Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 9, 1992, 12:55 AM CDT for Johnson County, Kansas; Jackson County, Missouri. It was in force for 35 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
- Sep 9, 1992, 12:55 AM CDT (05:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 1992, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Johnson County, KS, Jackson County, MO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 1:10 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Jackson, MO |
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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 91 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 688 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 309 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCI 090555 SVRMCI KSC091-MOC095-090630- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 1255 AM CDT WED SEP 9 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS ...JOHNSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI ...JACKSON COUNTY AT 1245 AM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR OLATHE KANSAS IN JOHNSON COUNTY KANSAS...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH EASTERN JOHNSON COUNY...EAST OF OLATHE TOWARDS KANSAS CITY MISSOURI. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. DESTRI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 36 min |
| Sep 9, 3:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan | 48 min |
| Sep 9, 4:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Macon, Randolph | 34 min |
| Sep 9, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Macon | 28 min |
| Sep 9, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Saline | 32 min |
| Sep 9, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper | 39 min |
| Sep 9, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | St. Clair | 33 min |
| Sep 9, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Moniteau, Morgan | 52 min |
| Sep 9, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Morgan | 40 min |
| Sep 9, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Callaway | 40 min |
| Sep 9, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | St. Clair | 38 min |
| Sep 9, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Montgomery | 63 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.