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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Springfield, MO

July 2, 1992Dallas County, Laclede County, Webster County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1992, 9:46 PM CDT for Dallas County, Laclede County, Webster County, Missouri. It was in force for 44 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
Jul 2, 1992, 9:46 PM CDT (02:46 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 1992, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dallas County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Webster County, MO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 2, 10:00 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 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 1992-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4506 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 1992-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 142 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
4506 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
900 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.5
Supercell composite
13.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 030246
SVRSGF
MOC105-225-059-030330-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
946 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF MISSOURI
      LACLEDE...WEBSTER...DALLAS

AT 940 PM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT MOVED THROUGH THE CITY
OF SPRINGFIELD WAS MOVING INTO THE CITIES OF STRATFORD AND ROGERS-
VILLE 15 MILES EAST OF SPRINGFIELD.
THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

 BAREIS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, Dade60 min
Jul 2, 8:01 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFCedar, Polk39 min
Jul 2, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton69 min
Jul 2, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Polk67 min
Jul 2, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene47 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.