Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1992, 6:00 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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 24, 1992, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1992, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Pawnee County, KS, Stafford County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 6:13 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Pawnee, KS | |
| Jun 24, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Stafford, 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 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 786 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1864 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 242300 SVRDDC KSC145-185-242345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 600 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...PAWNEE COUNTY...SOUTHERN STAFFORD COUNTY AT 600 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR LARNED...30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREAT BEND...AND JUST NORTHWEST OF ST JOHN...OR 35 MILES MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREAT BEND. THEST STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. IF YOU LIVE IN STAFFORD...LARNED OR ST JOHN SEEK SHELTER INDOORS NOW. THIS EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS WARNINGS FOR PAWNEE AND SOUTHERN STAFFORD COUNTIES. 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. 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 YOURJ 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 24, 1:49 PM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
KSZ006-009-241945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 148 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 442 FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE COUNTIES OF EDWARDS...PAWNEE...STAFFORD...PRATT...AND KIOWA ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH. SOME CITIES AND TOWNS INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE LARNED...KINSLEY...GREENSBURG...ST. JOHN...AND PRATT. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA...BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING OR SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFERNOON AND EVENING...BE ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY RAINS. SZKIL
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 2:41 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
KSZ006-009-242045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 241 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR EDWARDS...PAWNEE...STAFFORD...PRATT... AND KIOWA COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CDT. AT 240 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT SEVERE WEATHER WAS NOT OCCURRING ACROSS THESE COUNTIES. CONDITIONS STILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU LIVE IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROCHES...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING OR SHELTER. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISI&ON STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SZKIL
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 2:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
KSZ003-006-242100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 253 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED IN MORTON COUNTY... AT 250 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED 18 MILES NORTH OF ELKHART. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PASS TO THE SOUTH OF RICHFIELD AFTER 300 PM CDT. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. IF YOU LIVE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. PERSONS THAT WILL BE TRAVELING ALONG HIGHWAY 51 SOUTH OF RICHFIELD SHOULD BE ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIzES IN HEAVY RAIN. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. SZKIL
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 3:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
KSZ006-009-242145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 341 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992 ...SEVERE WEATHER WAS NOT OCCURRING ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 340 PM CDT...SEVERE WEATHER WAS NOT OCCURRING ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS. A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR EDWARDS...PAWNEE...STAFFORD... PRATT...AND KIOWA COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CDT. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA...BE PREPARED TO MOVE INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SZKIL
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 4:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
KSZ006-009-242230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 433 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992 ...NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS NOTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 431 PM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL KANSAS...BUT ONLY A FEW SHOWERS WERE NOTED IN THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST CORNER OF KANSAS. THE SHOWERS WERE LOCATED IN MORTON COUNTY...15 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELKHART. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 8 PM CDT. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR TH(E WATCH AREA...BE PREPARED TO MOVE INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. PRESTON
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 5:57 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
KSZ003-006-250000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 556 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 451 FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... CLARK...FINNEY...HAMILTON...FORD...GRAY...HASKELL...HODGEMAN... KEARNY...COMANCHE...EDWARDS...KIOWA AND PAWNEE... THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS MOVING SOUTH INTO THE AREA. ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINED IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN STAFFORD COUNTY AND ALL OF PAWNEE COUNTY... REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. LISTEN TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR TO LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. (BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. JOHNSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 51 min |
| Jun 24, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 31 min |
| Jun 24, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pratt | 49 min |
| Jun 24, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 59 min |
| Jun 24, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards | 47 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.