Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 6, 1992, 11:32 PM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 58 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 6, 1992, 11:32 PM CDT (04:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 1992, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ellis County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 11:38 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Ellis, 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 2651 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1516 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 259 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 12.2
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, Sep 6, 7:05 PM CDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before
KSZ002-005-070105- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 605 PM MDT (705 PM CDT) SUN SEP 6 1992 AT 705 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS WITHIN A 30 MILE RADIUS OF SCOTT CITY. MOVEMENT SHOULD BE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGEST STORM CENTERS. PEOPLE IN THE SCOTT LAKE AREA SHOULD BE ON TfHE ALERT FOR THE STORMS AS THEY MOVE INTO THE RECREATION AREA. MYERS
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 7:22 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
KSZ002-005-070120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 620 PM MDT (720 PM CDT) SUN SEP 6 1992 AT 720 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLBY AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE COLBY AREA BETWEEN 730 AND 745PM CDT. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ...GUSTY WINDS...AND SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED. THE STORMS IN THE SCOTT CITY AREA HAVE MOVED INTO THE SCOTT LAKE AREA AND CONTINUE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGEST STORM CENTERS. MYERS
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 9:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
KSZ004-005-007-008-070345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 845 PM MDT (945 PM CDT) SUN SEP 6 1992 CANCEL TORNADO WARNING FOR BOTH DECATUR AND GOVE COUNTIES. TORNADO WATCH FOR WESTERN KANSAS TILL 2AM CDT. AT 942PMCDT RADAR INDICATED THE SEVERE WEATHER HAD MOVED OUT OF BOTH DECATUR AND GOVE COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE 40 MILES WEST OF HAYS IN SOUTHWEST TREGO COUNTY AND WITHIN A 30 MILE RADIUS OF HOXIE OR 60 MILES EAST OF GOODLAND. MOVEMENT IS EAST 15 MPH. THESE STORMS REMAIN DANGEROUS AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION IS THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. MYERS J
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 8:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove | 54 min |
| Sep 6, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur | 55 min |
| Sep 6, 9:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove | 69 min |
| Sep 6, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Trego | 57 min |
| Sep 6, 10:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur | 48 min |
| Sep 6, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Phillips | 55 min |
| Sep 7, 1:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rooks | 46 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.