Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Wichita, KS

June 24, 1992Cowley County, Sumner County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1992, 9:27 PM CDT for Cowley County, Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 1992, 9:27 PM CDT (02:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 1992, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cowley County, KS, Sumner County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 225 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1992-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5304 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1992-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
5304 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1451 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KICT 250229
SVRICT
KSC035-191-250315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
927 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...SOUTHWESTERN COWLEY COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN SUMNER COUNTY
 
AT 925 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING
FROM 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WICHITA...NEAR WINFIELD...TO 35 MILES SOUTH
OF WICHITA...NEAR SOUTH HAVEN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE
SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
 
PERSONS IN SOUTH HAVEN...ASHTON...HACKNEY...AND ARKANSAS CITY SHOULD
PREPARE FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
 
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.
 
THIS REPLACES THE EARLIER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN
SUMNER COUNTY.
 
HEDGES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner48 min
Jun 24, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper50 min
Jun 24, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner42 min
Jun 24, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner40 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.