Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1992, 6:01 PM CDT for Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 min. 3 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 27, 1992, 6:01 PM CDT (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1992, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gray County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 6:14 PM CDT | Hail 2.5 | Gray, KS | |
| Jun 27, 6:17 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Gray, KS | |
| Jun 27, 6:46 PM CDT | Hail 1.25 | Gray, 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 47 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 265 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 343 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 272302 SVRDDC KSC069-280000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 601 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ...GRAY COUNTY AT 600 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES WIDE ENTERING WESTERN GRAY COUNTY FROM JUST EAST OF GARDEN CITY TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DODGE CITY OR NEAR THE TOWN OF COPELAND. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE TO THE CIMARRON AND MONTEZUMA BETWEEN 620 AND 645 PM CDT THIS EVENING. IF YOU LIVE IN GRAY COUNTY YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. ALSO WITH THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS... STREETS AND ROADS MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM DANGEROUS WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MB
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 27, 3:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
KSZ006-272115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 309 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 1992 AT 305 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 15 MILES NORTH OF GARDEN CITY KANSAS OVER NORTHWEST FINNEY COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AND SHOULD MOVE OUT OF FINNEY COUNTY BY AROUND 330 PM CDT AND INTO SOUTHEAST SCOTT AND SOUTHWEST LANE COUNTIES OF KANSAS. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY ALSO PRODUCE GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES. MB
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 4:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
KSZ003-006-272230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 434 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR A MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE AREA IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS IS FROM JUST EAST OF JETMORE TO JUST EAST OF ASHLAND AND WEST TO THE COLORADO BORDER. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING IN THE WATCH AREA IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU LIVE IN OR CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA...YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE. ALSO YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MB
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 4:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
KSZ003-272300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 454 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST CORNER OF KANSAS... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 450 PM CDT/350 PM MDT...RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO WERE BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST CORNER OF KANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 14 MILES WEST OF ELKHART KANSAS AND WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE TO BETWEEN ELKHART AND RICHFIELD BY AROUND 545 PM CDT/445 PM MDT. IN ADDITION...RADAR WAS INDICATING THAT SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. IF YOU LIVE IN MORTON COUNTY...YOU SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...STRONG WINDS....RAND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. MB
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 4:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
KSZ003-006-272230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 455 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 1992 ...RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTH OF THE LIBERAL AREA... AT 450 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SMALL CLUSTER OF RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES NORTH OF LIBERAL. ...ALONG HIGHWAY 83. THEY WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE CLUSTER WILL REACH KISMET BY 520 PM. ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 10 PM... THESE STORMS ARE CAPAPBLE OF DEVELOPING INTO VIOLENT THUNDERSTORMS SO YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE PATH THEY ARE TAKING. CURRENTLY...rTHEY ARE PRODUCING STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS AS WELL AS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 5:19 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
KSZ003-006-272230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 515 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINING TO POP UP ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 515 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAD BEEN ISSUED FOR A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF LIBERAL AND OTHER STORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING AROUND MORTON COUNTY IN THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EASTWARD INTO THE SYRACUSE AREA OUT OF COLORADO...60 MILES WEST OF GARDEN CITY. ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS FROM HIGHWAY 283 WEST UNTIL 10 PM CDT... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN DEVELOP VERY RAPIDLY. YOU SHOULD BE WARY OF ANY RAPIDLY DEVELOPING STORM YOU SEE AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. LISTEN TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST ON THIS VOLATILE SITUATION. JOHNSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward | 44 min |
| Jun 27, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 64 min |
| Jun 27, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 56 min |
| Jun 27, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 60 min |
| Jun 27, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward | 60 min |
| Jun 27, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward | 56 min |
| Jun 27, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 56 min |
| Jun 27, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 60 min |
| Jun 27, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 69 min |
| Jun 27, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stanton | 67 min |
| Jun 27, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 58 min |
| Jun 27, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 65 min |
| Jun 27, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 64 min |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.