Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 1992, 8:07 PM CDT for Adair County, Missouri. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 29, 1992, 8:07 PM CDT (01:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 1992, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Adair County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 292 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
- 2199 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1333 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 7.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 300109 SVRSTL MOC001-300215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 807 PM CDT WED JUL 29 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI ...ADAIR COUNTY AT 807 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ENTERNING NORTHWEST ADAIR COUNTY...ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF KIRKSVILLE. THE STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CITY OF KIRKSVILLE BETWEEN 820 AND 835 PM CDT THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING. PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF CONNELSVILLE AND THE CITY OF KIRKSVILLE ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. 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 29, 5:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
MOZ002-003-007-300000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 545 PM CDT WED JUL 29 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDED NEAR THE IOWA-MISSOURI BORDER LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS FRONT WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING. AT 545 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN IOWA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. PERSONS IN NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING.
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 6:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-300045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 643 PM CDT WED JUL 29 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 1 AM... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST MISSOURI EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING. MAJOR CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE ST. JOSEPH...KANSAS CITY... SEDALIA AND MARYVILLE. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN IOWA...SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSOURI. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSOURI TONIGHT. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. STAY TUNDED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SMALL
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 7:13 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
MOZ002-003-007-300100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 710 PM CDT WED JUL 29 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO PUTNAM COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...OR ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF KIRKSVILLE. BOATERS ON LAKE THUNDERHEAD SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. GET OFF OR AWAY FROM OPEN WATERS...TRACTORS AND OTHER METAL FARM EQUIPMENT OR SMALL METAL VEHICLES...SUCH AS MOTORCYCLES...BICYCLES...AND GOLF CARTS. DO NOT USE TELLEPHONES EXCEPT IN AN EMERGENCY.
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 8:00 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
MOZ003-006-007-300200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 759 PM CDT WED JUL 29 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS TIL 1100 PM CDT... AT 745 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF UNIONVILLE OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF KIRKSVILLE. THIS STORM HAS SLIGHTLY INTENSIFIED BETWEEN 745 AND 800 PM CDT. GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR...BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL... SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THIS STORM WILL MOVE NEAR THE CITY OF KIRKSVILLE BETWEEN 820 AND 835 PM CDT THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING. PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF KIRKSVILLE SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER AFTER 825 PM CDT.. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED OVER WESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY...ABOUT 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF KIRKSVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. PRZYBYLINSKI
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.