Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 12:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 55 min |
| Jun 5, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 51 min |
| Jun 5, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 49 min |
| Jun 5, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 41 min |
| Jun 5, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.