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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 5, 1992Kearny County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1992, 6:14 PM CDT for Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 1992, 6:14 PM CDT (23:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1992, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Kearny County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 127 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1992-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 96 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1992-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 179 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
96 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
753 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
231 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 052314
SVRDDC
KSC093-060000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
614 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING     EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
 
   ...KEARNY COUNTY
 
AT 611 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...FROM 32 MILES NORTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY...TO 32 MILES
WEST OF GARDEN CITY. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN
HOUR...AND WILL ENTER LAKIN BY 630 PM CDT. STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN HARTLAND...OR LAKIN...TAKE SHELTER NOW IN A STURDY
BUILDING.
 
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM DANGEROUS WEATHER
IN A STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY
RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.
 
PRESTON

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, Jun 5, 3:02 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-052130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY, KS
300 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PART OF
SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT.  COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS INCLUDE
FINNEY...FORD...GRANT...GRAY...HAMILTON...HASKELL...HODGEMAN...KEARNY...
MEADE...MORTON...SEWARD...STANTON AND STEVENS.

IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...EDWARDS AND PAWNEE COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED.

SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE DODGE CITY...GARDEN CITY...LIBERAL...
MEADE...ELKHART...SYRACUSE...JETMORE AND KINSLEY.

THE ATMOSPHERE HAS CONTINUED TO BECOME MORE UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS
BY AROUND 4 PM.  SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE LIKELY TO BECOME SEVERE AND
COULD BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE TORNADOES.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.  PERSONS IN
THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER AND BE
PREPARED TO TAKE COVER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER BE INDICATED.

LISTEN TO THIS STATION OR TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATION WXK-93 FOR
FURTHER STATEMENTS ON THIS SEVERE POTENTIAL.

HUTTON
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 4:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
KSZ003-006-052200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
403 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF
SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 401 PM CDT NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS CROSSING THE
COLORADO BORDER INTO WESTERN HAMILTON AND STANTON COUNTIES. ONE SHOWER
WAS 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SYRACUSE...OR 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF ULYSSES.
THE SHOWER SHOULD STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH ACROSS
OPEN FARMLAND.

THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTWEST KANSAS THIS
EVENING. STAY ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND BE
READY TO TAKE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR SEVERE WEATHER
APPROACHES.

HANSON
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 4:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
KSZ003-006-052245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
448 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 448 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY GROWING THUNDERSTORM IN
NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY...25 MILES NORTH OF SYRACUSE...OR 60 MILES
NORTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY.  THE STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
THE STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.  IF
YOU LIVE IN NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY
BUILDING...BEFORE THE STORM ARRIVES.

ALSO...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTINUED 40 MILES WEST OF JOHNSON
CITY...OR 50 MILES WEST OF ULYSSES.  THIS STORM HAS REMAINED NEARLY
STATIONARY SINCE 4 PM CDT.  IF YOU LIVE IN STANTON COUNTY...BE ALERT TO
THIS STORM AND SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A STURDY BUILDING IF THIS
STORMS THREATENS YOU.

A TORNADO WATCH...NUMBER 298...REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF
SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT.

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

PRESTON
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 5:31 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-052330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
531 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MARCH EAST INTO EXTREME
SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 53O PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTH-CENTRAL
HAMILTON COUNTY...10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SYRACUSE...OR 35 MILES
NORTHWEST OF ULYSSES. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH...AND
SHOULD PASS NEAR SYRACUSE AROUND 550 PM CDT. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND
SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS
UNTIL 10 PM CDT.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATED ON
THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

BERG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 12:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray55 min
Jun 5, 5:39 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCMorton, Stanton51 min
Jun 5, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton49 min
Jun 5, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stanton47 min
Jun 5, 6:41 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCMorton, Stanton41 min
Jun 5, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.