Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1992, 5:26 PM CDT for Johnson County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 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 24, 1992, 5:26 PM CDT (22:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1992, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Johnson County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 6:05 PM CDT | Hail 2 | Johnson, 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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 754 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -185 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1504 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCI 242226 SVRMCI KSC091-242300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 526 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS ...JOHNSON COUNTY AT 525 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF OLATHE...WHICH IS ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KANSAS CITY. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE CITIES OF OLATHE AND OVERLAND PARK. 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..
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 12:12 PM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
MOZ008-009-241830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 1210 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI UNTIL 500 PM... AT 1205 AM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN... HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING...WERE OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS ALONG AND JUST SOUTH OF THE KANSAS RIVER AT LAWRENCE TO DE SOTO. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING OVER CENTRAL TO SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY KANSAS...PASSING OVER OR NEAR OLATHE...SPRING HILL AND GARDNER BETWEEN 1215 TO 1245 PM. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE OVER THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA AND WILL ACCOMPANY THE LARGER STORM AS IT MOVES SOUTHEAST. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER QUICKLY IF SEVERE WEATHER =APPROACHES YOUR AREA. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND MONITOR COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. . . WCH/LH
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 12:32 PM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before
MOZ008-009-241830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 1230 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI UNTIL 500 PM... AT 1225 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN... HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING...WERE OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS IN NORTHWEST JOHNSON COUNTY KANSAS ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF OLATHE KANSAS. 1/2 INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO ABOUT 50 MPH WERE REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. THE STORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND SHOULD PASS NEAR OLATHE AND SPRING HILL KANSAS BEWTEEN 1230 AND 130 PM. THIS STORM WAS IN AND AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS...SOUTH- EAST NEBRASKA...SOUTHWEST IOWA AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER QUICKLY IF SEVERE WEAT0HER APPROACHES YOUR AREA. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND MONITOR COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 1:13 PM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
MOZ008-009-241900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 100 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI UNTIL 500 PM... AT 1250 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN... HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING...WERE OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS IN CENTRAL JOHNSON COUNTY KANSAS... ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF OLATHE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING ACROSS SPRING HILL...LOUISBURG AND PAOLA BY 130 PM AND WILL BE PRODUCING SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS... SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING OVER EASTERN AND SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY. THE STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MISSOURI STATE LINE TO THE SOUTH OF GRANDVIEW. OTHER STORMS WERE OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS NORTH OF THE KANSAS RIVER FROM MANHATTAN TO CENTRAL LEAVENWORTH COUNTY AND INTO THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE METRO AREA FROM NORTH TO SOUTH UNTIL ABOUT 400 PM. . THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQU@ENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS AND SOME HAIL. STAY ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER QUICKLY. WCH/LH
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 1:38 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
MOZ008-009-013-241930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 135 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI UNTIL 500 PM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MIAMI COUNTY KANSAS TILL 200 PM AND COUTHERN CASS AND BATES COUNTIES IN MISSOURI TILL 215 PM... AT 125 PM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EASTCENTRAL KANSAS MOVING INTO WESTCENTRAL MISSOURI. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVED SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR LOUISBURG KANSAS AND IN NORTHWEST MIAMI COUNTY KANSAS ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF PAOLA KANSAS. STORMS WILL MOVE INTO OR NEAR PAOLA KANSAS AND DREXEL AND ARCHIE MISSOURI BETWEEN 135 AND 215 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WERE IN AN AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS...SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...AND WESTCENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI. . THIS IS A DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. STAY ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE COVER QUICKLY.
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 2:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
MOZ008-009-013-242000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 230 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH METRO AREAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECS FOR LINN COUNTY KANSAS UNTIL 3PM.. AT 230 PM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE SOUTH AWAY FROM KANSAS CITY/ THE STORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR OSAGE CITY KANSAS TO GARNETT. STORMS OF LESSER INTENSITY COVERED A LARGE PART OF WEST MISSOURI AND EAST KANSAS. ALL THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND SOME HAIL ARE BEING REPORTED ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE STORMS.
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 3:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
MOZ008-009-013-242100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 310 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH METRO AREAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR LINN COUNTY KANSAS UNTIL 300 PM HAS EXPIRED... AT 300 PM...THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER LINN COUNTY KANSAS AND BATES COUNTY MISSOURI HAD DECREASED IN INTENSITY AND WERE NO LONGER SEVERE. HOWEVER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER LINN COUNTY KANSAS AND BATES COUNTY MISSOURI AND WERE PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Miami | 46 min |
| Jun 24, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn | 57 min |
| Jun 24, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Miami | 32 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 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.