Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1992, 8:09 PM CDT for Thomas County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 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
- May 13, 1992, 8:09 PM CDT (01:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1992, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Thomas County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 8:12 PM CDT | Hail 1.5 | Thomas, 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
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2262 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGLD 140110 SVRGLD KSC193-140200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 709 PM MDT (809 PM CDT) WED MAY 13 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM MDT (900 PM CDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST KANSAS ...THOMAS COUNTY AT 705 PM MDT GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINS WERE REPORTED BETWEEN BREWSTER AND COLBY KANSAS OR ABOUT 18 MILES EAST OF GOODLAND KANSAS. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM DANGEROUS WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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, May 13, 5:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
KSZ001-140000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 457 PM MDT (557 PM CDT) WED MAY 13 1992 AT 450 PM MDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 45 MILES NORTH OF GOODLAND KANSAS OR 15 MILES NORTH OF ST FRANCIS KANSAS. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS..STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL. IF THE STORM CONTINUES ITS PATH IT SHOULD MOVE TO THE NORTH OF ATWOOD KANSAS BY AROUND 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. BOYLE
Special weather statement, May 13, 6:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
KSZ001-140030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 529 PM MDT (629 PM CDT) WED MAY 13 1992 AT 525 PM MDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES ABOUT 35 MILES NORTH OF GOODLAND KANSAS OR JUST NORTH OF ST FRANCIS. VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE REPORTED ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF ST FRANCIS AT AROUND 5 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE STORMS HAVE STARTED TO MORE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINS ALONG WITH POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE TO AROUND ATWOOD KANSAS BY 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. BOYLE
Special weather statement, May 13, 6:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
KSZ001-140100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 554 PM MDT (654 PM CDT) WED MAY 13 1992 AT 547 PM MDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 30 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND KANSAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS ALONG WITH SOME SMALL HAIL. OTHER RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM 75 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOODLAND KANSAS. THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE TO BETWEEN COLBY AND ATWOOD KANSAS BETWEEN 630 AND 7 PM MDT. BOYLE
Special weather statement, May 13, 7:54 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-008-140200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 653 PM MDT (753 PM CDT) WED MAY 13 1992 ....A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTHWEST..NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING... AT 645 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL WAS 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND AND 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND KANSAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE TO BETWEEN COLBY AND OBERLIN KANSAS BY 8 PM MDT. NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED BY RADAR AT THIS TIME. BOYLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan | 50 min |
| May 13, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Lane | 67 min |
| May 13, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Ness | 51 min |
| May 13, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Ellis | 45 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.