Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1992, 3:25 AM CDT for Harvey County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 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
- Jun 14, 1992, 3:25 AM CDT (08:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1992, 4:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Harvey County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 3:52 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Harvey, 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 2183 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 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 140826 SVRICT KSC079-140930- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 325 AM CDT SUN JUN 14 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...HARVEY COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL PASS THROUGH SEDGWICK BEFORE 335 AM...AND NEWTON BEFORE 355 AM CDT. IF YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR THESE TOWNS...PREPARE NOW FOR LARGE HAIL BY MOVING INDOORS. REMAIN THERE UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES. AT 325 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF WICHITA...NEAR THE TOWN OF SEDGWICK. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 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. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM DANGEROUS WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ST`AY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. 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, Jun 14, 2:46 AM CDT, 39 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-140845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 245 AM CDT SUN JUN 14 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 230 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL KANSAS. THE FIRST LINE OF STORMS...ABOUT 8 MILES WIDE...EXTENDED FROM 30 NORTHWEST OF SALINA TO 40 MILES EAST OF WICHITA. AN AREA OF STORMS 40 MILES WIDE HAD DEVELOPED DIRECTLY BEHIND THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE FIRST LINE...EXTENDING AS FAR SOUTH AS HUTCHINSON. THE STRONGEST STORMS LIKELY CONTAINED UP TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND BRIEF... GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR...ALONG WITH THE USUAL HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE 130 AM. ALL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. BY 330 AM...THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE STORMS WILL BE ON A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF CONCORDIA TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF EMPORIA. RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF MORE THUNDERSTORMS IS ALSO LIKELY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS IN THE NEXT HOUR. MOVE TO AN INDOOR...REINFORCED SHELTER IF A STORM APPROACHES...AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. LEIVERS
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 3:12 AM CDT, 13 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-140915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 312 AM CDT SUN JUN 14 1992 ...SMALL HAIL WAS FALLING IN WESTERN HARVEY COUNTY... AT 301 AM CDT...HARVEY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICERS REPORTED PEA SIZED HAIL IN ASSOCIATION WITH A THUNDERSTORM OVER BURRTON...IN WESTERN HARVEY COUNTY. BURRTON IS ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF HUTCHINSON. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE ALSO RAPIDLY DEVELOPING IN CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. IF A STORM APPROACHES...PREPARE FOR SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING BY MOVING INDOORS. REMAIN INSIDE UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. LEIVERS
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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.