Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1992, 9:10 PM CDT for Morton County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 1992, 9:10 PM CDT (02:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1992, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Morton County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 332 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -403 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1602 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 440 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 16.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 200217 COR SVRDDC KSC129-200245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...CORRECTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 910 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ...SOUTHWESTERN MORTON COUNTY AT 909 PM CDT (809 PM MDT) A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF ELKHART MOVING TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL PASS INTO THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE BY 930 PM CDT (830 PM MDT). THIS STORM WILL CLIP SOUTHWESTERN MORTON COUNTY BRIEFLY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF ELKHART. THE STORM HAS PRODUCED LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. < 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. 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. 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 19, 5:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
KSZ003-006-200000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 556 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992 ...NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 550 PM CDT...NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS. A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 1100 PM CDT. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS THAT LIVE OR PLAN TO TRAVEL ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS EVENING SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SZKIL
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 6:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
KSZ006-009-200045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 647 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY SOUTH OF THE GREAT BEND AREA... AT 645 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREAT BEND KANSAS OR 5 MILES NORTH OF HUDSON KANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE 5 MILES NORTH OF STAFFORD KANSAS BY 7 PM CDT. ALSO SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP IN PAWNEE COUNTY THROUGH 730 PM. IF YOU LIVE IN STAFFORD COUNTY...YOU SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND GUSTY WINDS IN ADDITION TO DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES. MB
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 7:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
KSZ003-200115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 712 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 710 PM CDT...NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS. HOWEVER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO AND WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD TOWARDS THE KANSAS BORDER. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BEGIN TO MOVE INTO STANTON AND MORTON COUNTIES IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST KANSAS AFTER 8PM CDT/7PM MDT. MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR REMAINS OVER MOST OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS EVENING...THEREFORE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DOES EXIST. IF YOU LIVE IN OR PLAN TO TRAVEL ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS EVENING...YOU SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. rMB
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 7:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
KSZ006-009-200130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 733 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE OVER PAWNEE AND STAFFORD COUNTIES IN KANSAS... AT 730 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A 20 MILE WIDE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH A VERY HEAVY RAIN...FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF HANSTON...THROUGH GARFIELD...HUDSON...AND THEN INTO CENTRAL KANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL REACH BELPRE...MACKSVILLE...ST. JOHN...AND STAFFORD BY AROUND 745 PM CDT. IN ADDITION TO THE VERY HEAVY RAIN...THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES. IF YOU LIVE BNEAR THESE STORMS...YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. MB
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 8:23 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
KSZ003-006-200215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 819 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT/10 PM MDT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 815 PM CDT...NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS. HOWEVER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO AND WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. SOME RAIN SHOWERS AND FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST KANSAS ALONG THE COLORADO BORDER AREAS MOSTLY IN HAMILTON...STANTON...AND MORTON COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. THE POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS FOR THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS. ALSO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO MAY BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST CORNER OF KANSAS AFTER 930 PM CDT/830 PM MDT. IF YOU LIVE IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ...YOU SHOULD REMAtIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MB
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 8:47 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
KSZ006-200245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 845 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING VERY RAPIDLY JUST NORTH OF THE DODGE CITY AREA... AT 840 PM CDT...A 20 MILE WIDE BAND OF RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM KALVESTA TO JUST NORTH OF DODGE CITY TO KINSLEY. THIS BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN FORD...SOUTHERN HODGEMAN...AND WESTERN EDWARDS COUNTIES THIS INCLUDES THE DODGE CITY AREA...SPEARVILLE...AND KINSLEY UNTIL AT LEAST 930 PM CDT. VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL OCCUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU LIVE NEAR THESE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS...YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. MB
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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.