Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 1992, 11:28 PM CDT for Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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 13, 1992, 11:28 PM CDT (04:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1992, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 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, 11:32 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Stanton, KS | |
| Jun 13, 11:59 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Stanton, KS | |
| Jun 14, 12:19 AM CDT | Hail 1.75 | 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, 4.5 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 140430 TORDDC KSC187-140515- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1128 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ...NORTHERN STANTON COUNTY AT 1125 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF JOHNSON NEAR HIGHWAY 27. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN NORTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 27 SHOULD TAKE TORNADO PRECAUTIONS. ALSO...VERY LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN STANTON COUNTY...AND THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN STANTON COUNTY. HUTTON THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE.T.. GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDIER BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
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, 10:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stanton | 60 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, 11:58 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.