Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1992, 11:11 PM CDT for Chase County, Kansas. It was in force for 64 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 15, 1992, 11:11 PM CDT (04:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 1992, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Chase County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 11:15 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Chase, 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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 4592 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1321 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KICT 160421 SVRICT KSC017-160515- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1111 PM CDT WED JUL 15 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...NORTHERN CHASE COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PASS NEAR THE TOWN OF HYMER...ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF EMPORIA...BEFORE 1140 PM CDT. IF YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR HYMER...PREPARE NOW FOR LARGE HAIL BY MOVING INDOORS TO A REINFORCED SHELTER. REMAIN THERE UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES. AT 1120 PM CDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER IN HYMER REPORTED HAIL UP TO MARBLE SIZE. RADAR CONTINUED TO TRACK THIS STORM INTO NORTHERN PARTS OF CHASE COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. 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. LEIVERS
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 15, 6:49 PM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO TIMES... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 648 PM CDT WED JUL 15 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #628 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR RENO COUNTY... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #630 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR MARION AND CHASE COUNTIES... AT 640 PM CDT...A THUNDESTORM HAD DEVELOPED RAPIDLY 15 MILES WEST OF WICHITA OR NEAR GARDEN PLAIN. THE HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL IN GARDEN PLAIN AT 639 PM. THE THUNDERSTORM WERE CONTINUED TO DEVELOPE AND IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. THIS STORM WILL MOVE SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN GARDEN PLAIN AND THE LzAKE AFTON AREA SHOULD BE ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. ROSNER
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 7:32 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
KSZ009-011-014-160130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 731 PM CDT WED JUL 15 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #628 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR RENO
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 8:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
KSZ009-011-014-160235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 837 PM CDT WED JUL 15 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #628 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR RENO COUNTY... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #630 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR MARION AND CHASE COUNTIES... AT 825 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL WAS 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHWEST MARION COUNTY BY 9 PM. PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF TAMPA AND DURHAM SHOULD PREPARE FOR HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL KANSAS. THE PRECIPITATION WAS IN AN AREA 40 MILES WIDE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM TOPEKA TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SALINA. THE AREA HAD DECREASED IN COVERAGE BUT HAD MANTAINED IT'S INTENSITY SINCE 725 PM. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM BUT THESE THUNDERSTORMS APPEAR TO BE WEAKENING AS THEY MOVE TO THE SOUTH. THUNDERSTORM ARE NOT EXPECTED IN SOUTHH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL AROUND 11 PM THIS EVENING. ROSNER
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 9:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
KSZ009-160235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 914 PM CDT WED JUL 15 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #628 FOR RENO COUNTY HADS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 910 PM CDT...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR RENO COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE NOT DEVELOPED INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THUS THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS LATERh TONIGHT AND SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN BUT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE AT THIS TIME. ROSNER
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 9:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
KSZ011-160310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 947 PM CDT WED JUL 15 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MARION COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 944 PM CDT...THE SEVERJE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN MARION COUNTY HAD MOVED EAST INTO SOUTHERN MORRIS COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAD DROPPED DIME SIZE HAIL SOUTH OF ROMA AT 925 PM AND 3/4 INCH HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED IN LOST SPRINGS. ROSNER
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 10:41 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-160435- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1041 PM CDT WED JUL 15 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #630 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR MARION AND CHASE COUNTIES... AT 1025 PM CDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS WERE LOCATED15 MILES WEST OF HUTCHINSON OR 5 MILES SOUTH OF NICKERSON. THIS STORM WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE STORM CONTINUED TO MOVE TO THE EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. THE STORMS WERE IN AN AREA 20 MILES WIDE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF TOPEKA TO 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF WICHITA OR 5 MILES SOUTH OF BURNS. A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WAS 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF EMPORIA OR JUST NORTH OF STRONG CITY. MOVERMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. BOTH AREAS HAD DECREASED IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE SINCE 925 PM. ROSNER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 54 min |
| Jul 15, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 45 min |
| Jul 15, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 65 min |
| Jul 16, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 65 min |
| Jul 16, 1:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 55 min |
| Jul 16, 2:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 44 min |
| Jul 16, 3:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Wilson | 3 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.