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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 15, 1992Morton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1992, 2:43 PM CDT for Morton County, Kansas. It was in force for 57 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: May 15, 1992, 2:43 PM CDT (19:43 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 1992, 3:40 PM CDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Whole counties

County Morton County, KS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 15, 3:27 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Morton, 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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 218 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 164 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -205 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1962 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 151944
SVRDDC
KSC129-152030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
243 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING     EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
 
   ...MORTON COUNTY
 
AT 242 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 35 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF ULYSSES...OR JUST SOUTH OF RICHFIELD. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY
WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 10 MILES AN
HOUR.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN RICHFIELD...SEEK SHELTER NOW IN A STURDY BUILDING.
 
 
 
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.6
 
VLP

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 15, 11:37 AM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before

KSZ003-006-009-152200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KANSAS
1134 AM CDT FRI MAY 15 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: A MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS ENTRENCHED OVER SOUTHWEST
KANSAS.  WITH AFTERNOON HEATING...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER 4 PM...WITH A BETTER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS
INTO THE LATE EVENING AND NI>GHTTIME HOURS.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE.
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.
.
HANSON

Local storm report, May 15, 1:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1245 PM CDT FRI MAY 15, 1992

PRELIMINARY SUMMARY OF SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS OF MAY 13 AND
MAY 14, 1992

TIME CDT         LOCATION                      EVENT
________________________________________________________________

MAY 13, 1992

2110 CDT         16 N 4W LAKIN,          GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                 KEARNY CO.              BY AGTAP OBSERVER.

2311 CDT         WRIGHT, FORD CO.        HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL
                                         REPORTED BY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

2320 CDT         GARDEN CITY AIRPORT,    63 MPH WINDS REPORTD BY NWS
                 FINNEY CO.              OBSERVER.

2337 CDT         25 NE GARDEN CITY,      DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                 FINNEY CO.              BY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

2342 CDT         SPEARVILLE, FORD CO.    GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                         BY SPOTTER.

2343 CDT         2 NE SPEARVILLE,        DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
                 FORD CO.                AGTAP OBSERVER.

2345 CDT         SPEARVILLE, FORD CO.    GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                         BY AGTAP OBSERVER.

2345 CDT         16 S ASHLAND,           1 1/2 INCH HAIL, LARGE TREE
                 MEADE CO.               LIMBS DOWN REPORTED BY AGTAP
                                         OBSERVER.

2347 CDT         ST. JOHN, STAFFORD CO.  NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
                                         SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

2350 CDT         9 S AND 7 W JETMORE,    ESTIMATED WINDS OF 65 MPH
                 HODGEMAN, CO.           REPORTED BY AGTAP OBSERVER.

2352 CDT         3 SE BURDETT,           GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                 PAWNEE CO.              BY AGTAP OBSERVER.

2355 CDT         ROZEL, PAWNEE CO.       LARGE WALNUT TREE LIMBS DOWN
                                         REPORTED BY AGTAP OBSERVER.

2357 CDT         6 S JETMORE,            HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                 HODGEMAN CO.            BY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

MAY 14, 1992

0020 CDT         12 NW DODGE CITY,       1 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY
                 FORD CO.                AGTAP OBSERVER.

0030 CDT         12 S GREENSBURG,        LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN REPORTED
                 KIOWA CO.               BY AGTAP OBSERVER.

0031 CDT         ASHLAND, CLARK CO.      3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY
                                         SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

0050 CDT         8 S MULLINVILLE,        ESTIMATED WINDS TO 80 MPH,
                 KIOWA CO.               ROOF DAMAGE WITH SHINGLES
                                         BLOWN OFF, TV ANTENNA BLOWN
                                         DOWN, AND LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN
                                         REPORTED BY AGTAP OBSERVER.

1929 CDT         SYRACUSE,               QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
                 HAMILTON CO.            AGTAP OBSERVER.

SZKIL

Special weather statement, May 15, 2:13 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

KSZ003-006-009-152015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
212 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE STARTING TO FIRE IN THE EXTREME
SOUTHWEST CORNER OF KANSAS...

AT 208 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A DEVELOPING AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...IN AN AREA 25 MILES WIDE CENTERED IN MORTON COUNTY...40
MILES SOUTHWEST OF ULYSSES.  THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED JUST WEST
OF RICHFIELD.  GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL AND
DEADLY LIGHTNINGT WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.

MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.  THEY WILL MOVINTO SOUTHERN STANTON COUNTY AROUND 230 PM CDT...AND WESTERN GRANT
COUNTY BY 3 PM.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.  DO NOT
STAND BY WINDOWS.

LISTEN TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...OR TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO.

PRESTON

*

Special weather statement, May 15, 2:30 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

KSZ006-009-152030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
229 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS ARE NEARING THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS...

AT 225 PM CDT...A 15 MILE WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MEDICINE LODGE...TO 20 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF MEDICINE LODGE.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 15 MILES
AN HOUR...WHICH WILL PLACE THEM IN HARDTNER AND KIOWA AROUND 240 PM..AND
IN AETNA AND HAZELTON BY 315 PM.  REPORTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN OKLAHOMA CITY..INDICATE THAT HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS TO 50
MILES AN HOUR HAVE BEEN REPORTED NEAR ALVA OKLAHOMA.

IF THESE STORMS MOVE INTO YOUR VICINITY...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.  DO NOT
STAND IN OPEN COUNTY...RATHER FIND A SHELTER IN A BUILDING.  STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

LISTEN TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...OR TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO.

PRESTON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 14, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton	27 min
May 15, 3:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant	17 min
May 15, 3:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Kearny	29 min

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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.