Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 1992, 10:15 PM CDT for Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 60 min. 4 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 13, 1992, 10:15 PM CDT (03:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1992, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Stanton County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 10:20 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Stanton, KS | |
| Jun 13, 10:40 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Stanton, KS | |
| Jun 13, 10:42 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Stanton, KS | |
| Jun 13, 11:00 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Stanton, 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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 1700 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1041 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 140316 TORDDC KSC187-140415- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1015 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ...WESTERN STANTON COUNTY AT 1011 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE AT TORNADO IN EXTREME WESTERN STANTON COUNTY NEAR THE KANSAS/COLORADO BORDER ON HIGHWAY 160/116 WEST OF JOHNSON. THIS LOCATION IS ABOUT 35 MILES WEST OF ULYSSES. THE STORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY EAST AT ABOUT 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE ACROSS STANTON COUNTY THROUGH AT LEAST 1045 PM. PERSONS IN MANTER ARE STILL NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM. IN ADDITION...LARGE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL CAUSING LOW LYING FLOODING ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF STANTON COUNTY. HUTTON IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT." GET UNDER A STAIRWELL OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stanton | 59 min |
| Jun 13, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stanton | 45 min |
| Jun 13, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stanton | 41 min |
| Jun 13, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 43 min |
| Jun 13, 11:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stanton | 47 min |
| Jun 13, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Kearny | 47 min |
| Jun 14, 12:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stanton | 29 min |
| Jun 14, 12:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stanton | 23 min |
| Jun 14, 12:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 52 min |
| Jun 14, 12:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 51 min |
| Jun 14, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 45 min |
| Jun 14, 1:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Haskell | 52 min |
| Jun 14, 2:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray, Meade | 44 min |
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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.