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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Dodge City, KS

March 17, 1992Barber County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 17, 1992, 6:16 PM CST for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 min. 2 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
Mar 17, 1992, 6:16 PM CST (00:16 UTC)
Expired
Mar 17, 1992, 7:00 PM CST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Barber County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 17, 6:25 PM CSTTornado F0Barber, KS
Mar 17, 6:50 PM CSTHail 1Barber, 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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 1992-03-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1992-03-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 397 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
538 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
397 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
533 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 180016
TORDDC
KSC007-180100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
616 PM CST TUE MAR 17 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...WESTERN BARBER COUNTY
 
AT 612 PM...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED ON THE COMANCHE/BARBER COUNTY LINE
ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF MEDICINE LODGE OR 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRATT.
THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH AND WILL PASS JUST NORTH OF DEERHEAD
BEFORE 645 PM.
 
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABL&E.
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, 6:43 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningDDCBarber, Comanche3 hr
Mar 17, 6:56 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningDDCPratt3 hr

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.