Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 1992, 7:25 PM CDT for Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 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
- Apr 9, 1992, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 1992, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pratt County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 8:08 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Pratt, 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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 751 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -208 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 827 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 100026 SVRDDC KSC151-100130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 725 PM CDT THU APR 9 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...EASTERN PRATT COUNTY AT 720 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PRATT KANSAS. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. IF YOU LIVE IN THE CITY OF CAIRO...THIS THUNDERSTORM SHOULD BE NEAR YOUR TOWN BY AROUND 745 PM CDT. YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. 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. BENDER
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, Apr 9, 3:06 PM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
KSZ006-009-092045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KANSAS 305 PM CDT THU APR 9 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTWEST KANSAS UNTIL 900 PM CDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THE COUNTIES OF BARBER...COMANCHE...EDWARDS...KIOWA...STAFFORD...PRATT... FORD...AND CLARK ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA. THE CITIES OF DODGE CITY...PRATT...MEDICINE LODGE...ASHLAND...AND GREENBURG ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA. AT 300 PM CDT...NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOPE RAPIDLY THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. IF YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA...YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SHOULD SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAYED TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SZKIL
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 4:04 PM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
KSZ006-009-092200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KANSAS 400 PM CDT THU APR 9 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 900 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. AT 400 PM CDT...NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPEMENT DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. IF YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA...YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SZKIL
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 5:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
KSZ006-009-092300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KANSAS 505 PM CDT THU APR 9 1992 ...NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 500 PM CDT...NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS. WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. CONDITIONS STILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 900 PM CDT. IF YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA...STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SZKIL
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 6:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
KSZ006-009-100000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KANSAS 600 PM CDT THU APR 9 1992 ...A THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 555 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRATT NEAR THE CITY OF AETNA. THE THUNDETSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. IF YOU LIVE IN THE VICINITY OF AETNA AND MEDICINE LODGE...STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. YOU SHOULD SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. THIS THUNDETSTORM COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 900 PM CDT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. SZKIL
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.