Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1992, 3:51 PM CDT for Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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, 3:51 PM CDT (20:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1992, 4:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kearny County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 3:52 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Kearny, 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
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 266 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
- 29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -226 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2312 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 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 152052 SVRDDC KSC067-093-152145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 351 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ...NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY...SOUTHERN KEARNY COUNTY AT 350 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...13 MILES NORTHWEST OF ULYSSES. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR TO THE STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IN A STURDY BUILDING. 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 15, 11:37 AM CDT, 4 hours 14 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, 2 hours 51 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.
SZKILSpecial weather statement, May 15, 2:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 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, 1 hour 21 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
Special weather statement, May 15, 3:16 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, May 15, 3:38 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-152115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...EXPIRATION TIME CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 338 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS MAINLY WEST OF A JETMORE...DODGE CITY AND ASHLAND LINE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT AND INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING SOUTHWEST KANSAS COUNTIES: CLARK GRAY KEARNEY STANTON FINNEY FORD HAMILTON MEADE STEVENS HASKELL MORTON GRANT HODGEMAN SEWARD SOME CITIES IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH ARE: DODGE CITY LIBERAL GARDEN CITY ULYSSES. AT 310 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINING TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN BARBER COUNTY 15 MILES SOUTH OF MEDICINE LODGE OR 45 MILES SOUTH OF PRATT. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH AND WILL BE IN THE VICINITY OF HAZLETON BY 315 PM CDT...AND SHARON BY 345. CONDITONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO DEVELOPMENT IN AND AROUND THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOP. VAN TRESS
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, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 57 min |
| May 15, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant | 17 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.