Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Springfield, MO

August 10, 1992Howell County, Oregon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 1992, 8:09 PM CDT for Howell County, Oregon County, Missouri. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 10, 1992, 8:09 PM CDT (01:09 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 1992, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Howell County, MO, Oregon County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 1992-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3508 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 1992-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3508 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1189 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 110113
SVRSGF
MOC091-149-110215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
809 PM CDT MON AUG 10 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...HOWELL COUNTY...OREGON COUNTY
 
AT 806 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF WEST PLAINS MISSOURI TO 40 MILES NORTH
OF WEST PLAINS...MOVING SOUTH 30 MPH.
 
DAMAGING WINDS 60 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS.
 
THE TOWN OF ALTON AND SURROUNDING AREA IS IN THE DIRECT PATH OF THIS S
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND 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 ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
LEE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon, Texas61 min
Aug 10, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon46 min
Aug 10, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Greene56 min
Aug 10, 10:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton41 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992

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.