Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 1992, 6:52 PM CDT for Allen County, Kansas. It was in force for 68 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
- Apr 9, 1992, 6:52 PM CDT (23:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 1992, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Allen County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 7:10 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Allen, 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 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 288 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
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, Apr 9, 4:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-092215-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
405 PM CDT THU APR 9 1992
...NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL OR SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
AT 400 PM CDT...THE WICHITA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS NOT DETECTING
ANY PRECIPITATION IN SOUTH CENTRAL OR SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
WARM...MOIST AIR REMAINS ENTRENCHED OVER THE REGION. A SURFACE FRONT IN THE
AREA MAY CAUSE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
WITH A POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO REMAIN ABREAST
OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR
OTHER COMMERCIAL STATIONS. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY
SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED.
*SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #111 COVERS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS
UNTIL 9 PM CDT.
...LEIVERSSpecial weather statement, Apr 9, 4:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-092245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 432 PM CDT THU APR 9 1992 ...NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL OR SOUTHEAST KANSAS... AT 425 PM CDT...THE WICHITA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS NOT DETECTING ANY PRECIPITATION IN SOUTH CENTRAL OR SOUTHEAST KANSAS. WARM...MOIST...UNSTABLE AIR REMAINED ENTRENCHED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS AT LATE AFTERNOON. THE AREA IS PRIMED FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...AS A SURFACE FRONT RUNNING FROM SOUTH OF DODGE CITY TO EMPORIA WILL FOCUS DEVELOPMENT LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO REVIEW SAFETY RULES AND STAY ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER COMMERCIAL STATIONS...AND BE PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED. *SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #111 FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 9 PM CDT LEIVERxS
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 5:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-092315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 505 PM CDT THU APR 9 1992 ...NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL OR SOUTHEAST KANSAS... AT 448 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA... BUT NO PRECIPITATION WAS FALLING IN SOUTH CENTRAL OR SOUTHEAST KANSAS. WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR REMAINED ENTRENCHED OVER SOUTHERN KANSAS. THE AREA IS PRIMED FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...AS A SURFACE FRONT RUNNING FROM SOUTH OF DODGE CITY TO EMPORIA WILL FOCUS DEVELOPMENT LATE THIS AFTER- NOON AND EVENING. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO REVIEW SAFETY RULES AND STAY ABREAST OF THE LATEST dWEATHER CONDITIONS. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER COMMERCIAL STATIONS...AND BE PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED. *SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #111 FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 9 PM CDT LEIVERS
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 5:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-092345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 535 PM CDT THU APR 9 1992 ...NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL OR SOUTHEAST KANSAS... AT 525 PM CDT...WICHITA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED NO THUNDER- STORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL OR SOUTHEAST KANSAS. HOWEVER...THE AREA REMAINS PRIMED FOR ACTIVITY...AND DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. YOU ARE URGED TO REVIEW SAFETY RULES...AND BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS BY MONITORING NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER COMMERCIAL STATIONS. *SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #111 COVERS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 9 PM CDT... LEIVERS
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 6:14 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-100015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 615 PM CDT THU APR 9 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHERN KANSAS... AT 600 PM CDT...DEVELOPING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS AND 35 MPH WINDS WERE NOTED 15 MILES WEST OF CHANUTE...OR FIVE MILES WEST OF BUFFALO... AND 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHANUTE...OR JUST EAST OF IOLA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU LIVE IN MORAN...BUFFALO OR YATES CENTER...YOU SHOULD STAY INDOORS UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS. THEY SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THESE AREAS BEFORE 630 PM. SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS REMAIN PRIMED FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOP- MENT. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. *SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #111 FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 9 PM CDT. LEIVERS
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 6:46 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-100045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 646 PM CDT THU APR 9 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED QUICKLY ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS...
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Woodson | 55 min |
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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.