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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Goodland, KS

September 6, 1992Decatur County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Sep 6, 1992, 10:33 PM CDT for Decatur 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
Sep 6, 1992, 10:33 PM CDT (03:33 UTC)
Expired
Sep 6, 1992, 11:21 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Decatur County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 6, 10:35 PM CDTTornado F0Decatur, 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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 150 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 1992-09-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 593 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 1992-09-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
593 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1938 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
170 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.5

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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 tornado 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, 3 hours 28 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, 3 hours 11 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, 49 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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 6, 8:06 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove54 min
Sep 6, 8:50 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDDecatur55 min
Sep 6, 9:06 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove69 min
Sep 6, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDTrego57 min
Sep 6, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDPhillips55 min
Sep 6, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDEllis58 min
Sep 7, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRooks46 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.