Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 18, 1992, 3:09 PM CST for Shannon County, Missouri. It was in force for 36 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 18, 1992, 3:09 PM CST (21:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 1992, 3:45 PM CST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Shannon County, MO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 3:32 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Shannon, 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, 9.2 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSGF 182109
SVRSGF
MOC203-182200-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
309 PM CST WED MAR 18 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF MISSOURI
SOUTHERN SHANNON
AT 310 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 20 MILES
NORTHEAST OF WEST PLAINS MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
THE TOWNS OF BIRCH TREE AND WINONA ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE AL|L POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
JOHNSONWhat 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, Mar 18, 12:39 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
MOZ015-016-019-020-021-182030-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR DAY OF WEEK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1230 PM CST WED MAR 17 1992
...A SEVERE THUNDERTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN
MISSOURI UNTIL 6PM...
AT 1230 PM...A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ABOUT 15 MILES WIDE
EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD TO JUST TO THE
EAST OF SPRINGFIELD.
THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE
THROUGH EASTERN GREENE...SOUTHEAST POLK INTO WEBSTER AND DALLAS
COUNTIES BY 130 PM. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BRIEF
HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL.
PEOPLE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT VAND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS CONCERNING THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
.
JOHNSONSpecial weather statement, Mar 18, 12:41 PM CST, 2 hours 28 minutes before
MOZ015-016-019-020-021-182030-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR DAY OF WEEK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1240 PM CST WED MAR 18 1992
...A SEVERE THUNDERTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN
MISSOURI UNTIL 6PM...
AT 1230 PM...A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ABOUT 15 MILES WIDE
EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD TO JUST TO THE
EAST OF SPRINGFIELD.
THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE
THROUGH EASTERN GREENE...SOUTHEAST POLK INTO WEBSTER AND DALLAS
COUNTIES BY 130 PM. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BRIEF
HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL.
PEOPLE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT ,AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS CONCERNING THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
.
JOHNSONSpecial weather statement, Mar 18, 1:05 PM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
MOZ015-016-019-020-021-182130-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
105 PM CST WED MAR 18 1992
...SEVERE THUNDERTORM WATCH NUMBER 82 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM...
AT 100 PM...A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ABOUT 15 MILES WIDE
EXTENDED FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF
SPRINGFIELD.
THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH
SOUTHEAST GREENE...EASTERN DALLAS...WEBSTER...AND CHRISTIAN COUNTIES
INTO LACLEDE...WRIGHT AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES BY 200 PM.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...STRONG
GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL.
PEOPLE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS CONCERNING THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
.
JOHNSONSpecial weather statement, Mar 18, 1:53 PM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
MOZ015-016-019-020-021-182130-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
150 PM CST WED MAR 18 1992
...SEVERE THUNDERTORM WATCH NUMBER 82 IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF
SOUTHERN MISSOURI UNTIL 6 PM...
AT 150 PM...A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ABOUT 15 MILES WIDE
EXTENDED FROM 60 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD TO 45 MILES EAST OF
SPRINGFIELD TO 35 SOUTH OF SPRINFIELD.
THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE
THROUGH EASTERN LACLEDE...WRIGHT...AND SOUTHEAST CHRISTIAN COUNTIES
INTO TEXAS...DOUGLAS...TANEY AND OZARK COUNTIES BY 300 PM. HEAVY RAIN
ALONG WITH PEA SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS.
THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...STRONG
GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL.
.
PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN MISSOURI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
JOHNSONSpecial weather statement, Mar 18, 2:33 PM CST, 36 minutes before
MOZ015-016-019-020-021-182230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 230 PM CST WED MAR 18 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERTORM WATCH NUMBER 82 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM... AT 230 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...EAST OF LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEST PLAINS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING 40 MILES NORTH OF WEST PLAINS OR JUST WEST OF HOUSTON AND ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF WEST PLAINS OR NEAR WILLOW SPRINGS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL. PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN MISSOURI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND LISTEN FROM LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Mar 18, 2:54 PM CST, 15 minutes before
MOZ015-016-019-020-021-182230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 255 PM CST WED MAR 18 1992 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 82 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA: POLK...DALLAS...LACLEDE...GREENE...WEBSTER...AND WRIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUNBER 82 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES UNTIL 6 PM CST. STONE...CHRISTIAN...DOUGLAS...TANEY...OZARK...HOWELL...SHANNON... OREGON...CARTER...RIPLEY AND TEXAS.
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.