Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 107, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 1992, 10:20 PM CDT for Decatur County, Rawlins County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 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
- Aug 6, 1992, 10:20 PM CDT (03:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 1992, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Decatur County, KS, Rawlins County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 10:28 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Rawlins, 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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 1552 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1378 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Aug 6, 9:32 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
KSZ001-004-002-005-070330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 825 PM MDT (925 PM CDT) THU AUG 6 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS... AT 825PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS. THE FIRST AREA WAS 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND..JUST TO THE NORTH OF BEARDSLEY TO EAST OF HAYES CENTER NEBRASKA. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE ATWOOD AREA BY 830 PM MDT AND THE OBERLIN AREA BY 845 PM MDT. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS 35 MILES SOUTH OF GOODLAND..JUST TO THE SOUTH OF SHARON SPRINGS TO WEST OF SCOTT CITY. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS AREA OF STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SCOTT CITY BY 845 PM MDT. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH..DEADLY LIGHTNING AND SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. FREIBURGER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Norton | 68 min |
| Aug 6, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Phillips | 55 min |
| Aug 7, 2:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Decatur | 4 hr |
| Aug 7, 6:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Decatur | 4 hr |
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.