Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 3, 1992, 4:53 PM CST for Haskell County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 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 3, 1992, 4:53 PM CST (22:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 1992, 5:45 PM CST
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Haskell County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 4:53 PM CST | Hail 1 | Haskell, KS |
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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 3201 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 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 KDDC 032315 COR SVRDDC KSC081-032345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...CORRECTED FOR TIME TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 447 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 453 PM CST TUE MAR 3 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ...WESTERN HASKELL COUNTY AT 447 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN HASKELL COUNTY IN THE VICINITY OF U.S. HIGHWAY 160...27 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 20 MPH AND WILL BE OVER OPEN FARM LAND IN NORTHWESTERN HASKELL COUNTY AT 515 PM CST. PERSONS TRAVELING ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 160 IN WESTERN HASKELL COUNTY AND PERSONS LIVING IN WESTERN HASKELL COUNTY SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING...ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AWAY FROM WINDOWS...NOW !!! THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOUN ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. VAN TRESS/HUTTON
What 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 3, 11:30 AM CST, 5 hours 23 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-032200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KANSAS 1125 AM CST TUE MAR 3 1992 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS: BARBER FINNEY HAMILTON KIOWA PRATT STEVENS CLARK FORD HASKELL MEADE SEWARD COMANCHE GRANT HODGEMAN MORTON STAFFORD EDWARDS GRAY KEARNY PAWNEE STANTON SYNOPSIS: A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO TAKE SHAPE IN NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS WHICH WILL CAUSE SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON. SOME STORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS...GENERALLY EAST OF A GREAT BEND TO PRATT LINE. SPOTTER ACTIVITATION MAY BE REQUIRED FROM STAFFORD, PRATT, BARBER AND COMMANCHE COUNTIES. NOLLER
Special weather statement, Mar 3, 2:26 PM CST, 2 hours 27 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-032130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 226 PM CST TUE MAR 3 1992 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED IN HAMILTON COUNTY... AT 225 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED 8 MILES TO THE SOUTH OF COOLIDGE...OR 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF ULYSSES. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 20 MPH AND SHOULD BE IN THE VICINITY OF COOLIDGE BY 240 PM. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTINING...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE URGED SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE PLACE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. BERG
Special weather statement, Mar 3, 4:18 PM CST, 35 minutes before
KSZ003-006-032315-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
418 PM CST TUE MAR 3 1992
... WIDE SPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS FAR
SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS ...
AT 410 PM CST (310 PM MDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE SEWARD AND STEVENS COUNTY LINE 20 MILES
NORTH-NORTHEAST OF LIBERAL. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 25
MPH AND WILL BE IN SOUTHERN HASKELL COUNTY...ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF
SATANTA...OR 30 MILES NORTH OF LIBERAL AT 430 PM CST.
ANOTHER STRONG STORM HAD JUST DEVELOPED IN NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY...60
MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY...ABOUT 12 MILES NORTH OF SYRACUSE.
MOVEMENT ON THIS STORM HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED.
PERSONS LIVING IN THE VICINITY OF THE CIMARRON RIVER IN NORTHWESTERN
SEWARD COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTY...AND SOUTHERN HASKELL
COUNTY...SHOULD MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION. TUNE TO LOCAL
MEDIA...8OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
VAN TRESSSpecial weather statement, Mar 3, 4:37 PM CST, 16 minutes before
KSZ003-006-032345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 437 PM CST TUE MAR 3 1992 ... STONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO POP UP ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS ... AT 435 PM CST (335 PM MST)...TWO OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAVE APPEARED ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THE FIRST ONE WAS IN NORTHWESTERN GRANT COUNTY...7 MILES NORTHWEST OF ULYSSES...AND THE SECOND WAS IN EXTREME WESTERN KEARNEY COUNTY...50 MILES WEST OF GARDEN CITY IN THE VICINITY OF KENDALL. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORM IN NORTHWESTERN GRANT COUNTY WILL BE ALONG THE GRANT-KEARNEY COUNTY LINE...15 MILES NORTH OF ULYSSES...AT 450 PM...AND THE STORM IN WESTERN KEARNEY COUNTY WILL BE IN NORTHERN KEARNY COUNTY...OVER OPEN FARMLAND...AT 500 PM CST. PERSONS ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTION OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL...AND TORRE NTIAL RAINS ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THESE STRONGER STORMS. TUNE TO LOCAL MEDIA...OR NOAA WEAHTER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION...AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. VAN TRESS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 5:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 41 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.