Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1992, 7:45 PM CDT for Ford County, Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 1992, 7:45 PM CDT (00:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1992, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 24 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 322 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 060046 SVRDDC KSC057-069-060130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 745 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ...FORD COUNTY...EASTERN GRAY COUNTY AT 747 PM CDT RADAR...INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF DODGE CITY. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PERSONS IN EASTERN GRAY AND ALL OF FORD COUNTY...INCLUDING DODGE CITY BE PREPARED FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS. 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. BERG
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, 4 hours 43 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, 3 hours 41 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, 2 hours 57 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, 2 hours 14 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
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 7:40 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
KSZ003-006-060145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 740 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH GRAY COUNTY AND INTO FORD COUNTY... AT 740 PM CDT RADAR...INDICATED DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST FO COUNTY...ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF DODGE CITY. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE DODGE CITY AREA BY 750 PM CDT. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHWEST GRAY COUNTY...30 MILES NORTHWEST OF DODGE CITY...AND SHOULD MOVE THROUGH CIMARRON BY 800 PM CDT IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHWEST KANSASA UNTIL 10 PM CDT. BERG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 53 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.