Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1992, 11:28 PM CDT for Ford County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 min. 2 reports 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
- May 13, 1992, 11:28 PM CDT (04:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 1992, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ford County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 11:42 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Ford, KS | |
| May 14, 12:20 AM CDT | Hail 1 | Ford, 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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 9 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
- 848 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1836 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 140430 SVRDDC KSC057-140515- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1128 PM CDT WED MAY 13 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ...NORTHERN FORD COUNTY AT 1130 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF SPEARVILLE OR 15 MILES EAST OF DODGE CITY...AND WILL BE IN THE WINDTHORST...AND SPEARVILLE AREAS BY MIDNIGHT. THIS STORM PRODUCED HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL AS IT MOVED THROUGH WRIGHT. IN ADDITION STRONG WINDS WERE MOVING OUT OF HODGEMAN AND GRAY COUNTY INTO THE NORTHERN PART OF FORD COUNTY...ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF DODGE CITY. STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WILL MOVE INTO THE DODGE CITY AREA BY MIDNIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNI\NG...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. HANSON
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 13, 7:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-140145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 742 PM CDT WED MAY 13 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 210 IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 100 AM CDT (MIDNIGHT MDT).... AT 745 PM CDT (645 PM MDT) NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. HOWEVER...A RAINSHOWER HAD FORMED ALONG HIGHWAY 50 BETWEEN COOLIDGE AND SYRACUSE...OR 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF ULYSSES. THE SHOWER WAS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH...AND SHOULD PASS 10 MILES SOUTH OF KENDALL OVER OPEN COUNTRY BY 830 PM. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO AND NORTHWEST KANSAS. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS COUNTIES OF STANTON AND MORTON BY 830 PM. IF YOU LIVE IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO...TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. HANSO8N
Special weather statement, May 13, 7:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
KSZ003-006-140145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TO INCLUDE WATCH AREA... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 742 PM CDT WED MAY 13 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 210 IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 100 AM CDT (MIDNIGHT MDT).... THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA GENERALLY WEST OF A NORTH TO SOUTH LINE THROUGH DODGE CITY. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH ARE: DODGE CITY...GARDEN CITY...ULYSSES...AND LIBERAL. AT 745 PM CDT (645 PM MDT) NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. HOWEVER...A RAINSHOWER HAD FORMED ALONG HIGHWAY 50 BETWEEN COOLIDGE AND SYRACUSE...OR 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF ULYSSES. THE SHOWER WAS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH...AND SHOULD PASS 10 MILES SOUTH OF KENDALL OVER OPEN COUNTRY BY 830 PM. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO AND NORTHWEST KANSAS. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS ~COUNTIES OF STANTON AND MORTON BY 830 PM. IF YOU LIVE IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO...TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. HANSON
Special weather statement, May 13, 8:17 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
KSZ003-006-140215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 819 PM CDT WED MAY 13 1992 ...AT 815 PM CDT (715 PM MDT) THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST KANSAS... ONE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES NORTH OF KENDALL...OR 35 MILES NORTH OF ULYSSES. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 15 MILES NORTH OF SYRACUSE...OR 45 NORTHWEST OF ULYSSES. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND UP TO 40 MPH...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH AND WILL PASS OVER OPEN COUNTRY ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF LAKIN BY 845 PM CDT (745 PM MDT). IF YOU LIVE IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...REMAIN ALEJRT FOR THE POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF THREATENING WEATHER. HANSON
Special weather statement, May 13, 9:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
KSZ003-006-140315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 919 PM CDT WED MAY 13 1992 AT 920 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG STORM IN SOUTHERN STEVENS COUNTY 7 MILES SOUTH OF HUGOTON OR 20 MILES WEST OF LIBERAL. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH...AND SHOULD MOVE THROUGH WOODS KANSAS BY 950 PM. THE STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. A SEVExRE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 100 AM CDT. REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO...TELEVISION...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. HANSON
Special weather statement, May 13, 9:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
KSC093-140345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 936 PM CDT WED MAY 13 1992 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN KEARNY COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... AT 935 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED... BUT CONTINUES TO BE VERY STRONG...AND HAS MOVED INTO SOUTHERN WICHITA COUNTY. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL OCCURRING IN NORTHEAST KEARNY COUNTY...ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF LAKIN...OR 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY. THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...STRONG WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. RADAR INDICATED UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL FROM THESE STORMS. IF YOU LI2VE IN NORTHERN KEARNY COUNTY AND PLAN ON DRIVING TONIGHT...BE AWARE OF MINOR FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. HANSON
Special weather statement, May 13, 10:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
KSZ003-006-140415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1015 PM CDT WED MAY 13 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 100 AM CDT... AT 915 PM CDT NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. HOWEVER...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF LIBERAL...AND WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST MEADE COUNTY BY 1040 PM CDT. THIS STORM PRODUCED PEA SIZED HAIL TO THE SOUTH OF LIBERAL AS IT MOVED THROUGH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY JUST SOUTHWEST OF KALVESTA ...OR 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF DODGE CITY. AND..SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY FROM KALVESTA TO 16 SOUTH OF DODGE C8ITY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HANSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 32 min |
| May 13, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 44 min |
| May 13, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman | 47 min |
| May 13, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 66 min |
| May 13, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 49 min |
| May 13, 11:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee | 40 min |
| May 13, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray, Hodgeman | 37 min |
| May 14, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Kiowa | 52 min |
| May 14, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 45 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.