Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1992, 8:18 PM CDT for Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 1992, 8:18 PM CDT (01:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1992, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sumner County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3766 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1878 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KICT 250122 SVRICT KSC191-250200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 818 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...WESTERN SUMNER COUNTY AT 815 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF ARGONIA...OR 38 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR. PERSONS IN ARGONIA AND CALDWELL SHOULD PREPARE FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. 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. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING BFOR NORTHERN SUMNER COUNTY. 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, 2:22 PM CDT, 5 hours 56 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, 5 hours 37 minutes 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, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 48 min |
| Jun 24, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 50 min |
| Jun 24, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 40 min |
| Jun 24, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.