Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1992, 7:46 PM CDT for Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 1992, 7:46 PM CDT (00:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1992, 8:11 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pratt County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 250047 RRA SVRDDC KSC151-250130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 746 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISS*UED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...SOUTHERN PRATT COUNTY AT 745 PM CDT RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN PRAT
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, 4:33 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 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 49 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 41 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, 24 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
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 7:39 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
KSZ006-009-250145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 739 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 454 FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 100 AM CDT. THE COUNTIES OF PRATT...BARBER...KIOWA...AND COMANCHE ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH. SOME CITIES AND TOWNS INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE PRATT...GREENSBURG... MEDICINE LODGE...AND COLDWATER. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA...REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING OR SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. 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 24, 7:43 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
KSZ006-009-250145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 739 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 454 FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 100 AM CDT. THE COUNTIES OF PRATT...BARBER...KIOWA...AND COMANCHE ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH. SOME CITIES AND TOWNS INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE PRATT...GREENSBURG... MEDICINE LODGE...AND COLDWATER. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA...REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING OR SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SZKIL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 43 min |
| Jun 24, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 39 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
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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.