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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 109, NWS Wichita, KS

August 11, 1992Wilson County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 1992, 12:25 AM CDT for Wilson County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 11, 1992, 12:25 AM CDT (05:25 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 1992, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Wilson County, KS

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, Aug 11, 12:05 AM CDT, 20 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-110540-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1205 AM CDT TUE AUG 11 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING QUICKLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

AT 1150 PM...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTH CHANUTE
NEAR HUMBOLT.  TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUNG LIGHTNING...
SMALL HAIL AND WINDS TO NEAR 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS SHOULD MOVE TO A REINFORCED SHELTER IF THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACHES.

MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ALONG A LINE 20 MILES WIDE
EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES EAST OF CHANUTE TO 40 MILES WEST OF HUTCHINSON AND
INTO WESTERN KANSAS.  STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING
CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.  ONCE AGAIN...MOVE TO REINFORCED
SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

MOVEMENT OF THE LINE WAS SOUTfH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH # 752 CONTINUES UNTIL 4 AM CDT FOR MOST OF
   SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

NOONAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 12:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTNeosho62 min
Aug 11, 1:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTWilson62 min
Aug 11, 2:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley, Sumner55 min
Aug 11, 2:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTCowley, Sumner3 hr
Aug 11, 3:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTHarper3 hr
Aug 11, 3:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTKingman114 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.