Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 1992, 8:34 PM CDT for Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 56 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, 8:34 PM CDT (01:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 1992, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kiowa County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 9:23 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Kiowa, KS | |
| Jul 22, 9:35 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Kiowa, 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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 59 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 230135 SVRDDC KSC097-230230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 834 PM CDT WED JUL 22 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...KIOWA COUNTY AT 830 PM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 28 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY OR JUST EAST OF THE TOWN OF BUCKLIN. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO THE MULLINVILLE AREA BY AROUND 845 PM CDT. ALSO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST OUT OF EDWARDS COUNTY INTO NORTHERN KIOWA COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN OVER OPEN COUNTY OVER NORTHERN KIOWA COUNTY THROUGH 9 PM CDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL...SO SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SZEEK 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. MB
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, 2 hours 6 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, 1 hour 14 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, 1 hour 5 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, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Stafford | 62 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.