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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Springfield, MO

March 6, 1992Shannon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 6, 1992, 1:43 PM CST for Shannon County, Missouri. It was in force for 47 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
Mar 6, 1992, 1:43 PM CST (19:43 UTC)
Expired
Mar 6, 1992, 2:30 PM CST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Shannon County, MO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 6, 2:15 PM CSTHail 2Shannon, 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 215 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 1992-03-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 745 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 1992-03-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 295 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
745 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
661 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
295 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
307 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
6.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 061945
SVRSGF
MOC203-062030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
143 PM CST FRI MAR 6 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  230 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
          ...SOUTHERN SHANNON
 
AT 140 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO
EXTREME SOUTHWEST SHANNON COUNTY NEAR MOUNTAIN VIEW. THIS STORM WAS
MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WAS
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM.
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
BAREIS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 5, 8:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOzark40 min
Mar 6, 2:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon31 min

Nearby

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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.