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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 2, 1992Seward County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 1992, 1:41 AM CDT for Seward County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 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
Aug 2, 1992, 1:41 AM CDT (06:41 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 1992, 2:20 AM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Seward County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 2, 1:41 AM CDTHail 0.75Seward, 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 1992-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1110 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1992-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1110 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2499 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 020641
SVRDDC
KSC175-020730-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
141 AM CDT SUN AUG 2 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING     EFFECTIVE UNTIL  230 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
 
   ...EASTERN SEWARD COUNTY
 
AT 138 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF
KISMET IN NORTHEAST SEWARD COUNTY...OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF LIBERAL.
 
THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE IN THE KISMET
AREA BY 150 AM.  LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE
LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.  THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SHOULD BE INTO HAYNE
AREA...NORTHEAST OF LIBERAL SHORTLY AFTER 2 AM.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MODVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
HUTTON

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, Aug 2, 1:19 AM CDT, 22 minutes before
KSZ003-006-020715-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
118 AM CDT SUN AUG 2 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 114 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.  THE STRONGEST WAS 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DODGE CITY
IN NORTHWEST MEADE COUNTY.  THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES
AN HOUR AND SHOULD BE IN THE MEADE VICINITY BY 130 AM.  VERY HEAVY
RAIN...GUSTY WIND TO 40 MILES AN HOUR...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY
SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

ANOTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE 15 MILES NORTH OF LIBERAL...
15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ULYSSES...AND 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY.
THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND COULD
PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND TO 40 MILES AN HOUR...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
MAINLY WEST OF A JETMORE...DODGE CITY...ASHLAND LINE.  SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MUCH OF THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

HUTTON

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.