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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Springfield, MO

September 9, 1992Barton County, Dade County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 9, 1992, 8:06 PM CDT for Barton County, Dade County, Missouri. It was in force for 69 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
Sep 9, 1992, 8:06 PM CDT (01:06 UTC)
Expired
Sep 9, 1992, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Barton County, MO, Dade County, MO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 9, 8:10 PM CDTHail 0.75Barton, 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 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 68 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 1992-09-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2916 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 1992-09-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 142 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
2916 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1045 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
228 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.3
Supercell composite
13.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 100106
SVRSGF
MOC011-057-100215-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
806 PM CDT WED SEP 9 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF MISSOURI
      EASTERN BARTON...DADE

AT 8 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN EASTE
R BARTON COUNTY 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF JOPLIN NEAR LAMAR TO 25 MILES
 NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD. THE STORMS HAD PRODUCED HAIL TO LARGER THAN
ONE INCH.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE TOWNS
OF GREENFIELD AND GOLDEN CITY WERE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS.

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.

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.

 BAREIS

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 9, 2:16 PM CDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before
MOZ015-016-019-020-021-092230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
215 PM CDT WED SEP 9 1992

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR PARTS OF
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

AT 215 PM...ONLY A FEW WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE OVER SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI AND MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT
MOVES ACROSS KANSAS AND MISSOURI AND INTO THE OZARKS BY EARLY THIS
EVENING.

LAKE WIND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTEROON...
WITH WINDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTY.

SIMKULET

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 9, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon43 min
Sep 9, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene, Lawrence, Newton57 min
Sep 9, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Stone, Webster56 min
Sep 9, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry56 min
Sep 10, 12:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFJasper, Newton4 hr

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.