Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1992, 10:49 PM CDT for Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 min. 2 reports 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, 10:49 PM CDT (03:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1992, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Stanton County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 11:00 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Stanton, KS | |
| Jun 13, 11:32 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Stanton, 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 1700 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1041 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 140350 SVRDDC KSC187-140430- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1049 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ...EASTERN STANTON COUNTY AT 1046 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS APPROACHING JOHNSON OR ABOUT 20 TO 25 MILES WEST OF ULYSSES. LARGE HAIL...HIGH WIND AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS LIKEY IN OR NEAR JOHNSON BY 1055 PM. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. ALSO...HIGH WIND IS POSSIBLE FURTHER EAST IN THE BIG BOW AREA BY 11 PM. THE TORNADO WARNING WARNING FOR WESTERN STANTON COUNTY CONTINUES UNTIL 1115 PM. RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO...ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF JOHNSON. HUTTON THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR$ DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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, 5:12 PM CDT, 5 hours 37 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
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 5:56 PM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before
KSZ003-006-132350- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 553 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM CDT. MAINLY WEST OF GARDEN CITY TO LIBERAL LINE. SOUTHWEST KANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE FINNEY...GRANT... HAMILTON...HASKELL...KEARNY...MORTON...SEWARD...STANTON AND STEVENS. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE ELKHART...SYRACUSE...GARDEN CITY...AND LIBERAL. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE INCREASING ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS INTO THE EVENING HOURS. HUTTON
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 7:11 PM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
KSZ003-006-140115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 710 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH COUNTINUES FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM CDT... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN NORTHWEST KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO AT 7 PM. A DELAYED REPORT OF GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS RECEIVED AT THIS OFFICE AT 655 PM. THE HAIL OCCURRED AT ABOUT 530 PM...10 MILES NORTH AND ONE ONE WEST OF COOLIDGE ON THE HAMILTON/GREELY COUNTY LINE. IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...NEWLY DEVELOPED THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHERN HAMILTON...NORTHEAST STANTON AND EASTERN GRANT COUNTY. AT THIS TIME THEY WERE NOT SEVERE...BUT WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING MAINLY ACROSS OPEN COUNTRY THROUGH 745 PM. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS.* HUTTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stanton | 59 min |
| Jun 13, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stanton | 45 min |
| Jun 13, 10:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stanton | 60 min |
| Jun 13, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 43 min |
| Jun 13, 11:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stanton | 47 min |
| Jun 13, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Kearny | 47 min |
| Jun 14, 12:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stanton | 29 min |
| Jun 14, 12:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stanton | 23 min |
| Jun 14, 12:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 52 min |
| Jun 14, 12:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 51 min |
| Jun 14, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 45 min |
| Jun 14, 1:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Haskell | 52 min |
| Jun 14, 2:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray, Meade | 44 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.