Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1992, 9:42 PM CDT for Grant County, Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 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 15, 1992, 9:42 PM CDT (02:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1992, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Grant County, KS, Stanton County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 10:07 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Stanton, KS | |
| May 15, 10:15 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Stanton, 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 2030 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1650 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 160243 SVRDDC KSC067-187-160330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 942 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ...WESTERN GRANT COUNTY...EASTERN STANTON COUNTY AT 938 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF JOHNSON...OR ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF ULYSSES. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL BE AT THE GRANT/STANTON COUNTY LINE NORTH OF BIG BOW BY 1020 PM. LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WIND AND DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. 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. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH< YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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, 6:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
KSZ003-006-160045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 646 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE NEARING LIBERAL.... AT 643 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A 10 MILE WIDE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS...STRETCHING FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LIBERAL...TO 15 MILES WEST OF LIBERAL. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL PUSH THROUGH LIBERAL SHORTLY AFTER 7 PM CDT. GUSTY WINDS TO 30 MILES AN HOUR...SMALL HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAINS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. IF YOU LIVE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...YOU SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER NOW. LISTEN TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND P2OSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...OR TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO. ...TORNADO WATCH...NUMBER 221...REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT... PRESTON
Special weather statement, May 15, 7:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-160130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 722 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO SPREAD INTO THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF KANSAS... AT 717 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED A STRONG COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS JUST WEST OF THE KANSAS/COLORADO BORDER. THE STORMS WERE IN AN AREA 25 MILES WIDE...CENTERED 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ULYSSES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF STANTON COUNTY THROUGH 8 PM CDT. TORRENTIAL RAINS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. IF YOU LIVE IN SAUNDERS OR MANTER...BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IF THREATENING WEATHER APPRAOCHES. NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS AT 720 PM CDT. LISTEN TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...OR TUNE IN NOAA WEATHE>R RADIO. ...TORNADO WATCH..NUMBER 221...REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COUNTIES WEST OF DODGE CITY UNTIL 10 PM CDT... ..SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH...NUMBER 222...REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COUNTIES EAST OF DODGE CITY... PRESTON
Special weather statement, May 15, 7:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-160200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 753 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992 ...NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 751 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED A FEW SHOWERS IN WESTERN STANTON COUNTY...40 MILES WEST OF ULYSSES. THE MAIN THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO. A FEW SHOWERS WERE ALSO NOTED JUST EAST OF ELKHART...OR 40 MILES WEST OF LIBERAL. NO OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THERE STILL REMAINS A CHANCE FOR MORE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS. PLEASE KEEP ALERT TO WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TUNE TO LOCAL MEDIA...OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. ...TORNXADO WATCH...NUMBER 221...REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COUNTIES WEST OF DODGE CITY UNTIL 10 PM CDT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH...NUMBER 222...REMAINS FOR COUNTIES EAST OF DODGE CITY UNTIL 11 PM CDT... PRESTON
Special weather statement, May 15, 8:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-160215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 819 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 222 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR COUNTIES EAST OF DODGE CITY... ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 221 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR COUNTIES WEST OF DODGE CITY.. AT 818 PM CDT NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. WEATHER RADAR DETECTED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE KANSAS/COLORADO BORDER ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ULYSSES NEAR THE TOWN OF SAUNDERS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH AND SHOULD BE IN THE TOWNS OF MANTER AND JOHNSON CITY BETWEEN 830 AND 900 PM. TORRENTIAL RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE STORMS. OTHER SHOWERS CONTINUE ALONG THE KANSAS/OKLAHOMA BORDER IN AN AREA 15 MILES WIDE FROM 35 MILES WEST OF LIBERAL TO 20 MILES EAST OF LIBERAL. THESE SHOWERS WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS RIPE FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS. REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING KILLS. IF YOU ARE NEAR A THUNDERSTORM...SEEK SHELTER IN THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A STURDY BUILDING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOC@AL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. HANSON
Special weather statement, May 15, 8:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
KSZ003-006-160230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 836 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992 ...STORMS ARE STARTING TO INTENSIFIY ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 833 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO STANTON COUNTY...25 MILES WEST OF ULYSSES...BETWEEN MANTER AND JOHNSON...WITH ANOTHER CELL NEAR SAUNDERS...40 MILES WEST OF ULYSSES. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE JOHNSON VICINITY AROUND 845 PM CDT. THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. IF YOU LIVE IN STANTON COUNTY...BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. SEEK SHELTER IN A STUDY BUILDING WHEN THE STORMS APPROACH. LISTEN TO LOCAL MEDIA OR TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. ...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS WEST OF DODGE CITY... PRESTON
Special weather statement, May 15, 9:06 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
KSZ003-006-160315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 906 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH PART OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 857 PM...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN STANTON COUNTY OF FAR WESTERN KANSAS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MANTER OR ABOUT 30 MILES WEST/SOUTHWEST OF ULYSSES. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WIND AND DEADLY LIGHTNINGTHUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN THE JOHNSON CITY AREA UNTIL AT LEAST 930 PM. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST COLORADO AND WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN MORTON COUNTY BY 940 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR MUCH OF WESTERN KANSAS. HUTTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 41 min |
| May 15, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stanton | 54 min |
Nearby
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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.