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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 118, NWS Springfield, MO

October 31, 1992McDonald County, Newton County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 31, 1992, 11:28 PM CST for McDonald County, Newton County, Missouri. It was in force for 62 min. 2 reports 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
Oct 31, 1992, 11:28 PM CST (05:28 UTC)
Expired
Nov 1, 1992, 12:30 AM CST
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 31, 11:55 PM CSTHail 0.75Mcdonald, MO
Oct 31, 11:59 PM CSTHail 0.75Newton, 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, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 51 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 1992-11-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 565 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 1992-11-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 413 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
565 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
584 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
413 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
441 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.8

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 31, 11:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper, Newton63 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.