Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 18, 1992, 3:36 PM CST for Reynolds County, Missouri. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 18, 1992, 3:36 PM CST (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 1992, 4:13 PM CST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Reynolds County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 619 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 182137 SVRSTL MOC179-182230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 336 PM CST WED MAR 18 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI ...WESTERN REYNOLDS COUNTY AT 335 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED IN NORTHEASTERN SHANNON COUNTY...60 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROLLA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE TOWN OF REYNOLDS AND CORRIDON ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. GLASS
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, Mar 18, 12:18 PM CST, 3 hours 18 minutes before
MOZ014-016-017-018-020-181930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1216 PM CST WED MAR 18 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 600 PM CST... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THAT AREA SOUTH OF LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD TO 30 MILES NORTH OF CAPE GRIARDEAU AND EAST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE SPRINGFIELD..CAPE GIRARDEAU ..POPULAR BLUFF AND WEST PLAINS. AT 1205 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDER- STORMS EXTENDING FROM 35 MILES WEST OF ROLLA TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND SMALL HAIL. . THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RP
Special weather statement, Mar 18, 12:22 PM CST, 3 hours 14 minutes before
MOZ014-016-017-018-020>023-181930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1216 PM CST WED MAR 18 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 600 PM CST... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THAT AREA SOUTH OF LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD TO 30 MILES NORTH OF CAPE GRIARDEAU AND EAST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE SPRINGFIELD..CAPE GIRARDEAU ..POPULAR BLUFF AND WEST PLAINS. AT 1205 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDER- STORMS EXTENDING FROM 35 MILES WEST OF ROLLA TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND SMALL HAIL. . THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RP
Special weather statement, Mar 18, 1:21 PM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
MOZ014-182030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 115 PM CST WED MAR 18 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 6PM... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI JUST WEST OF WAYNESVILLE AND FT. LEONARD WOOD...OR ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF ROLLA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL PASS OVER WAYNESVILLE AND FT. WOOD BY 130PM AND WILL BE NEAR OR AROUND ROLLA BY 2PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AT LEAST SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WIND TO AT LEAST 30 MPH. LARM
Special weather statement, Mar 18, 1:35 PM CST, 2 hours 1 minute before
MOZ012-016-017-018-020-021-022-023-182030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 135 PM CST WED MAR 18 1992 ..A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 600 PM CST THIS EVENING... AT 130 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JEFFERSON CITY TO 10 MILES EAST OF SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI. HOWEVER THESE STORMS HAVE NOT CHANGED MUCH IN SIZE AND INTENSITY BETWEEN 100 AND 130 PM CST. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE ROLLA AREA BETWEEN 150 AND 210 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. MANY OF THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MILES AN HOUR...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. PRZYBYLINSKI
Special weather statement, Mar 18, 2:20 PM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
MOZ016-017-018-020-021-022-023-182115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 220 PM CST WED MAR 18 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 600 PM CST... AT 215 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTOROVER SOUTHEAST SHANNON AND WESTERN CARTER COUNTY...ABOUT 45 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF POPLAR BLUFF. THIS STORM HAS THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING HAIL AND STRONG AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS. THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE TOWNS OF FREEMONT AND VAN BUREN BETWEEN 220 AND 235 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR ROLLA TO 30 MILES EAST OF SPRINGFIELD...NEAR HARTSVILLE. MANY OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PRZYBYLINSKI
Special weather statement, Mar 18, 3:11 PM CST, 25 minutes before
MOZ016-017-018-020-021-022-023-182215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 312 PM CST WED MAR 18 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 600 PM CST THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... AT 255 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES EAST OF ROLLA TO 15 MILES NORTH OF WEST PLAINS. ONE INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST HOWELL COUNTY ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF WEST PLAINS...WHILE A SECOND STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS CENTERED OVER NORTHWEST SHANNON COUNTY...ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTH OF ROLLA. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE TOWNS OF WINONA AND ROUND SPRINGS BETWEEN 310 AND 320 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...STRONG AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PRZYBYLINSKI
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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.