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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Springfield, MO

June 10, 1992Webster County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1992, 2:50 PM CDT for Webster County, Missouri. It was in force for 40 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
Jun 10, 1992, 2:50 PM CDT (19:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1992, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Webster County, MO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 10, 3:18 PM CDTHail 0.75Webster, 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 1992-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 533 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 1992-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 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
533 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
665 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 101950
SVRSGF
MOC225-102030-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
250 PM CDT WED JUN 10 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF MISSOURI
      NORTHERN WEBSTER

AT 245 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES
NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI MOVING EAST 15 MPH.

THE TOWNS OF ELKLAND...ST LUKE...AND FORKNERS HILL ARE IN
IMMEDIATE DANGER FROM THIS STORM.

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.

 LEE

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, Jun 10, 11:40 AM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
MOZ015-016-019-020-021-101830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1140 AM CDT WED JUN 10 1992

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ZONES 19 AND 20 WHICH
INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...JASPER...LAWRENCE...NEWTON...BARRY...
MCDONALD...CHRISTIAN...DOUGLAS...STONE...TANEY AND OZARK.

RAINFALL IN THE AREA AT 1130 AM WAS IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF STATE IN
THE SENECA VICINITY BUT IT WAS LIGHT.  THERE WERE SOME HEAVY SHOWERS IN
THE NORTHWEST COUNTIES AROUND NEVADA...JERICO SPRINGS AND GREENFIELD.
THEY SHOULD MOVE TO THE TRUMAN LAKE AREA BY 130 PM.

THERE IS NO IMMEDIATE DANGER OF FLASH8 FLOODING.

NINE
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 1:50 PM CDT, 1 hour before
MOZ015-016-019-020-021-102035 -

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
145 PM CDT WED JUN 10 1992

 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI UNTIL 7 PM CDT...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

AT 145 PM THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST NORTHEAST OF PLEASANT
HOPE...IN THE CARTHAGE AREA...IN THE PINEVILLE VICINITY AND NEAR SHELL
KNOB.

THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE VERY SCATTERED BUT THE AREA AROUND BUFFALO AND
IN THE BRANSON AREA ARE LIKELY TO GET PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL
HAIL IS ALSO VERY POSSIBLE.
                                                             b            .

PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LATER WEATHER BULLETINS CONCERNING THE STORMS.

NINE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 10:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, McDonald4 hr

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.