Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 1992, 4:35 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Labette County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 min. 5 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
- Apr 11, 1992, 4:35 PM CDT (21:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 1992, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cherokee County, KS, Labette County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 5:07 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Labette, KS | |
| Apr 11, 5:15 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Labette, KS | |
| Apr 11, 5:20 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Labette, KS | |
| Apr 11, 5:25 PM CDT | Hail 1.25 | Cherokee, KS | |
| Apr 11, 5:30 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Labette, 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
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 231 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -213 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 782 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
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 11, 11:36 AM CDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-120500- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KANSAS 1135 AM CDT SAT APR 11 1992 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS: BUTLER HARPER MARION SUMNER CHASE HARVEY RENO COWLEY KINGMAN SEDGWICK AND IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS: ALLEN CHEROKEE GREENWOOD NEOSHO BOURBON CRAWFORD LABETTE WILSON CHAUTAUQUA ELK MONTGOMERY WOODSON SYNOPSIS: A COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTHWARD THROUGH NORTHERN KANSAS WILL TRIGGER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER SOUTH KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. THE AIRMASS OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS IS RICH IN MOISTURE AND SUNNY SKIES ARE PUSHING THE TEMPERATURES WELL INTO THE 70S. THIS IS CAUSING THE AIRMASS TO BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE. AS A RESULT...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THIS AIRMASS WILL LIKELY INTENSIFY TO SEVERE LEVELS... WITH LARGE HAIL BEING THE MAJOR THREAT. THE GREATEST PROBABILITY FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS... WITH A SUBSTANTIALLY DECREASED THREAT BY EVENING. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. HEDGES
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 1:02 PM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
KSZ017-111900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 100 PM CDT SAT APR 11 1992 ...THE STAGE IS SET FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS DEVELOPED IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS YET. AT 1250 PM...THE WICHITA RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL KANSAS ...MOVING SOUTHWARD. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ENTER SOUTHEAST KANSAS BETWEEN 2 AND 3 PM. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS CONTINUES TO BECOME MORE UNSTABLE AS THE TEMPERATURES CLIMB. WHEN THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THIS AREA ...THEY WILL LIKELY INTENSIFY RAPIDLY. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 123 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT. HEDGES
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 2:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
KSZ017-112015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 215 PM CDT SAT APR 11 1992 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS CONTINUES TO GROW... AT 210 PM CDT...THE WICHITA RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLOVER EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING TO THE SOUTH...AND SHOULD REACH SOUTHEAST KANSAS BETWEEN 3 AND 4 PM. THE AIRMASS OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS CONTINUES TO GROW MORE UNSTABLE. WHEN THE THUNDERSTORMS REACH THIS AREA...THEY WILL INTENSIFY RAPIDLY. STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO...FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 123 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS. HEDGES
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 2:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
KSZ017-112015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 215 PM CDT SAT APR 11 1992 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS CONTINUES TO GROW... AT 2 PM CDT...THE WICHITA RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING TO THE SOUTH...AND SHOULD REACH SOUTHEAST KANSAS BETWEEN 3 AND 4 PM. THE AIRMASS OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS CONTINUES TO GROW MORE UNSTABLE. WHEN THE THUNDERSTORMS REACH THIS AREA...THEY WILL INTENSIFY RAPIDLY. STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO...FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 123 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS. HEDGES
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 2:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
KSZ017-112045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 237 PM CDT SAT APR 11 1992 ...NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... AT 230 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. NO SEVERE WEATHER...AND NO PRECIPITATION... WAS OCCURRING OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS. HOWEVER...THE AIRMASS REMAINS VERY UNSTABLE...AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LATER THIS AFTERNOON IS LIKELY. STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO...FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. *SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #123 FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 5 PM CDT. LEIVERS FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS. HEDGES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Crawford | 61 min |
| Apr 11, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Neosho | 56 min |
| Apr 11, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Crawford | 61 min |
| Apr 11, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette | 31 min |
| Apr 11, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 34 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.