Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1992, 6:42 PM CDT for Kingman County, Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 min. 2 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
- Jun 24, 1992, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1992, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kingman County, KS, Reno County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 7:03 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Reno, KS | |
| Jun 24, 7:07 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Kingman, 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 786 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1864 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 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 242344 SVRICT KSC095-155-250030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 642 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...NORTHWESTERN KINGMAN COUNTY...SOUTHWESTERN RENO COUNTY AT 640 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF TURON...OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF PRATT. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 20 MILES PER HOUR. PERSONS IN TURON...LERADO...PENALOSA...AND CUNNINGHAM SHOULD PREAPRE FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. HEDGES
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 24, 12:44 PM CDT, 5 hours 58 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-241900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KANSAS 1244 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #441 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS... AT 1230 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WAS OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE AREA EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA TO 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF SALINA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE NO SEVERE WEATHER IS OCCURING IN SOUTH CrENTRAL OR SOUTHEAST KANSAS...THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF A FORT SCOTT TO EL DORADO LINE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. TURNER
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 1:49 PM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-241900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KANSAS 148 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH #442 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS... AT 131 PM CDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...AND RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUED OVER NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA TO 40 MILES NOR4THEAST OF EMPORIA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF THEM SEVERE...AND SHOWERS THAT EXTENDED ACROSS AREAS OF NORTERN KANSAS. (REFERENCE SEVERE WEATHER PRODUCTS FROM TOPEKA AND CONCORDIA) WHILE NO SEVERE WEATHER IS OCCURING IN SOUTH CENTRAL OR SOUTHEAST KANSAS...CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. TURNER *TORNADO WATCH #442 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 2:22 PM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-242020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KANSAS 2:21 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 442 FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS TILL 8:00 PM CDT... AT 2:10 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED A SCATTERED LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING THAT EXTENDED FROM 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OTTOWA...WEST NORTHWESTWARD TO 30 MILES NORTH OF RUSSELL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE INTO NORTHERN MARION COUNTY BY 3:15 PM. PERSONS IN TAMPA...RAMONA...AND LOST SPRINGS SHOULD PREPARE NOW FOR HEAVY RAIN ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLlE LARGE HAIL. ELDER
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 2:41 PM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-242030 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KANSAS 241 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 442 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS... AT 225 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS...CONTINUED OVER AREAS OF NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF EMPORIA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED ACROSS NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS INTO NORTHEAST AREAS OF THE STATE (SEE STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS ISSUED FROM TOPEKA AND CONCORDIA). WHILE NO SEVERE WEATHER IS OCCURING IN SOUTH CENTRAL OR SOUTHEAST KANSAS...CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. TURNER *TORNADO WATCH #442 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, Greenwood | 60 min |
| Jun 24, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 35 min |
| Jun 24, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Woodson | 47 min |
| Jun 24, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Greenwood | 64 min |
| Jun 24, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 58 min |
| Jun 24, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 50 min |
| Jun 24, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 57 min |
| Jun 24, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 44 min |
| Jun 24, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 61 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.