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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 16, 1992Johnson County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1992, 9:06 PM CDT for Johnson County, Kansas. It was in force for 19 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 1992, 9:06 PM CDT (02:06 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1992, 9:25 PM CDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Johnson County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 72 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 1992-05-17Temperature 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 1992-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
NaN m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMCI 170207
SVRMCI
KSC091-170245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI
906 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...JOHNSON COUNTY
 
A THUNDERSTORM HAS COLLAPSED OVER THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY
KANSAS AND WAS PRODUCING VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 55 MILES AN
HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO NEAR 70 MILES AN HOUR. THIS WIND WILL PASS
OVER PARTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY AND MAY PRODUCE DAMAGE AS IT MOVE NORTH
ACROSS THE COUNTY.
 
 
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.

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.