Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 1992, 5:14 PM CDT for Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 12, 1992, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 1992, 5:47 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Stanton County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 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 122217 SVRDDC KSC187-122315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 514 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ...SOUTHERN STANTON COUNTY AT 512 PM CDT (412 PM MDT)...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CROSSING THE COLORADO LINE SOUTH OF SAUNDERS...35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ULYSSES. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE STORM SHOULD REACH MANTER BY 540 PM CDT. IF YOU LIVE MANTER TAKE SAFE SHELTER NOW!!! IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHE:LTER FROM DANGEROUS WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. BERG
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 12, 4:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
KSZ003-006-122200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 404 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN THE FAR SOUTHWEST CORNER OF KANSAS... AT 403 PM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES NORTH OF ELKHART IN NORTHERN MORTON COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL PASS TO THE SOUTH OF SAUNDERS AND INTO THE MANTER AND JOHNSON CITY VICINITY AROUND 430 PM CDT. STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU SEE THREATENING WEATHER APPROAHCING YOUR VICINITY...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS. LISTEN TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...OR TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO. PRESTON
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 4:43 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
KSZ003-006-122245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 443 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 1992 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTINUED TO AFFECT PARTS OF MORTON AND STANTON COUNTIES... AT 441 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MANTER. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TO THE NORTH OF MANTER BY 500 PM. THE STANTON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED HEAVY RAINS REDUCING VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO 4 MILES EAST OF SAUNDERS WITH THIS STORM. OTHER STORMS IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO WILL MOVE INTO MORTON AND STANTON COUNTIES BY 530 PM . PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHWEST SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOZCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. BERG
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 4:45 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
KSZ003-006-122245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 445 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 1992 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTINUED TO AFFECT PARTS OF MORTON AND STANTON COUNTIES... AT 441 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MANTER. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TO THE NORTH OF MANTER BY 500 PM. THE STANTON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED HEAVY RAINS REDUCING VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO 4 MILES EAST OF SAUNDERS WITH THIS STORM. OTHER STORMS IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO WILL MOVE INTO MORTON AND STANTON COUNTIES BY 530 PM . PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOjAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. BERG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee | 35 min |
| Jul 12, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Stanton | 48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.