Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1992, 6:45 PM CDT for Haskell County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 15, 1992, 6:45 PM CDT (23:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 1992, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Haskell County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 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
- 1495 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -176 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1659 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 152348 SVRDDC KSC081-160030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 645 PM CDT WED JUL 15 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ...NORTHERN HASKELL COUNTY AT 643 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE IN OPEN FARMLAND ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 83 BY 7 PM CDT. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW!! THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU 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. 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 ONTO WATER-COVERED ROADS. EKB`
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 15, 2:41 PM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-152045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 241 PM CDT WED JUL 15 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE STARTING TO DEVELOP IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 2:40 PM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF RAPIDLY DEVELOPING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREAT BEND TO ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF DODGE CITY... OR JUST NORTH OF KALVESTA IN FINNEY COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS IS EXPECTED TO BE TO THE EAST OR NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH...AND WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO THE KALVESTA AND JETMORE AREAS BY AROUND 330 PM CDT. ANOTHER STORM WAS DEVELOPING NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF JOHNSON...OR 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SYRACUSE. IT/LL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS NORTHWEST OF JOHNSON BY 3:00 PM CDT. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... AND SOME SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS MARK THE BEGINNING OF WHAT COULD BE AN ACTIVE THUNDERSTORM DAY...AND PEOPLE IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS SHOULD STAY IN TOUCH WITH LATER WEATHER INFORMATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LETRO
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 2:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-152100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 255 PM CDT WED JUL 15 1992 THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS CENTER IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 10:00 PM CDT...9:00 PM MDT...FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THE SOUTHWEST KANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE...CLARK... COMANCHE...EDWARDS...FINNEY...FORD...GRAY...HASKELL...HODGEMAN... KIOWA...MEADE...PAWNEE...PRATT...SEWARD...STAFFORD...AND STEVENS THE WATCH INCLUDES GARDEN CITY...DODGE CITY...LIBERAL...AND PRATT IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. AT 2:50 PM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE FROM ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF JETMORE TO ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF GARDEN CITY. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST OR NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THEY WILL BRING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING TO THE KALVESTA AND JETMORE AREAS...AND THE AREA JUST NORTH OF GARDEN CITY...ZBEFORE 330 PM CDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. YOU SHOULD STAY IN TOUCH WITH LATER WEATHER INFORMATION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. LETRO
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 3:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
KSZ003-006-152200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 355 PM CDT WED JUL 15 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 355 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREAT BEND TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF GARDEN CITY. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS ABOUT 20 MILES WIDE. OTHER WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG THE KANSAS/COLORADO BORDER TO JUST NORTHWEST OF ELKHART. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL SPREAD INTO THE JETMORE AND LARNED AREAS BY 430 PM CDT. ALL OF THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DEADLY LIGHTNING ...GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. PEOPLE IN THEIR PATH SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 31 min |
| Jul 15, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 49 min |
| Jul 15, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 52 min |
| Jul 15, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 55 min |
| Jul 15, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 40 min |
| Jul 15, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 58 min |
| Jul 15, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant | 47 min |
| Jul 15, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 43 min |
| Jul 15, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 41 min |
| Jul 15, 6:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Finney | 81 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.