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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Springfield, MO

April 9, 1992Texas County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 1992, 7:03 AM CDT for Texas County, Missouri. It was in force for 57 min. 4 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
Apr 9, 1992, 7:03 AM CDT (12:03 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 1992, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Texas County, MO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 9, 7:15 AM CDTHail 1Texas, MO
Apr 9, 7:34 AM CDTHail 0.75Texas, MO
Apr 9, 7:45 AM CDTHail 1Texas, MO
Apr 9, 8:00 AM CDTHail 0.75Texas, 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 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 12:00Z on 1992-04-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1086 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 12:00Z on 1992-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 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
1086 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
938 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

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, Apr 9, 5:34 AM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
MOZ015-016-019-020-021- 091030 -

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
530 AM CDT THU APR 9 1992

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BARTON COUNTY OF SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI HAS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 4:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton47 min
Apr 9, 6:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade, Polk45 min
Apr 9, 7:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Webster, Wright62 min
Apr 9, 7:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell, Texas67 min
Apr 9, 7:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPolk67 min
Apr 9, 7:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon60 min
Apr 9, 8:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene, Webster58 min
Apr 9, 8:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCarter, Oregon, Ripley62 min
Apr 9, 8:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, Dade, Polk64 min
Apr 9, 9:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCarter, Ripley58 min
Apr 9, 10:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWebster47 min
Apr 9, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede53 min
Apr 9, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede57 min
Apr 9, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas61 min

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