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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 14, 1992Gray County, Meade County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1992, 2:01 AM CDT for Gray County, Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 1992, 2:01 AM CDT (07:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1992, 2:45 AM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Gray County, KS, Meade County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 54 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 1992-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1700 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 1992-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 140701
SVRDDC
KSC069-119-140745-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
201 AM CDT SUN JUN 14 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING     EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN GRAY COUNTY...NORTHERN MEADE COUNTY
 
AT 200 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE COMPLEX OF
THUNDERSTORMS...35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DODGE CITY...NEAR COPELAND. THE
STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU LIVE IN
COPELAND...MONTEZUMA...OR MEADE PREPARE FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS..AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.
 
 
 
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.
 
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 14, 1:45 AM CDT, 16 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-140745-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
145 AM CDT SUN JUN 14 1992

...STRONG WINDS ARE PUSHING THROUGH SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 142 AM CDT..DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF OUTFLOW WINDS
AHEAD OF THE THUNDERSTORMS AROUND GARDEN CITY.  THE LINE OF STRONG
WINDS...TO OVER 40 MILES AN HOUR...STRETCHED FROM ABOUT JETMORE...TO
JUST WEST OF DODGE CITY...TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MEADE COUNTY...40
MILES SOUTHWEST OF DODGE CITY.

IF YOU LIVE AHEAD OF THIS LINE OF STRONG WINDS...PREPARE FOR A RAPID
CHANGE IN DIRECTION TO THE WEST AND AN INCREASE IN SPEEDS TO OVER 40
MILES AN HOUR.

LISTEN TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM THE NAvTIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE...ON THE HIGH WINDS AND STORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS

PRESTON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 8:31 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCStanton59 min
Jun 13, 9:30 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCStanton45 min
Jun 13, 10:15 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCStanton60 min
Jun 13, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStanton41 min
Jun 13, 11:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton43 min
Jun 13, 11:28 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCStanton47 min
Jun 13, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Kearny47 min
Jun 14, 12:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStanton29 min
Jun 14, 12:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStanton23 min
Jun 14, 12:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney52 min
Jun 14, 12:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray51 min
Jun 14, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKearny45 min
Jun 14, 1:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Haskell52 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.