Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1992, 6:45 PM CDT for Ford County, Kansas. It was in force for 60 min. 2 reports 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 9, 1992, 6:45 PM CDT (23:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1992, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ford County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 6:55 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Ford, KS | |
| Jul 9, 7:22 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Ford, 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 9 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
- 187 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -367 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1376 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 271 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 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 092348 SVRDDC KSC057-100045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 645 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ...FORD COUNTY ...AT 644 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF DODGE CITY...OR NEAR SPEARVILLE...TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF DODGE CITY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH DODGE CITY AND SPEARVILL BY 715 PM. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IF YOU LIVE IN DODGE CITY OR SPEARVILLE...TAKE SHELTER NOW. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM DANGEROUS WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE TlHUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. HANSON
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, Jul 9, 4:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-092230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 425 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 420 PM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN SEWARD COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE JUST SOUTH OF LIBERAL... WITH ANOTHER ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF LIBERAL. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH...AND WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF LIBERAL UNTIL AROUND 5:00 PM AND MOVE INTO THE PLAINS AREA BY 5:00 PM. THESE STORMS ARE CURRENTLY CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SOME SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS EVENING...AND IT WOULD BE WISE TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH LATER WEATHER RELEASES DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. LETRO
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 5:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
KSZ003-006-092300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 504 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST NORTH OF LIBERAL... AT 500 PM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF LIBERAL. THIS STORM WAS PART OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING EASTWARD TO PLAINS AND MEADE. THE STORM NORTH OF LIBERAL WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH...AND WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL TO THE PLAINS AREA BY 5:30 PM. THUNDERSTORMS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED IN THE MEADE AREA...AND WILL LIKELY SPREAD TO NEAR FOWLER BY 5:30 PM. IF YOU'RE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...YOU SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE SHELTER AS THEY APPROACH...REMEMBER...LIGHTNING IS ONE OF A THUNDERSTORMS MOST DEADLY THREATS. LETRO
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 5:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
KSZ003-006-092330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 535 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO RUMBLE THROUGH MEADE AND SEWARD COUNTIES... AT 533 PM CDT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF LIBERAL TO JUST NORTH OF FOWLER...OR 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DODGE CITY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS ABOUT 1O MILES NORTHEAST OF LIBERAL. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH...AND WILL BRING SOME DEADLY LIGHTNING...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS...AND SOME SMALL HAIL TO THE KISMET AREA BY 6 PM. MOTORISTS ALONG HIGHWAY 54 BETWEEN LIBERAL AND MEADE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. HANSON
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 6:08 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
KSZ003-006-100015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 608 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 605 PM CDT A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DODGE CITY TO ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE SOUTHWEST OF LIBERAL. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONTEZUMA...OR 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DODGE CITY. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH...AND SHOULD BE NEAR MONTEZUMA BY 630 PM. THIS STORM PRODUCED 1/2 INCH HAIL AT 550 PM AS IT PASSED NORTH OF PLAINS. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS NEAR KISMET...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF LIBERAL. IT WAS ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH...AND SHOULD BE NEAR MEADE BY 645 PM. STILL ANOTHER STORM WAS 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIBERAL...AND WILL BE IN THE LIBERAL AREA BY 645 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF ANY OF THESE STORMS...YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. HANSON
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 6:24 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
KSZ006-100030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 623 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING THE DODGE CITY AREA... AT 620 PM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST AND 25 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF DODGE CITY. MOVEMENT IS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH...AND THESE STORMS WILL PASS THROUGH OR JUST SOUTH OF DODGE CITY...AS WELL AS ENSIGN BEFORE 7 PM. THESEv STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...STRONG WINDS DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND SOME SMALL HAIL. IF YOU LIVE IN THE DODGE CITY AREA OR IN ENSIGN... BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER AS THE STORMS APPROACH. HANSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 44 min |
| Jul 9, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward | 30 min |
| Jul 9, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward | 46 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.