Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 1992, 7:43 PM CDT for Edwards County, Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 1992, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 1992, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Edwards County, KS, Stafford County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 230044 SVRDDC KSC047-185-230145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 743 PM CDT WED JUL 22 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...EASTERN EDWARDS COUNTY...SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTY AT 742 PM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GARFIELD OR 48 MILES NORTHEAST OF DODGE CITY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR AND IT WILL MOVE INTO THE BELPRE AND MACKSVILLE AREA BY AROUND 745 PM CDT. IF YOU LIVE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...TAKE COVER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LARGE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM EARLIER THIS EVENING AND THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT FUNNEL CLOUDS OR EVEN TORNADOES COULD BE PRODUCED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING...SO BE PREPARED TO MOVE INTO A BASEMENT OR REINFORCED BUILDING. 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 22, 6:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 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. MB
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 7:20 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
KSZ006-009-230115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 720 PM CDT WED JUL 22 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THIS WATCH IS GENERALLY TO THE EAST OF A NORTH TO SOUTH LINE THROUGH DODGE CITY. THIS MEANS THAT ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH ARE CLARK...FORD...HODGEMAN... BARBER...COMANCHE...EDWARDS...KIOWA...PAWNEE...PRATT AND STAFFORD. CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE DODGE CITY AND PRATT. AT 719 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING ABOUT 25 MILES EAST OF DODGE CITY. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO THE OFFERLE AREA BY 730 PM CDT. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS SHOULD MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION VERY CLOSELY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO/LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER UPDATES. EKB
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 7:29 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
KSZ006-009-230115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR EXPIRATION TIME/TYPOS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 730 PM CDT WED JUL 22 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS VALID UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT. THIS WATCH IS GENERALLY TO THE EAST OF A NORTH TO SOUTH LINE THROUGH DODGE CITY. THIS MEANS THAT ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH ARE CLARK...FORD...HODGEMAN... BARBER...COMANCHE...EDWARDS...KIOWA...PAWNEE...PRATT AND STAFFORD. CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE DODGE CITY AND PRATT. . AT 719 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING ABOUT 25 MILES EAST OF DODGE CITY. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO THE OFFERLE AREA BY 730 PM CDT. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS SHOULD MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION VERY CLOSELY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO/LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER UPDATES. EKB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 67 min |
| Jul 22, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 56 min |
| Jul 22, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards | 30 min |
| Jul 22, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 59 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.