Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 1992, 4:28 PM CDT for Jasper County, Missouri. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 1992, 4:28 PM CDT (21:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 1992, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jasper County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 59 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 231 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -213 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 782 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSGF 112128
SVRSGF
MOC011-039-057-097-112230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
428 PM CDT SAT APR 11 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF MISSOURI
BARTON...SOUTHERN CEDAR...DADE...JASPER
AT 424 PM RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM
25 MILES WEST OF JOPLIN TO 20 MILES NORTH OF JOPLIN TO 20 NORTH-
WEST OF SPRINGFIELD. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST
AT 25 MPH. THE CITIES OF JOPLIN...CARTHAGE AND LAMAR ARE 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.
MURPHYWhat 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 11, 12:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
MOZ015-016-019-020-021-112015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1230 PM CDT SAT APR 11 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... AT NOONTIME...IT'S SUNNY TO MOSTLY SUNNY ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.. WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S TO LOW 80S. WINDS ARE FROM THE SOUTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS...WITH SOME SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE. THE STORMS WILL MOVE FROM THE NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST...WITH MOST ACTIVITY AFTER 200 PM. TEMPERATURES WILL TOP OUT IN THE LOW TO MID 80S...BUT DROP QUICKLY WITH THE SHOWERS. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH AT 10 TO 20 MPH... BUT SHIFT TO THE NORTH WITH THE SHOWERS. SIMKULET
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 1:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
MOZ015-016-019-020-021-112100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 130 PM CDT SAT APR 11 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES ARE OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON... HOWEVER THE WEATHER COULD CHANGE QUITE RAPIDLY BY LATE AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO PUSH TO THE SOUTH. AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI AND WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AFTER 300 PM. PERSONS PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES FOR LATE AFTERNOON AND THE EARLY EVENING HOURS SHOULD STAY ALERT TO THE CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. MURPHY
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 3:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
MOZ015-016-019-020-021-112200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 255 PM CDT SAT APR 11 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD PUSHED INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI FROM NEAR NEVADA TO ABOUT 30 MILES EAST OF NEVADA. THESE STORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED...BUT THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND PEA SIZE HAIL AND ARE MOVING INTO AN ARA MORE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPMENT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. PERSONS PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD STAY ALERT TO THE CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. MURPHY
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 3:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
MOZ015-016-019-020-021-112200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 255 PM CDT SAT APR 11 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD PUSHED INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI FROM NEAR NEVADA TO ABOUT 30 MILES EAST OF NEVADA. THESE STORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED...BUT THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND PEA SIZE HAIL AND ARE MOVING INTO AN AREA MORE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPMENT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. PERSONS PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD STAY ALERT TO THE CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. MURPHY
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 4:03 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
MOZ015-016-019-020-021-112300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 400 PM CDT SAT APR 11 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF NEVADA TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEVADA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR. NO SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED...BUT THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND PEA SIZE HAIL AND ARE MOVING INTO AN AREA MORE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPMENT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AND WILL MOVE INTO THE SPRINGFIELD AREA BETWEEN 500 AND 600 PM. PERSONS PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD STAY ALERT TO THE CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. MURPHY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Cedar, Dade | 62 min |
| Apr 11, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene, Lawrence, Polk | 66 min |
| Apr 11, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade, Jasper, Newton | 60 min |
| Apr 11, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper, Lawrence, Newton | 56 min |
| Apr 11, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald | 66 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.