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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Dodge City, KS

March 17, 1992Comanche County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 17, 1992, 4:52 PM CST for Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 17, 1992, 4:52 PM CST (22:52 UTC)
Expired
Mar 17, 1992, 5:45 PM CST
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Comanche County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 85 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 12:00Z on 1992-03-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 12:00Z on 1992-03-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2078 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 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 172253
TORDDC
KSC033-172345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
452 PM CST TUE MAR 17 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...NORTHERN COMANCHE COUNTY
 
AT 451 PM...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR ABOUT 1 MILE WEST OF
WILMORE OR 30 MILE SOUTHWEST OF PRATT MOVING EAST/NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
PERSONS IN WILMORE ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO AND SHOULD TAKE COVER
NOW!
 
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... 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.
 
HUTTON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 17, 2:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa27 min
Mar 17, 3:42 PM CSTTornado WarningDDCPratt33 min
Mar 17, 4:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche, Kiowa54 min
Mar 17, 4:16 PM CSTTornado WarningDDCPratt44 min
Mar 17, 4:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber46 min
Mar 17, 5:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt40 min
Mar 17, 5:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.