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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1992, 4:42 PM CDT for Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 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, 4:42 PM CDT (21:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1992, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rush County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 5:20 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Rush, 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 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 786 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1864 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
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
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KSZ007-008-242115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 215 PM MDT (315 PM CDT) WED JUN 24 1992 AT 310 PM CDT GARDEN CITY RADAR INDICATES THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHERN ROOKS COUNTY IS MOVING TO THE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AND IS MOVING INTO THE NORHTEAST CORNER OF ELLIS COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF VERY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG WINDS... 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. IF THREATING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER AND NOTIFY YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. JENNER
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 3:58 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
KSZ004-005-007-008-242200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 257 PM MDT (357 PM CDT) WED JUN 24 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 442 STILL IN EFFECT FOR ELLIS AND RUSH COUNTIES... AT 350 PM CDT GARDEN CITY RADAR INDICATED THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN GRAHAM AND NORTHERN TREGO COUNTIES ARE INCREASING IN SIZE AND INTENSITY. VERY HEAVY RAINS...HAIL AND VERY STRONG WINDS WITH DEADLY LIGHTNING MAY BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. REMEMBER WITH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVIY THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF TORNADO ACTIVITY. IF THREATING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER AND NOTIFY HYOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. JENNER
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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.