Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 1992, 8:22 PM CST for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 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 28, 1992, 8:22 PM CST (02:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 1992, 9:15 PM CST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Barber County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 8:22 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Barber, 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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -197 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2511 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 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 290225 SVRDDC KSC007-290315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 822 PM CST SAT MAR 28 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...CENTRAL AND EASTERN BARBER COUNTY AT 822 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER MEDICINE LODGE...20 MILES SOUTH OF PRATT. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL BE OUT OF MEDICINE LODGE BY 830 PM AND NORTH OF SHARON BY 845 PM. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWESTERN HARPER COUNTY BY 855 PM CST. PERSONS IN MEDICINE LODGE AND IN THE VICINITY OF SHARON SHOULD TAKE SHELTER NOW IN A STURDY BUILDING...ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AWAY FROM WINDOWS...NOW !!! PENNY SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE TOWN OF MEDICINE LODGE FROM THIS STORM. 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 QUICK1LY... SO DON'T DRIVE ONTO WATER-COVERED ROADS. VAN TRESS
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 28, 6:04 PM CST, 2 hours 18 minutes before
KSZ006-009-290100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 602 PM CST SAT MAR 28 1992 .....THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO RUMBLE ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS........ AT 600 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO INTENSIFY EAST OF DODGE CITY. THIS LINE EXTENDED FROM 35 MILES WEST OF GREAD BEND SOUTHWARD TO THROUGH BUCKLIN...23 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY...TO THE OKLAHOMA BORDER. THE STRONGEST STORM IN THE LINE WAS STILL IN WESTERN PAWNEE COUNTY. IT WAS 35 MILES WEST OF GREAT BEND AND WAS CONTINUING TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE IN SOUTHERN RUSH COUNTY BY 630 PM CST. THIS LINE CONTINUED TO MOVE TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL BE SITUATED ALONG A LARNED...GREENSBURG...AND COLDWATER LINE BY 620 PM CST. PERSONS IN WESTERN PAWNEE COUNTY SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS STRONG STORM. PERSONS IN AHEAD OF THIS LINE AND IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STRONGER STORMS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. TUNE TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THESE STORMS. VAN TRESS
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 6:08 PM CST, 2 hours 14 minutes before
KSZ006-009-290100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED.... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 608 PM CST SAT MAR 28 1992 .....THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO RUMBLE ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS........ AT 600 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO INTENSIFY EAST OF DODGE CITY. THIS LINE EXTENDED FROM 35 MILES WEST OF GREAD BEND SOUTHWARD TO BUCKLIN...23 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY...TO THE OKLAHOMA BORDER. THE STRONGEST STORM IN THE LINE WAS STILL IN WESTERN PAWNEE COUNTY. IT WAS 35 MILES WEST OF GREAT BEND AND WAS CONTINUING TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE IN SOUTHERN RUSH COUNTY BY 630 PM CST. THIS LINE CONTINUED TO MOVE TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL BE SITUATED ALONG A LARNED...GREENSBURG...AND COLDWATER LINE BY 620 PM CST. PERSONS IN WESTERN PAWNEE COUNTY SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS STRONG STORM. PERSONS IN AHEAD OF THIS LINE AND IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STRONGER STORMS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. TUNE TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THESE STORMS. VAN TRESS
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 6:28 PM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes before
KSZ006-009-290130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 626 PM CST SAT MAR 28 1992 ........THUNDERSTORM UPDATE FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS........ AT 625 PM CST...WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHCENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 27 MILES WEST OF GREAT BEND OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LARNED. THIS STORM CONTINUED TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL BE IN SOUTHERN RUSH COUNTY...IN OPEN COUNTRY...BY 645 PM CST. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS PART OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS. AT 620 PM...THIS LINE WAS LOCATED FROM LARNED TO 35 MILES EAST OF DODGE CITY...SOUTHWARD TO THE OKLAHOMA BORDER. THIS LINE CONTINUED TO MOVE TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH...AND WILL BE ALONG A KIOWA AND PRATT COUNTY LINE...15 MILES WEST OF PRATT BY 700 PM CST. PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STRONGER STORMS AND AHEAD OF THIS LINE CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINS...AND MAYBE SOME HAIL. MOTORISTS TRAVELING ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS HIGHWAYS NEAR THIS LINE SHOULD BE AWARE OF REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. TUNE TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THESE STORMS. VAN TRESS
