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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Springfield, MO

April 9, 1992Carter County, Ripley County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 1992, 9:47 AM CDT for Carter County, Ripley County, Missouri. It was in force for 58 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: Apr 9, 1992, 9:47 AM CDT (14:47 UTC)
Expired: Apr 9, 1992, 10:45 AM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Whole counties

Counties Carter County, MO, Ripley County, MO

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 9, 9:50 AM CDT	Hail 1.75	Ripley, 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

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 199 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 0 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 150 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 161 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 091447
SVRSGF
MOC035-181-091545-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
947 AM CDT THU APR 9 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF MISSOURI
      EASTERN CARTER...RIPLEY

AT 943 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
OVER CENTRAL CARTER COUNTY AND NORTHERN RIPLEY COUNTY ABOUT 45
MILES EAST OF WEST PLAINS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST
AT 20 MPH. THE CITY OF DONIPHAN IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

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, Apr 9, 5:34 AM CDT, 4 hours 13 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

Special weather statement, Apr 9, 9:32 AM CDT, 15 minutes before

MOZ015-016-019-020-021-091530-

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

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 15 MILES EAST OF NEVADA MISSOURI NEAR
ELDORADO SPRINGS...

RADAR AT 925 AM CDT INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WEST CENTRAL
MISSOURI 15 MILES EAST OF NEVADA MISSOURI NEAR ELDORADO SPRINGS.  THE
THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST 20 MPH.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF CEDAR COUNTY...
AND THE TOWNS OF CEDAR SPRINGS AND CAPLINGER MILLS BY 1000 AM.

PEOPLE SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR RADIO AND TV IN CASE A WARNING IS
ISSUED FOR THIS THUNDERSTORM.  THE STORMS OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI HAVE
BEEN PRODUCING HAIL...DANGEROUS; LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN.

LEE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 9, 4:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton	47 min
Apr 9, 6:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dade, Polk	45 min
Apr 9, 7:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Texas	57 min
Apr 9, 7:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dallas, Webster, Wright	62 min
Apr 9, 7:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell, Texas	67 min
Apr 9, 7:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Polk	67 min
Apr 9, 7:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Shannon	60 min
Apr 9, 8:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Greene, Webster	58 min
Apr 9, 8:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Carter, Oregon, Ripley	62 min
Apr 9, 8:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, Dade, Polk	64 min
Apr 9, 10:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Webster	47 min
Apr 9, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Laclede	53 min
Apr 9, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Laclede	57 min
Apr 9, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Texas	61 min

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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.