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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 18, 1992Clark County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 1992, 7:27 PM CDT for Clark County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report 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 18, 1992, 7:27 PM CDT (00:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 1992, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Clark County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 18, 8:00 PM CDTHail 2.75Clark, 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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 60 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1992-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1992-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -56 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-428 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2753 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 190027
TORDDC
KSC025-190115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
727 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY
 
AT 725 PM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 56 MILES SOUTH
OF DODGE CITY KANSAS OR 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ENGLEWOOD KANSAS. THE
THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS PRODUCING THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE
NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE TORNADO SHOULD REACH THE
ENGLEWOOD AREA BY AROUND 735 PM AND SHOULD ASHLAND BY AROUND 745 PM CDT.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN ENGLEWOOD OR ASHLAND KANSAS YOU SHOULD SEEK SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY IN A REINFORCED BUILDING OR BASEMENT.  TAKE COVER NOW!
 
MB
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A STAIRWELL OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITUREH.
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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark25 min
Jun 18, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche49 min
Jun 18, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa25 min
Jun 18, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Pratt61 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.