Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 8, 1992, 7:33 PM CST for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 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
- Mar 8, 1992, 7:33 PM CST (01:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 1992, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Barber County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 7:45 PM CST | Hail 1 | Barber, 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, 1.6 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
- 597 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1626 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 090135 SVRDDC KSC007-090200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 733 PM CST SUN MAR 8 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...EASTERN BARBER COUNTY AT 735 PM CST RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MEDICINE LODGE...30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PRATT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM WILL PASS BETWEEN MEDICINE LODGE AND SHARON BEFORE 800 PM CST. RADAR INDICATED THAT THIS STORM WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. YOU SHOULD MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IF YOU ARE IN EASTERN BARBER COUNTY. 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. JOHNSON
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, Mar 8, 4:05 PM CST, 3 hours 28 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-082300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 402 PM CST SUN MAR 8 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 55 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...ROUGHLY EAST OF A LINE FROM GARDEN CITY TO MEADE. AT 400 PM CST...RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS STARTING TO DEVELOP IN THE AREA BETWEEN MEADE AND LIBERAL...EXTENDING SOUTHWARD INTO THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THEY MARCH NORTHEASTWARD. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA. IF SEVERE WEATHER IS ACTUALLY DETECTED...WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED. EVERYONE IN THE WATCH AREA...WHICH INCLUDES GARDEN CITY AND DODGE CITY AND PRATT...SHOULD STAY IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH LOCAL RADIO... TELEVISION...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS THIS AFT ERNOON AND EVENING. LETRO
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 5:53 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 6:39 PM CST, 54 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 7:08 PM CST, 25 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 7:31 PM CST, 2 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-082300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 402 PM CST SUN MAR 8 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 55 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...ROUGHLY EAST OF A LINE FROM GARDEN CITY TO MEADE. AT 400 PM CST...RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS STARTING TO DEVELOP IN THE AREA BETWEEN MEADE AND LIBERAL...EXTENDING SOUTHWARD INTO THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THEY MARCH NORTHEASTWARD. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA. IF SEVERE WEATHER IS ACTUALLY DETECTED...WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED. EVERYONE IN THE WATCH AREA...WHICH INCLUDES GARDEN CITY AND DODGE CITY AND PRATT...SHOULD STAY IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH LOCAL RADIO... TELEVISION...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LETRO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 8:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 39 min |
| Mar 8, 8:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 33 min |
| Mar 8, 8:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 26 min |
| Mar 8, 9:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 29 min |
| Mar 8, 9:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 37 min |
| Mar 8, 9:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 32 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.