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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 9, 1992Hodgeman County, Pawnee County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1992, 8:45 PM CDT for Hodgeman County, Pawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 1992, 8:45 PM CDT (01:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1992, 9:31 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hodgeman County, KS, Pawnee County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 50 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 00:00Z on 1992-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 786 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 00:00Z on 1992-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
786 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1475 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 100146
SVRDDC
KSC145-083-100245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
845 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...WESTERN PAWNEE COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
 
   ...EASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY
 
AT 843 PM CDT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
30 MILES NORTHEAST OF DODGE CITY...NEAR THE TOWN HANSTON. THIS
STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL.  MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL BE IN
BURDETT AND ROZEL AROUND 930 PM CDT.
 
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.
 
EKB

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 9, 4:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
KSZ003-006-092300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
455 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST
KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR
MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT.
AS OF 445 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY
DEVELOPING IN A 30 MILE WIDE BAND FROM 30 MILES WEST OF SCOTT CITY
TO 15 MILES WEST OF LIBERAL KANSAS.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO
THE EAST AT 25 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE LIBERAL KANSAS AREA BY
515 PM CDT AND INTO THE GARDEN CITY KANSAS AREA BY AROUND 530 PM CDT.

IF YOU LIVE IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER.  ALSO YOU
SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR
ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

MB
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 5:31 PM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
KSZ003-006-092330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
530 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST
KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT...

AT 520 PM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS 40 MILES WIDE FROM 20 MILES WEST OF SCOTT CITY KANSAS TO
10 WEST OF GARDEN CITY AND THEN TO LIBERAL.  THIS BAND OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH.

THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE GARDEN CITY AND
SUBLETTE KANSAS AREAS BY AROUND 6 PM CDT.  VERY HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLE
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.

ALSO DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR ESTIMATES OF LOCALIZIED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
FROM ONE HALF INCH TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE AS THE
STORMS MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS.

ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AS OF 520 PM CDT...THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
DO DEVELOP DOES REMAIN HIGH.  IF YOU LIVE IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...YOU
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE
PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

MB
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 6:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
KSZ003-006-100015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
609 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR
MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 605 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING INTO THE
GARDEN CITY AREA AND SOUTHERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.  THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE
THROUGH THE GARDEN CITY AREA BY 630 PM CDT AND INTO THE CIMARRON AREA BY
645 PM CDT.  VERY HEAVY RAIN...PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND
40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

ALSO BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY RAIN FROM THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS...SOME
LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS...LOW LYING AREAS...AND SMALL STREAMS IS
POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

IF YOU LIVE NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS OR IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
AREA...YOU SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND
BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.

MB
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 6:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
KSZ003-006-100045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
644 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR
MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 635 PM CDT...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED FROM SCOTT CITY KANSAS TO CIMARRON AND THEN TO 40
MILES SOUTH OF DODGE CITY.  THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS
MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 45 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF DODGE
CITY OR IN THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF MEADE COUNTY KANSAS.  THIS
THUNDERSTORM SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE TOWN OF ASHLAND BY AROUND 715 PM
CDT.

ALSO THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE MOVING INTO THE DODGE CITY AREA BETWEEN 715
PM AND 730 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

VERY HEAVY RAIN...PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH...AND
FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.

IN ADDITION...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF
SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SOME OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE.  IF YOU LIVE IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...YOU
SHOULD REMAIN FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND PIF
NECESSARY...YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE INDOORS TO A REINFORCED
BUILDING.

MB
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 7:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
KSZ003-006-100130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR PRODUCT TYPE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
728 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF
SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 720 PM CDT...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES EAST OF SCOTT CITY KANSAS THROUGH
THE DODGE CITY AREA AND THEN SOUTH TO THE OKLAHOMA/KANSAS BORDER SOUTH
OF ASHLAND KANSAS.  THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE
EAST AT AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF DODGE CITY
OR JUST NORTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF KALVESTA.  THIS THUNDERSTORM SHOULD
MOVE INTO OPEN FARMLAND JUST NORTH JETMORE BY AROUND 8 PM CDT.

ALSO THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE AROUND THE DODGE CITY AREA UNTIL AROUND
9 PM CDT.

AS OF 720 PM CDT...NO SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN REPORTED OVER SOUTHWEST
KANSAS.  HOWEVER...THE HEAVY RAINS FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAD CAUSED
SOME LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLOODING.  THERE WERE REPORTS OF WATER OVER THE
ROADWAY ON HIGHWAY 50 AROUND THE INGALLS KANSAS AREA...BUT THIS WATER
WAS NOT IMPEDING TRAFFIC.  SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...AND SMALL
STREAMS AS THEY PASS OVER AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN
DURING THE PAST FEW DAYS.

MB
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 8:10 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
KSZ003-006-100215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
810 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF
SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 800 PM CDT...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN...WAS LOCATED FROM 30 MILES EAST OF SCOTT CITY KANSAS TO JUST
EAST OF DODGE CITY TO 60 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY ON THE
OKLAHOMA/KANSAS BORDER.  THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO
THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY
OR JUST NORTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF FORD.  THIS THUNDERSTORM SHOULD
CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO OPEN FARMLAND BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF SPEARVILLE AND
MULLINVILLE.  THERE HAVE REPORTS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN REDUCING VISIBILITY
TO ZERO WITH THIS STORM.  IN ADDITION...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO
AROUND 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH DOES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST
KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT.  AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE MOVING TO THE
EAST-NORTHEAST...THEY ARE EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INTENSIFY OVER
PAWNEE...EDWARDS...AND NORTHERN KIOWA COUNTIES AND MAY BECOME SEVERE.
IF YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR THESE COUNTIES...YOU SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE
SHELTER.

MB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 8:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCPawnee3 hr
Jun 9, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards62 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992

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.