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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Springfield, MO

September 6, 1992Newton County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 6, 1992, 1:06 AM CDT for Newton County, Missouri. It was in force for 69 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 6, 1992, 1:06 AM CDT (06:06 UTC)
Expired
Sep 6, 1992, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Newton County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 48 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1992-09-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2344 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1992-09-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 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
2344 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1140 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 060606
SVRSGF
MOC145-167-060715-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
106 AM CDT SUN SEP 6 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF MISSOURI
      NEWTON...POLK

AT 105 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM
NEAR STOCKTON DAM OR 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD TO JOPLIN.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR
AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CITIES OF BOLIVAR AND NEOSHO BY 130 AM
CDT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADWAYS QUICKLY...
AVOID DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING.  ONCE
INSIDE...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

 MURPHY

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, Sep 5, 11:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
MOZ015-016-019-020-021-060600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT RANGE WEATHER FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1105 PM CDT SAT SEP 5 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 810 IS IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PORTION
OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST
KANSAS...

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI BY
MIDNIGHT AND WILL APPROACH THE CITY OF NEVADA BETWEEN MIDNIGHT
AND 1 AM CDT.
THIS LINE HAD PRODUCED SEVERE WEATHER IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND
WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LATER WEATHER BULLETINS CONCERNING THE STORMS.

BAREIS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 5, 11:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon59 min
Sep 6, 12:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Jasper, Vernon62 min
Sep 6, 1:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPolk69 min
Sep 6, 1:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene, Lawrence58 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.