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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 24, 1992Ford County, Gray County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1992, 11:39 PM CDT for Ford County, Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 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, 11:39 PM CDT (04:39 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 1992, 12:20 AM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Whole counties

Counties Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 25, 12:01 AM CDT	Hail 0.75	Ford, KS
Jun 25, 12:02 AM CDT	Hail 0.75	Ford, 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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 24 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 250441
SVRDDC
KSC057-069-250530-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1139 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING     EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
 
   ...WESTERN FORD COUNTY...CENTRAL GRAY COUNTY
 
AT 1140 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM
DODGE CITY WESTWARD ALONG THE ARKANSAS RIVER AND HIGHWAY 50 ALL THE WAY
ACROSS GRAY COUNTY INCLUDING CIMARRON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING VERY
LITTLE AND CONTINUED TO INTENSIFY.
 
THE STORMS ARE PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...LOTS OF DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINS.  LOCAL FLOODING OF STREETS AND COUNTY
ROADS IS IMMINENT.
 
RESIDENTS OF CIMARRON...HOWELLS...GARDEN
CITY...LAKIN...HOLCOMB...PIERCEVILLE...CHARLSTON AND INGALLS SHOULD SEEK
IMMEDIATE SHLETER FROM THESE NEARLY STATIONARY STORMS.
 
 
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.

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, 7:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 56 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, 8:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

KSZ006-009-250245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
852 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO POP UP ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 849 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED  IN
A BAND 10 MILES WIDE FROM NORTH OF GARDEN CITY...TO NORTH OF SYRACUSE.
OTHER STORMS WERE LOCATED NORTH OF ST JOHN.  THE STORMS HAVE
THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCT BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN
...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WIND TO OVER 30 MILES AN HOUR.

MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUE FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT...AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL
1 AM.

IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA...REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.  TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION
STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

PRESTON

Local storm report, Jun 24, 9:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
950 PM CDT WED JUN 24, 1992

PRELIMINARY REPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS OF WEDNESDAY, JUN 24, 1992

TIME CDT         LOCATION                      EVENT
________________________________________________________________

1705 CDT         20NE ST. JOHN,         DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
                 STAFFORD CO.           SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

1707 CDT         21NE ST. JOHN,         DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
                 STAFFORD CO.           AGTAP OBSERVER.

1720 CDT         ST. JOHN,              HIGH WINDS KNOCKED DOWN POWER
                 STAFFORD CO.           LINES IN TOWN.

1744 CDT         9NE STAFFORD,          3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY
                 STAFFORD CO.           SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

1758 CDT         ST. JOHN,              QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                 STAFFORD CO.           BY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

1804 CDT         LARNED,                DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
                 PAWNEE CO.             AGTAP OBSERVER.

1805 CDT         1/2S ST. JOHN,         LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN
                 STAFFORD CO.           REPORTED BY SHERIFF'S
                                        OFFICE.

1808 CDT         LARNED,                3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY
                 PAWNEE CO.             SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

1813 CDT         4S LARNED,             GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                 PAWNEE CO.             BY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

1815 CDT         LARNED,                SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED
                 PAWNEE CO.             TREES DOWN IN TOWN.

1835 CDT         3S LEWIS,              AGTAP OBSERVER ESTIMATED WINDS
                 EDWARDS CO.            TO 65 MPH WITH LARGE TREE LIMBS
                                        DOWN.

1835 CDT         4S 2W STAFFORD,        TORNADO REPORTED BY SHERIFF'S
                 STAFFORD CO.           OFFICE.

1858 CDT         15NE PRATT,            3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY
                 PRATT CO.              SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

1930 CDT         PRATT,                 DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
                 PRATT CO.              SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

1932 CDT         PRATT,                 3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY
                 PRATT CO.              AGTAP OBSERVER.

1955 CDT         KIOWA,                 DIME TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
                 BARBER CO.             REPORTED BY AGTAP OBSERVER.

2000 CDT         6N 3W SPEARVILLE,      QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                 HODGEMAN CO.           BY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

2000 CDT         15S LEWIS,             GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS
                 KIOWA CO.              TO 60MPH REPORTED BY AGTAP
                                        OBSERVER.

SZKIL

Special weather statement, Jun 24, 10:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

KSZ003-006-009-250400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1000 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992

...THE CALDRON CONTINUED TO BOIL ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 1000 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DOTTED ALONG AND
NORTH OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER.  THE STRONGEST STORM WAS JUST NORTH OF
HOLCOMB...8 MILES NORTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY AND WAS MOVING SOUTH
AT AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR.  THIS STORM WILL REACH HOLCOMB BY 1010 PM.

THESE STORMS WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS...
GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SOME SMALL HAIL.

CONDITIONS REMAIN EXTREMELY VOLATILE THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT
WITH A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT DRAPED EAST TO WEST ACROSS SOUTHWEST
KANSAS.  THE FRONT WAS THE FOCUS OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT

Special weather statement, Jun 24, 10:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

KSZ003-006-009-250400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...........CORRECTED FOR COMPLETION....
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1000 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992

...THE CALDRON CONTINUED TO BOIL ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 1000 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DOTTED ALONG AND
NORTH OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER.  THE STRONGEST STORM WAS JUST NORTH OF
HOLCOMB...8 MILES NORTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY AND WAS MOVING SOUTH
AT AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR.  THIS STORM WILL REACH HOLCOMB BY 1010 PM.

THESE STORMS WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS...
GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SOME SMALL HAIL.

CONDITIONS REMAIN EXTREMELY VOLATILE THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT
WITH A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT DRAPED EAST TO WEST ACROSS SOUTHWEST
KANSAS.  THE FRONT WAS THE FOCUS OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR
SOUTHWEST KANSAS EXCEPT FOR THE LIBERAL AND ELKHART AREAS...

ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURING AT PRESENT...YOU SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL
RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON ANY DEVELOPING
STORMS.

JOHNSON

Special weather statement, Jun 24, 11:09 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

KSZ006-003-009-250500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1100 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992

...STORMS CONTINUE TO BREW ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 1100 PM CDT (1000 PM MDT)...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS.  THE
MAJORITY OF THE STORMS WERE ALONG OR NORTH OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER
VALLEY BUT A STRAY THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR HUGOTON...30 MILES SOUTH
OF ULYSSES AND ANOTHER WAS NEAR MINNEOLA...20 MILES SOUTH OF DODGE
CITY.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING VERY LITTLE BUT THEY DID SHOW A
SLIGHT SOUTHERLY DRIFT.

THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLY SOME
LOCAL FLOODING OF COUNTY ROADS AND CITY STREETS.  THEY ALSO WERE
PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND SOME DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING.
.
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR
ALL OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS EXCEPT THE GARDEN CITY AND ELKHART AREA...

ALTHOUGH THE WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT...THE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS
BEFORE FINALLY PETERING OUT.

YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR ANOTHER FEW HOURS.  BE PREPARED TO SEEK
SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

JOHNSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 24, 7:28 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, 7:46 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 25, 12:33 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Hamilton	3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1992 Every 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.