Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1992, 8:08 PM CDT for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 1992, 8:08 PM CDT (01:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 1992, 8:33 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Barber County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1042 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -163 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 110109 SVRDDC KSC007-110145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 808 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...NORTHERN BARBER COUNTY AT 807 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN BARBER COUNTY ABOUT 23 MILES SOUTH OF PRATT...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF MEDICINE LODGE. ITS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BRING DAMAGING WINDS...POSSIBLE LARGE HAIL...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS TO THE AREA NEAR FOREST CITY BEFORE 8:30 PM...AND WILL BE NEAR HIGHWAY 281 IN NORTHERN BARBER COUNTY BY 8:30 PM. IF YOU'RE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...ESPECIALLY IN THE FOREST CITY AREA...YOU SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY...AND STAY THERE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY... SO DON'T DRIVE ONTO WATER-COVERED ROADS.
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, 3:21 PM CDT, 4 hours 47 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, 4 hours 6 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, 3 hours 28 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
Special weather statement, May 10, 7:17 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
KSZ006-009-110115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 716 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 1992 ...MORE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 7:15 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STARTING TO MOVE OUT OF OKLAHOMA INTO COMANCHE AND BARBER COUNTIES. ONE STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRATT...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF COLDWATER. ITS MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH...AND WILL BE NEAR COLDWATER BY AROUND 7:30 PM. ANOTHER STORM WAS ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTH OF PRATT...OR 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF MEDICINE LODGE. ITS ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE NEAR MEDICINE LODGE BETWEEN 7:30 AND 7:45 PM. SOME SMALL HAIL HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF HARDTNER. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE MORE SMALL HAIL...ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS THIS EVENING. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEjST KANSAS...INCLUDING COMANCHE AND BARBER COUNTIES...UNTIL 11:00 PM CDT. LETRO
Special weather statement, May 10, 7:32 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
KSC151-110130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 731 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 1992 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING THROUGH WESTERN PRATT COUNTY... AT 7:30 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF PRATT MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE BYERS AREA...THIS STORM WILL BE APPROACHING YOU BY AROUND 7:45 PM...AND WILL PROBABLY BRING SOME STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SOME SMALL HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. TAKE COVER IF HAIL STARTS TO FALL IN YOUR AREA...AND STAY THERE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 11:00 PM CDT. LETRO
Special weather statement, May 10, 7:55 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
KSC007-151-110200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 754 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 1992 ...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WERE RAKING BARBER COUNTY... AT 7:50 PM CDT...OBSERVERS NEAR LAKE CITY AND SUN CITY IN BARBER COUNTY...ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRATT...REPORTED PEA-SIZE HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...AND VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO IN HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH...AND WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHERN PRATT COUNTY NEAR COATS BETWEEN 8:00 AND 8:15 PM. ANOTHER STORM IN SOUTHWEST BARBER COUNTY IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. IT WILL BE NEAR THE FOREST CITY AREA BETWEEN 8:00 AND 8:15 PM. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA...AND THERE IS CERTAINLY THE POTENTIAL FOR THESE STORMS TO INTENSIFY FURTHER. WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...YOU SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AND STAY THERE UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. EVERYONE IN PRATT AND BARBER COUNTIES SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS EVENING...AND STAY IN TOUCH WITH LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLY WARNAINGS. LETRO
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.