Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1992, 9:44 PM CDT for Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 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
- Jul 15, 1992, 9:44 PM CDT (02:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 1992, 10:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Stafford County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 9:45 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Stafford, 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 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -139 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1741 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 256 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 160246 SVRDDC KSC185-160330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 944 PM CDT WED JUL 15 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...EASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY AT 940 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF STAFFORD MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST. IT WILL BE AFFECTING STAFFORD UNTIL AROUND 1015 PM CDT. PERSONS IN STAFFORD SHOULD REMAIN IN SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THIS STORM... WHICH WILL CONTAIN LARGE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND TORRENTIAL RAINS... HAS PASSED. 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 THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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, 3:55 PM CDT, 5 hours 49 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.
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 7:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
KSZ003-160145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 739 PM CDT WED JUL 15 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH STEVENS COUNTY... AT 735 PM CDT...635 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL STEVENS COUNTY ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF ULYSSES. THE STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH...AND PERSONS IN HUGOTON SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. T2AKE SHELTER AS THIS STORM APPROACHES AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL IT PASSES. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS...INCLUDING STEVENS COUNTY...UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...900 PM MDT. LETRO
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 8:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
KSZ006-160215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 811 PM CDT WED JUL 15 1992 ...ROADWAY FLOODING WILL CONTINUE FOR A WHILE IN SOUTHEASTERN FORD COUNTY... REPORTS FROM FORD COUNTY INDICATE THAT 2.25 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE BUCKLIN AREA SINCE 7:15 PM CDT. CONSIDERABLE FLOODING OF ROADWAYS IN LOW SPOTS WAS REPORTED...AND THIS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE RUNOFF IS ABSORBED BY LOCAL CREEKS AND STREAMS. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA HAVE WEAKENED AND RAIN SHOULD CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF IN THE AREA...THOUGH SOME LIGHT RAIN WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR SO. LETRO
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 9:09 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 42 min |
| Jul 15, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray, Meade | 53 min |
| Jul 15, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 47 min |
| Jul 15, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward | 43 min |
| Jul 16, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 49 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.