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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Goodland, KS

July 12, 1992Wallace County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 1992, 6:06 PM MDT for Wallace County, Kansas. It was in force for 69 min. 2 reports 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 12, 1992, 6:06 PM MDT (00:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 1992, 7:15 PM MDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Wallace County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 12, 7:02 PM MDTHail 2Wallace, KS
Jul 12, 7:02 PM MDTHail 2Wallace, 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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 207 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1992-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2199 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1992-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2199 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2190 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
8.9

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 7:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDScott57 min
Jul 12, 8:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRush67 min
Jul 12, 9:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDNess23 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.