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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 140, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 22, 1992Pawnee County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 1992, 7:08 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 67 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 22, 1992, 7:08 PM CDT (00:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 1992, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Pawnee County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 22, 7:13 PM CDTHail 1.75Pawnee, KS
Jul 22, 7:40 PM CDTHail 1.75Pawnee, 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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 74 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1992-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2951 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1992-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2951 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1649 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 230010
SVRDDC
KSC145-230115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
708 PM CDT WED JUL 22 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING     EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...EASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY
 
AT 706 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING RAPIDLY
JUST WEST OF GARFIELD KANSAS OR 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF DODGE CITY. THIS
THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST 10 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE
THROUGH GARFIELD...LARNED...AND FORT LARNED BY AROUND 715 PM CDT.
 
ALSO THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE TOWN
OF LARNED KANSAS AND THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO BECOME SEVERE OVER
NORTHEAST PAWNEE COUNTY.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN EASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY...SEEK SHELTER INDOOR IMMEDIATELY.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN 0ITS 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.
 
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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 22, 6:28 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
KSZ006-009-230030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
626 PM CDT WED JUL 22 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING NEAR LARNED KANSAS...

AT 625 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER NORTH
CENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTY KANSAS.  THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES
WEST-SOUTHWEST OF GREAT BEND KANSAS OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF LARNED.
MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR
AND IT SHOULD MOVE TO JUST NORTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF PAWNEE ROCK BY
AROUND 715 PM CDT.

HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
STRIKES WILL OCCUR WITH THIS STORM.  IF YOU LIVE IN NORTH CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST PAWNEE COUNTY...YOU SHOULD SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Stafford62 min
Jul 22, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa56 min
Jul 22, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards30 min
Jul 22, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa59 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.