Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1992, 7:28 PM CDT for Ford County, Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 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 24, 1992, 7:28 PM CDT (00:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1992, 8:11 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 8:00 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Hodgeman, 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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 13 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
- 3766 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1878 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 250028 SVRDDC KSC057-083-250115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 728 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ...NORTHEASTERN FORD COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY AT 725 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JETMORE...OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF DODGE CITY. ITS MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH AND WILL BE NEAR SPEARVILLE AND BELLEFONT BY 800 PM. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE READY FOR 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. LERTRO
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, 2:54 PM CDT, 4 hours 34 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, 3 hours 47 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, 2 hours 55 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, 1 hour 31 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
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 6:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
KSZ006-009-250000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 605 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992 ...STRONG WINDS ARE BLOWING ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 602 PM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF OUTFLOW WINDS FROM STORMS IN CENTRAL KANSAS FROM NEAR KINSLEY TO NORTHEAST OF JETMORE. THE WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE AND SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST AS THIS WIND LINE MOVES THROUGH JETMORE...KINSLEY AND OFFERLE...DURING THE 50 MINUTES. WIND SPEEDS UP TO 50 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT COULD BLOW AWAY IN HODGEMAN OR KINSLEY COUNTIES...TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTIONS NOW. ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR A `LARGE PORTION OS WESTERN KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT... PRESTON
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 7:22 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
KSZ006-003-250100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 720 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992 ...WEATHER WAS UNSETTLED BUT THERE WERE STILL NO STORMS FROM DODGE CITY WESTWARD... AT 720 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO POUND THE AREA ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 183. TO THE WEST...INCLUDING DODGE CITY...GARDEN CITY...LIBERAL AND ULYSSES...NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING. ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS EXCEPT FOR THE LIBERAL AND ELKHART AREAS... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL DEVELOPING ALONG A COOL FRONT FROM AROUND SCOTT CITY EASTWARD TO JUST NORTH OF DODGE CITY. THESE STORMS CONTINUED A SLOW SOUTHERLY MOVEMENT AS THEY STRENGTHENED. . IF YOU ARE IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS YOU SHOULD STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR TO LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION AND KEEP ABREAST OF THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. JOHNSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 39 min |
| Jun 24, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 25 min |
| Jun 24, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 43 min |
| Jun 24, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 49 min |
| Jun 24, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 41 min |
| Jun 25, 12:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 3 hr |
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.