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 7:01 PM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
KSZ006-009-290200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 659 PM CST SAT MAR 28 1992 ... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MARCH ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS ... AT 655 PM CST...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS CONTINUING TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THIS LINE WAS LOCATED FROM BETWEEN BELPRE AND MACKSVILLE...30 MILES NORTHWEST OF PRATT...AND EXTENDED SOUTHWARD TO JUST EAST OF COLDWATER AND INTO OKLAHOMA. THE STRONGEST STORM IN THIS LINE WAS 8 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF COLDWATER OR 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRATT...AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE OVER OPEN COUNTRY BETWEEN BELVIDERE AND SUN CITY AT 710 PM. THIS LINE CONTINUED TO MOVE TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL BE ALONG A CULLISON - SUN CITY LINE OR 10 MILES WEST OF PRATT BY 720 PM CST. PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THIS LINE...AND IN THE VICINITY OF THE STRONGER STORMS...CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. MOTORISTS TRAVELING SOUTHWEST KANSAS HIGHWAYS THIS EVENING SHOULD BE AWARE OF AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY RAINS...NEAR THESE STRONGER STORMS. TUNE TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS ON THESE STORMS. VAN TRESS
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 7:31 PM CST, 51 minutes before
KSZ006-009-290230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 728 PM CST SAT MAR 28 1992 ....THUNDERSTORM UPDATE FOR STAFFORD...PRATT...BARBER...AND COMANCHE COUNTIES... AT 725 PM CST...WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MARCHING THROUGH THE EASTERN COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THE STRONGEST STORM IN THIS LINE WAS 10 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF ST.JOHN OR 20 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF PRATT. THIS STROM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE OVER THE TOWN OF ST. JOHN AT 740 PM CST. ANOTHER STRONG STORM IN THIS LINE WAS 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRATT OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SUN CITY. THIS STORM WAS ALSO MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE IN WEST-CENTRAL BARBER COUNTY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 160 BY 745 PM CST. THIS LINE CONTINUED TO MOVE TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE ALONG A ST. JOHN...TO PRATT...TO AETNA LINE...INTO OKLAHOMA BY 745 PM CST. PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STRONGER STORMS AND AHEAD OF THIS LINE CAN EXPECT STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...MAYBE SOME HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. MOTORISTS TRAVELING SOUTHWEST KANSAS HIGHWAYS SHOULD BE AWARE OF REDUCED VISIBILITY...DUE TO HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STRONGER STORMS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE NIGHTIME. TUNE TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS ON THESE STORMS. VAN TRESS
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 7:59 PM CST, 23 minutes before
KSZ006-009-290300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 757 PM CST SAT MAR 28 1992 ...THUNDERSTORM UPDATE FOR PRATT...STAFFORD...AND BARBER COUNTIES... AT 755 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS RUMBLING ACROSS THE EASTERN COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THIS LINE WAS LOCATED FROM JUST EAST OF GREAT BEND AND EXTENDED TO ST. JOHN...TO PRATT...TO WESTERN BARBER COUNTY AND ON INTO OKLAHOMA. THE STRONGEST STORM IN THIS LINE WAS LOCATED 28 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF PRATT OR 15 MILES WEST OF MEDICINE LODGE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE IN THE VICINITY OF MEDICINE LODGE BY 820 PM CST. OTHER STRONG STORMS IN THIS LINE WERE LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF BOTH PRATT AND ST. JOHN. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING OFF TO THE EAST-NORTHEA INTO EASTERN STAFFORD AND PRATT COUNTIES BY 820 PM CST. THIS LINE WILL BE IN CENTRAL BARBER....AND EASTERN PRATT AND STAFFORD COUNTIES BY 820 PM CST. PERSONS LIVING AND MOTORISTS TRAVELING IN PRATT...STAFFORD...AND BARBER COUNTIES CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE VICINITY OF THE STRONGER STO/RMS AND AHEAD OF THIS LINE. TUNE TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THESE STORMS. VAN TRESS
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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.