Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Springfield, MO
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 10:00 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Webster, 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.
- 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
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.
BAREISThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar, Dade | 60 min |
| Jul 2, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cedar, Polk | 39 min |
| Jul 2, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 69 min |
| Jul 2, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Polk | 67 min |
| Jul 2, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene | 47 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.