Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1992, 4:21 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report 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
- Jun 13, 1992, 4:21 PM MDT (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1992, 4:57 PM MDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hamilton County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 4:30 PM MDT | Hail 1.75 | Hamilton, 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
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 242 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
- 578 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -223 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1923 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 13, 10:28 AM MDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-132200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KANSAS 1130 AM CDT SAT JUN 13 1992 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS: BARBER FINNEY HAMILTON KIOWA PRATT STEVENS CLARK FORD HASKELL MEADE SEWARD COMANCHE GRANT HODGEMAN MORTON STAFFORD EDWARDS GRAY KEARNY PAWNEE STANTON SYNOPSIS: LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP VERY RAPIDLY THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE ROCKIES AS A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCE BEGINS MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING A MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW OF AIR INTO KANSAS. SCATTERED LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER EASTERN COLORADO AND THEN MOVE INTO WESTERN KANSAS THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORM ARE FORECAST TO BECOME SEVERE. THEREFORE SPOTTER VACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS. MB
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 4:12 PM MDT, 9 minutes before
KSZ003-006-132310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 510 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 1992 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO FAR WESTERN KANSAS... AT 507 PM...VERY STRONG AND RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN EXTREME EASTERN COLORADO...ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF COOLIDGE...OR ABOUT 70 MILES WEST OF GARDEN CITY. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO WESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY...NEAR COOLIDGE...BY 530 PM CDT OR 430 PM MDT. PERSONS IN WESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL... STRONG WIND AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WITH THESE STORMS. THE ATMOSPHERE IS BECOMING VERY UNSTABLE ACROSS FAR WESTERN KANSAS...AND ADDITION THUNDERSTORMS ARE> LIKELY THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. HUTTON
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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.