Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 143, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 1992, 8:45 PM CDT for Edwards County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 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 22, 1992, 8:45 PM CDT (01:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 1992, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Edwards County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 9:05 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Edwards, 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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 17 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 25 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 16 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, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 56 min |
| Jul 22, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 59 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.