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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Springfield, MO

April 11, 1992Christian County, Stone County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 1992, 7:12 PM CDT for Christian County, Stone County, Missouri. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 11, 1992, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 1992, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Christian County, MO, Stone County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 43 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 1992-04-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 650 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 1992-04-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 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
650 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1775 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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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 11, 1:39 PM CDT, 5 hours 33 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, 4 hours 10 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, 4 hours 7 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, 3 hours 9 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Lawrence, Newton63 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.