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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 5, 1992Morton County, Stanton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 1992, 5:39 PM CDT for Morton County, Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 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 5, 1992, 5:39 PM CDT (22:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1992, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Morton County, KS, Stanton County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 5, 6:05 PM CDTTornado F0Stanton, 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 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 1992-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 96 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 1992-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 179 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
96 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
753 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
231 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 052239
TORDDC
KSC129-187-052330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
539 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
 
   ...NORTHWESTERN MORTON COUNTY...SOUTHWESTERN STANTON COUNTY
 
AT 538 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR NOTED A DEVELOPING TORNADO...40 MILES WEST
OF ULYSSES...OR JUST WEST OF SAUNDERS. THE STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
10 MPH. IF YOU LIVE IN SAUNDERS OR NORTHWEST MORTON COUNTY SEEK SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY IN YOUR BASEMENT OR LOWEST PORTION OF YOUR HOUSE.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 12:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray55 min
Jun 5, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton49 min
Jun 5, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKearny46 min
Jun 5, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stanton47 min
Jun 5, 6:41 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCMorton, Stanton41 min
Jun 5, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney43 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.