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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Springfield, MO

June 17, 1992Newton County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1992, 6:07 PM CDT for Newton County, Missouri. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 1992, 6:07 PM CDT (23:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 1992, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Newton County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 48 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 1992-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 291 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 1992-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 364 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
291 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-406 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1465 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
364 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
367 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 172307
SVRSGF
MOC145-180015-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
607 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF MISSOURI
      NEWTON

AT 605 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR
JOPLIN TO 20 SOUTHWEST OF JOPLIN...NEAR SENECA.  THE STORMS ARE
MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.  THE TOWNS OF
DIAMOND AND SENECA ARE IN THE PARTH OF THE 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.

 SIMKULET

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 17, 2:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
MOZ015-016-019-020-021-172000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
225 PM CDT WED JUNE 17 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

AT 225 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 40 MILES WEST OF
JOPLIN TO AROUND 75 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD AND WERE MOVING TO
THE EAST AT AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE STORMS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT...AND MAY INTENSIFY
DURING THE MID AFTERN<OON HOURS...AS THEY MOVE INTO WARMER MORE
HUMID CONDITIONS.

WITH CURRENT MOVEMENT...THE STORMS WILL MOVE TO AROUND A JOPLIN...
BOLIVAR LINE BY 400 PM.

PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LATER WEATHER BULLETINS CONCERNING THE STORMS.
SIMKULET
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 3:14 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
MOZ015-016-019-020-021-172230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
310 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

AT 310 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 60 MILES NORTH-
WEST OF SPRINGFIELD TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF JOPLIN. THESE THUNDER-
STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE STORMS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT...AND MAY INTENSIFY
DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...AS THEY MOVE INTO WARMER MORE HUMID
CONDITIONS.

WITH CURRENT MOVEMENT...THE STORMS WILL MOVE TO AROUND A JOPLIN...
BOLIVAR LINE BY 345 PM.

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade, Jasper, Lawrence57 min
Jun 17, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton57 min
Jun 17, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper, Lawrence53 min
Jun 17, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence44 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.