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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 13, 1992Stanton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 1992, 8:31 PM CDT for Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 min. 3 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
Jun 13, 1992, 8:31 PM CDT (01:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 1992, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Stanton County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 13, 9:08 PM CDTTornado F0Stanton, KS
Jun 13, 9:15 PM CDTTornado F0Stanton, KS
Jun 13, 9:39 PM CDTHail 1.75Stanton, 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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 1992-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1700 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 1992-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 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
1700 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1041 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
4.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 140132
TORDDC
KSC187-140230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
831 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
 
   ...WESTERN STANTON COUNTY
 
AT 827 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO ABOUT 5 TO 10 MILES WEST
OF SAUNDERS IN EXTREME EASTERN COLORADO...OR ABOUT 45 MILES WEST OF
ULYSSES. THE TORNADOES ASSOCIATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT
ABOUT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN STANTON COUNTY BY
845 PM.  PERSONS IN SAUNDERS AND MANTER SHOULD BE TAKE TORNADO
PRECAUTIONS.
 
THIS STORM WILL ALSO PRODUCE VERY LARGE HAIL...HIGH WIND AND TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL ACROSS WESTERN STANTON COUNTY.  PERSONS IN JOHNSON ARE NOT IN
IMMEDIATE DANGER...BUT SHOULD BE ON A CLOSE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER.
 
HUTTON
 
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
STURD"IER BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
 
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 13, 9:30 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCStanton45 min
Jun 13, 10:15 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCStanton60 min
Jun 13, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStanton41 min
Jun 13, 11:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton43 min
Jun 13, 11:28 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCStanton47 min
Jun 13, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Kearny47 min
Jun 14, 12:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStanton29 min
Jun 14, 12:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStanton23 min
Jun 14, 12:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney52 min
Jun 14, 12:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray51 min
Jun 14, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKearny45 min
Jun 14, 1:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Haskell52 min
Jun 14, 2:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray, Meade44 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.