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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS

March 8, 1992Kiowa County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 8, 1992, 9:01 PM CST for Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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
Mar 8, 1992, 9:01 PM CST (03:01 UTC)
Expired
Mar 8, 1992, 9:30 PM CST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Kiowa County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 8, 9:08 PM CSTTornado F1Kiowa, 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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 59 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 1992-03-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 597 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1992-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 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
597 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1626 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 7:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber27 min
Mar 8, 8:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman39 min
Mar 8, 8:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa33 min
Mar 8, 8:49 PM CSTTornado WarningDDCKiowa26 min
Mar 8, 9:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee37 min
Mar 8, 9:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford32 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.