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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Kansas City, MO

September 9, 1992Johnson County, Kansas; Jackson County, Missouri

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 9, 1:10 AM CDTHail 0.75Jackson, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1992-09-09Temperature 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1992-09-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 195 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 9, 2:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLeavenworth36 min
Sep 9, 3:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan48 min
Sep 9, 4:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMacon, Randolph34 min
Sep 9, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMacon28 min
Sep 9, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSaline32 min
Sep 9, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper39 min
Sep 9, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSt. Clair33 min
Sep 9, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Moniteau, Morgan52 min
Sep 9, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMorgan40 min
Sep 9, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCallaway40 min
Sep 9, 6:07 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXSt. Clair38 min
Sep 9, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMontgomery63 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1992Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992

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.