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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Wichita, KS

March 8, 1992Sumner County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 8, 1992, 9:37 PM CST for Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 8, 1992, 9:37 PM CST (03:37 UTC)
Expired
Mar 8, 1992, 10:05 PM CST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Sumner County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 222 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1992-03-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 597 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1992-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
597 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1626 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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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, Mar 8, 4:41 PM CST, 4 hours 56 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-082330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
440 PM CST SUN MAR 8 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND PERHAPS SMALL
HAIL OCCURRING OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

AT 430 PM...RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS
...AND SMALL HAIL  IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHANUTE OR
NEAR ST. PUAL.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
IF YOU LIVE IN NORTHEAST NEOSHO OR SOUTHWEST BOURBON COUNTIES TAKE COVER IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

THIS STORM HAD SHOWN AN INCREASE IN INTENSITY SINCE 330 PM.

CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KPANSAS ARE VERY FAVORABLE FOR
SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING.  PERSONS ARE URGED TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO OR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR INFORMATION CONCERNING
THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.

HYSELL
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 5:41 PM CST, 3 hours 56 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-090030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
540 PM CST SUN MAR 8 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL
...DEVELOPING IN NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

AT 528 PM...RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND
POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL IN NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA..30 MILES NORTHWEST OF PONCA
CITY.  THIS STORM MOVING MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD
ENTER SOUTHERN SUMNER COUNTY BEFORE 545 PM.  IF YOU LIVE IN CALDWELL OR
SOUTH HAVEN SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

ANOTHER STRONG STORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND MABYE SMALL HAIL
WAS OBSERVED JUST NORTHEAST OF MANHATTAN.  THIS STORM WAS ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

ALSO...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE EXITING SOUTHEAST KANSAS.  THIS AREA
EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTH OF JOPLIN MISSOURI...TO 30 MILES NORTH OF
CONCORDIA. THIS AREA HAS SHOWN A DECREASE IN INTENSITY SINCE 430 PM.

THE ATMOSPHERE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS REMAINS VERY
UNSTABLE AND SEVERE WEATHER IS STILL POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.
KEEP UP TO DATE WITH THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION BY
LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATIONS.
IF THREATENING STORMS APPROACH TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.

HYSELL
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 5:44 PM CST, 3 hours 53 minutes before
KSZ009-012-090045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
543 PM CST SUN MAR 8 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 540 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 5 MILES
WIDE ALONG THE KANSAS-OKLAHOMA BORDER 40 MILES SOUTH OF WICHITA...OR
JUST SOUTH OF CALDWELL.  THESE STORMS WERE LIKELY PRODUCING SMALL
HAIL...UP TO MARBLE SIZE.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES
AN HOUR AND SHOULD CROSS THE STATE LINE BEFORE 550 PM JUST EAST OF
CALDWELL.

IF YOU LIVE ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 81 SOUTH OF WELLINGTON...YOU WILL LIKELY
EXPERIENCE SOME SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 35
MILES AN HO UR.  PERSONS OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS
PASS.

LEIVERS
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 6:46 PM CST, 2 hours 51 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-090030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
645 PM CST SUN MAR 8 1992

...AN ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURRING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 630 PM...AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM...CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS
...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WICHITA.  THIS
STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.  IF YOU LIVE IN EASTERN
SEDGWICK OR WESTERN BUTLER COUNTY...SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER
APPORACHES.

CONDITIONS STILL REMAIN RIPE FOR SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPMENT OVER SOUTHEAST AND
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.  LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV
STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS  OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.

HYSE
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 7:12 PM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-090030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
711 PM CST SUN MAR 8 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS...TORRENTIAL RAINS...AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AS WELL AS HAIL HEADED FOR SOUTHERN HARPER COUNTY...

AT 700 PM...RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTH CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA... 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF ENID.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...HAIL
AND WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH.  IF YOU LIVE IN WALDRON SEEK SHELTER AS SOON AS
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THIS DANGEROUS STORM.

HYSELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 7:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper60 min
Mar 8, 7:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman50 min
Mar 8, 8:22 PM CSTTornado WarningICTHarper53 min
Mar 8, 9:02 PM CSTTornado WarningICTSumner33 min
Mar 8, 9:02 PM CSTTornado WarningICTHarper43 min
Mar 8, 9:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick61 min
Mar 8, 9:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey49 min
Mar 8, 10:27 PM CSTTornado WarningICTButler33 min
Mar 8, 10:47 PM CSTTornado WarningICTButler18 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.