND BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING AND THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. KEEP A RADIO OR TV HANDY...OR TUNE NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST ON THE T0HUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE CLOSE TO THE LAKE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE ABOUT 45 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF KIRKSVILLE NEAR CHILLICOTHE AND LACLEDE...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. LA GREE
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 2:02 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
MOZ013>023-042000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 201 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MISSOURI UNTIL 8 PM CDT... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST...SOUTH CENTRAL...AND MOST OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. MAJOR CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE SPRINGFIELD...JOPLIN...WEST PLAINS AND POPLAR BLUFF. AT 155 PM...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. PEOPLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS FOURTH OF JULY...AND BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. SMALL
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 2:28 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
MOZ013-014-042000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 230 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS HICKORY COUNTY... AT 225 PM AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS 48 MILES SOUTH OF SEDALIA NEAR HERMITAGE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM DUMPED MARBLE SIZED HAIL ON WEAUBLEAU IN WESTERN HICKORY COUNTY AT 215 PM. ALSO EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM. PERSONS IN HICKORY AND CAMDEN COUNTIES SHOULD BE AWARE OF RAPIDLY CHANGING...THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON...AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLY WARNINGS. TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR COMMERCIAL RADIO OR~ TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. LA GREE
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 2:40 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
MOZ017-042045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 239 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 1992 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED IN DENT COUNTY...MISSOURI. AT 227 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES SOUTH OF ROLLA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. RADAR INDICATED THAT THIS STORM CONTAINED HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH DENT COUNTY AND WILL PASS BETWEEN SALEM AND GLADDEN BETWEEN 245 AND 315 PM. STRONG GUSTY WIND...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...INTENSE LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE...YOU SHOULD SEEK SHELTER INSIDE. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER NEAR A SINGLE TREE OR OT'HER TALL OBJECTS. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE TO BE RELAYED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND WESTERN MISSOURI REMAINS IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM. TUCKER
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 2:42 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
MOZ004-008-042030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 241 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 8PM CDT... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SECTIONS OF NORTHWEST MISSOURI EFFECTIVE UNTIL 8PM THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSILBE IN THIS AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE CITIES OF ST. JOSEPH AND KANSAS CITY ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH. PEOPLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH SHOULD BE AWARE FOR THE POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE OUTSIDE THIS FOURTH OF JULY...BE PREPARED TO QUICKLY SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SMALL
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 2:43 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
MOZ017-042045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR HEADLINE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 239 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 1992 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED IN DENT COUNTY...MISSOURI. AT 227 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES SOUTH OF ROLLA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. RADAR INDICATED THAT THIS STORM CONTAINED HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH DENT COUNTY AND WILL PASS BETWEEN SALEM AND GLADDEN BETWEEN 245 AND 315 PM. STRONG GUSTY WIND...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...INTENSE LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE...YOU SHOULD SEEK SHELTER INSIDE. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER NEAR A SINGLE TREE OR OTHER TALL OBJECTS. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE TO BE RELAYED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND WESTERN MISSOURI REMAINS IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM.2 TUCKER
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 68 min |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.