Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 1992, 8:04 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1992, 8:04 PM CDT (01:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1992, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pawnee County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 786 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1475 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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, Jun 9, 4:41 PM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
KSZ003-006-092230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR SPELLING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 422 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN IN STEVENS COUNTY... AT 420 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTH OF ULYSSES TO HUGOTON TO GUYMON OKLAHOMA. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINS...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS. THE STEVENS COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AND PEA SIZE HAIL IN THESE THUNDERSTORMS JUST WEST OF HUGOTON. IF YOU LIVE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...YOU SHOULD MOVE INDOORS AND REMAI@N THERE UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. SZKIL
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 4:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
KSZ003-006-092300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 455 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT. AS OF 445 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING IN A 30 MILE WIDE BAND FROM 30 MILES WEST OF SCOTT CITY TO 15 MILES WEST OF LIBERAL KANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE LIBERAL KANSAS AREA BY 515 PM CDT AND INTO THE GARDEN CITY KANSAS AREA BY AROUND 530 PM CDT. IF YOU LIVE IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER. ALSO YOU SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MB
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 5:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
KSZ003-006-092330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 530 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 520 PM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 40 MILES WIDE FROM 20 MILES WEST OF SCOTT CITY KANSAS TO 10 WEST OF GARDEN CITY AND THEN TO LIBERAL. THIS BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE GARDEN CITY AND SUBLETTE KANSAS AREAS BY AROUND 6 PM CDT. VERY HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLE PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. ALSO DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR ESTIMATES OF LOCALIZIED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF FROM ONE HALF INCH TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE AS THE STORMS MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AS OF 520 PM CDT...THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DO DEVELOP DOES REMAIN HIGH. IF YOU LIVE IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. MB
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 6:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
KSZ003-006-100015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 609 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 605 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING INTO THE GARDEN CITY AREA AND SOUTHERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE GARDEN CITY AREA BY 630 PM CDT AND INTO THE CIMARRON AREA BY 645 PM CDT. VERY HEAVY RAIN...PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. ALSO BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY RAIN FROM THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS...SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS...LOW LYING AREAS...AND SMALL STREAMS IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU LIVE NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS OR IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA...YOU SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. MB
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 6:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
KSZ003-006-100045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 644 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 635 PM CDT...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED FROM SCOTT CITY KANSAS TO CIMARRON AND THEN TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF DODGE CITY. THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 45 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF DODGE CITY OR IN THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF MEADE COUNTY KANSAS. THIS THUNDERSTORM SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE TOWN OF ASHLAND BY AROUND 715 PM CDT. ALSO THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE MOVING INTO THE DODGE CITY AREA BETWEEN 715 PM AND 730 PM CDT THIS EVENING. VERY HEAVY RAIN...PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH...AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. IN ADDITION...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE. IF YOU LIVE IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...YOU SHOULD REMAIN FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND PIF NECESSARY...YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE INDOORS TO A REINFORCED BUILDING. MB
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 7:30 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
KSZ003-006-100130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR PRODUCT TYPE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 728 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 720 PM CDT...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES EAST OF SCOTT CITY KANSAS THROUGH THE DODGE CITY AREA AND THEN SOUTH TO THE OKLAHOMA/KANSAS BORDER SOUTH OF ASHLAND KANSAS. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF DODGE CITY OR JUST NORTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF KALVESTA. THIS THUNDERSTORM SHOULD MOVE INTO OPEN FARMLAND JUST NORTH JETMORE BY AROUND 8 PM CDT. ALSO THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE AROUND THE DODGE CITY AREA UNTIL AROUND 9 PM CDT. AS OF 720 PM CDT...NO SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN REPORTED OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS. HOWEVER...THE HEAVY RAINS FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAD CAUSED SOME LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLOODING. THERE WERE REPORTS OF WATER OVER THE ROADWAY ON HIGHWAY 50 AROUND THE INGALLS KANSAS AREA...BUT THIS WATER WAS NOT IMPEDING TRAFFIC. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...AND SMALL STREAMS AS THEY PASS OVER AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN DURING THE PAST FEW DAYS. MB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards | 62 min |
| Jun 9, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Pawnee | 46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.