Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1992, 6:48 PM CDT for Ness County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 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
- Jul 4, 1992, 6:48 PM CDT (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1992, 7:25 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Ness County, KS, Rush County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 6:55 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Ness, 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 2255 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 795 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 277 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.1
- Supercell composite
- 15.8
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, Jul 4, 2:41 PM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
KSC051-147-163-165-042045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 142 PM MDT (242 PM CDT) SAT JUL 4 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF CENTRAL KANSAS. THE COUNTIES OF ELLIS, RUSH, ROOKS, AND PHILLIPS ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA. SOME OF THE CITIES IN THE AREA ARE HAYS, PHILLIPSBURG, STOCKTON AND LA CROSSE. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT. AT 240 PM CDT, NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED BBY RADAR IN THE WATCH AREA. GAHAGAN
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 3:48 PM CDT, 3 hours before
KSC051-147-163-165-042145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 249 PM MDT (349 PM CDT) SAT JUL 4 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR PHILLIPS, ROOKS, ELLIS AND RUSH COUNTIES. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE HAYS, PHILLIPSBURG, STOCKTON AND LA CROSSE. AT 340 PM CDT, RADAR SHOWED NO THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WATCH AREA. GAHAGAN
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
KSC051-147-163-165-042245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 345 PM MDT (445 PM CDT) SAT JUL 4 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR PHILLIPS, ROOKS, ELLIS AND RUSH COUNTIES. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE HAYS, PHILLIPSBURG, STOCKTON AND LA CROSSE. AT 440 PM CDT, RADAR INDICATES NO SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS IN OR AROUND NORTHWEST KANSAS. JENNER
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 5:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-008-042330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 434 PM MDT (534 PM CDT) SAT JUL 4 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PHILLIPS...ELLIS...ROOKS AND RUSH COUNTIES UNTIL 8 PM CDT... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR LANE...NESS...SCOTT AND WICHITA COUNTIES UNTIL 11PM CDT... AT 525 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 70 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAYS OR ABOUNT 2 MILES NORTH OF DIGHTON. MOVEMENT APPEARS TO BE TO THE EAST TO EAST SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE CAPABILITIES OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. IF THREATING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER AND NOTIFY YOUR NE8AREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. JENNER
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 5:51 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-008-050000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 452 PM MDT (552 PM CDT) SAT JUL 4 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PHILLIPS...ROOKS...ELLIS... AND NESS COUNTIES...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SCOTT...LANE... NESS...AND WICHITA COUNTIES... AT 545 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED NO SEVERE WEATHER OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS. AT 545 PM CDT RADAR DID INDICATE A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAYS OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF BEELER MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. IF THREATING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER AND NOTIFY YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. JENNER
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 6:39 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-008-050100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 538 PM MDT (638 PM CDT) SAT JUL 4 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PHILLIPS...ROOKS...ELLIS... AND NESS COUNTIES...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SCOTT...LANE... NESS...AND WICHITA COUNTIES... AT 630 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED NO SEVERE WEATHER OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS. AT 630 PM CDT RADAR DID INDICATE LIGHT TO NODERATE SHOWERS AND THUNDER/ STORMS LOCATED IN EASTERN LANE AND WESTERN NESS COUNTIES OR ABOUTH 55 TO 65 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAYS AND THEY ARE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST AT AROUND 10 MPH. LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWER...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL MAY BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. IF THREATING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER AND NOTIFY YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. JENNER
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.