Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1992, 4:51 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 1992, 4:51 PM CDT (21:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 1992, 5:16 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pawnee County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -330 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1508 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 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 102153 RRA SVRDDC KSC145-102230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 451 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...WESTERN PAWNEE COUNTY AT 455 PM CDT...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY WAS BEGINING TO MOVE INTO WESTERN PAWNEE COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS IN HODGEMAN-PAWNEE COUNTY LINE ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF BURDETT OR 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF DODGE CITY. THIS STORM WILL BE GOING THROUGH BURDETT BY 500 PM CDT...AND WILL CONTINUE NORTHEAST INTO OPEN FARMLAND. PERSONS TRAVELING ALONG K-156 AND THOSE LIVING IN BURDETT SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING...NOW!! 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. VAN TRESS
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, May 10, 10:51 AM CDT, 6 hours before
KSZ003-006-009-092200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KANSAS 1050 AM CDT SAT MAY 9 1992 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS: BARBER FINNEY HAMILTON KIOWA PRATT STEVENS CLARK FORD HASKELL MEADE SEWARD COMANCHE GRANT HODGEMAN MORTON STAFFORD EDWARDS GRAY KEARNY PAWNEE STANTON SYNOPSIS: AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT FROM NORTHWEST KANSAS...AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS WILL LIKELY SPARK SOME THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 2PM. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEV2ERE AND SPOTTER ACTIVIATION MAY BE NEEDED FROM GARDEN CITY AND LIBERAL ON EAST TO THE PRATT...ST.JOHN...AND MEDICINE LODGE AREAS. VAN TRESS
Special weather statement, May 10, 2:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-102030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 227 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 1992 ... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE POPPING UP OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS ... AT 220 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 1 MILE SOUTH OF ENSIGN OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DODGE CITY. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS ALSO IN THE VICINITY...3 MILES EAST OF MONTEZUMA OR 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DODGE CITY. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS ALSO LOCATED IN EAST CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY...BETWEEN PROTECTION AND ASHLAND OR 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL BE BETWEEN DODGE CITY AND CIMARRON ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 50 BY 240 PM CST. THE STORM IN EAST CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY WILL BE LOCATED IN WEST CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 54 BETWEEN MULLENVILLE AND GREENSBURG BY 3:00 PM. OTHER RAPIDLY DEVELOPING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED GENERALLY FROM DODGE CITY TO SUBLETTE TO LIBERAL TO HUGOTON. PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STRONGER STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL. TUNE TO TO THIS STATION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UP\DATES ON THESE STORMS. VAN TRESS
Special weather statement, May 10, 2:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-102100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 254 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 1992 ...PEA SIZED HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS... REPORTS OF PEA HAIL WERE RECEIVED FROM GRAY COUNTY SHERIFF NEAR ENSIGN AT 330 PM CDT...AND AN OFF DUTY METEOROLOGIST IN DODGE CITY REPORTED PEA SIZED HAIL FALLING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN AT 347 PM CDT. AT 348 PM...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...IN A 20 MILE WIDE BAND FROM NEAR JETMORE...30 MILES NORTH OF DODGE CITY...TO WEST OF LIBERAL. THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINS..SMALL HAIL GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. SEVERAL TOWNS FROM LIBERAL...TO NORTH OF DODGE CITY WILL EXPERIENCE THE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE NEXT 2 TO 4 HOURS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING. LISTEN TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON THE DEVELOPING STORMS...OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. PRESTON
Special weather statement, May 10, 3:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-102115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 320 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 1992 ...HEAVY RAINS AND PEA SIZED HAIL CONTINUES ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... GRAY COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINS IN EASTERN PARTS OF OF THE COUNTY...WHILE SEVERAL REPORTS OF PEA SIZED HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS WERE NOTED ACROSS THE DODGE CITY VICINITY. THE STRONGEST STORMS AT 312 PM CDT...WERE LOCATED IN A BAND 20 MILES WIDE FROM JETMORE...30 MILE NORTH OF DODGE CITY TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF DODGE CITY...WITH ANOTHER STORM LOCATED IN THE ELKHART VICINITY...50 MILES WEST OF LIBERAL. THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE IN THE DODGE CITY AND JETMORE VICINITIES FOR THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. ALSO...THE STORM NEAR ELKHART WILL MOVE MOVE THROUGH ROLLA AROUND 235 PM CDT. LISTEN TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...OR TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO. PRESTON
Special weather statement, May 10, 4:02 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-102200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 401 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE PELTING PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 4:00 PM CDT...3:00 PM MDT...RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR HANSTON...ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF DODGE CITY... SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH DODGE CITY...THEN TO ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF MINNEOLA...OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DODGE CITY. ONE OF THE STRONGER STORMS WAS NEAR HANSTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH...AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN PAWNEE COUNTY NEAR BURDETT AND ROZEL BY 4:45 PM CDT. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF ASHLAND...OR 35 MILES SOUTH OF DODGE CITY. ITS ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH...AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CLARK COUNTY RESERVOIR AREA BEFORE 4:30 PM...AND WILL BE NEAR BUCKLIN BY 4:45 PM CDT. FINALLY...A STRONG STORM WAS 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ULYSSES...AND WILL MOVE THROUGH ULYSSES BY 3:15 PM MDT. ALL THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEFLY TORRENTIAL RAINS...AND SOME SMALL HAIL. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS THIS AFTERZNOON AND EVENING ON THESE STORMS. LETRO
Special weather statement, May 10, 4:40 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-102245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 440 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING IN INTENSITY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN AND NORTHEASTERN FORD COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM CDT... AT 4:40 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING THE GARDEN CITY AND LAKIN AREAS. THESE STORMS WILL BRING SOME SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS TO THOSE TOWNS BEFORE 5:00 PM CDT. HOLCOMB RECEIVED SOME PEA SIZE HAIL AS THIS STORM MOVED THROUGH THAT AREA. ANOTHER STRONG STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SOME SMALL HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINS WAS ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. IT WILL PASS BETWEEN FORD AND BUCKLIN BEFORE 5:15 PM CDT. MOTORISTS ALONG HIGHWAYS 54 AND 154 WEST OF BUCKLIN SHOULD BE READY FOR ROUGH WEATHER AS THESE STORMS PASS THROUGH. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTO6RMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS...BRINGING SOME DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL...BUT ALSO SOME VERY BENEFICIAL RAINFALL TO THE PARCHED FARMLANDS IN THE AREA. LETRO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 18 min |
| May 10, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 47 min |
| May 10, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 22 min |
| May 10, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 51 min |
| May 10, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 47 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.