Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1992, 3:47 PM CDT for Bourbon County, Kansas. It was in force for 58 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
- Jul 2, 1992, 3:47 PM CDT (20:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1992, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bourbon County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 4:30 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Bourbon, 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
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 4381 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -204 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 661 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 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 022048 SVRICT KSC133-KSC011-022145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 347 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS IS
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, Jul 2, 10:35 AM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-021630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1035 AM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 AT 1025 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THE STORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF COFFEYVILLE NEAR PARSONS. SMALL HAIL..DEADLY LIGHTNING..AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORMS. PEOPLE IN PARSONS AND WALNUT SHOULD MOVE TO A REINFORCED SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NOONAN
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 11:35 AM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-021730-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1135 AM CDT THU JUL 2 1992
AT 1125 AM CDT...AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
THE STORM WAS LOCATED 35 MILES EAST OF CHANUTE OR JUST SOUTH OF FORT SCOTT.
SMALL HAIL..DEADLY LIGHTNING..AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
AREAL COVERAGE HAS REMAINED THE SAME SINCE 1030 AM...WHILE INTENSITY HAS
DECREASED.
NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING OVER EASTERN KANSAS...HOWEVER THE POTENTIAL
FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS STRONG OVER EASTERN KANSAS.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDItA FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
...NOONANSpecial weather statement, Jul 2, 11:50 AM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-030500- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KANSAS 1150 AM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS: BUTLER HARPER MARION SUMNER CHASE HARVEY RENO COWLEY KINGMAN SEDGWICK AND IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS: ALLEN CHEROKEE GREENWOOD NEOSHO BOURBON CRAWFORD LABETTE WILSON CHAUTAUQUA ELK MONTGOMERY WOODSON SYNOPSIS: A COLD FRONT STRETCHED FROM NEAR TOPEKA TO JUST SOUTH OF WICHITA AT MIDDAY. AHEAD OF THE FRONT VERY HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIR COVERED ALL OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THE FRONT AND MOIST AIR WILL COMBINE AS A TRIGGERING MECHANISM FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING. ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS...WITH LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES POSSIBLE. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS ALONG WITH SOME AREAS EAST AND SOUTH OF WICHITA. NOONAN
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 12:33 PM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-021830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1233 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 AT 1225 AM CDT...AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THE STORM WAS LOCATED 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHANUTE NEAR FULTON. SMALL HAIL..GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRIfNG OVER EASTERN KANSAS...HOWEVER THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS STRONG OVER EASTERN KANSAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NOONAN
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 2:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-022030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 240 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH #524 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 222 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM FROM ARKANSAS CITY TO NEW DEVELOPMENT IN THE CHANUTE AREA AND ON TO NEAR KANSAS CITY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING OVER EASTERN KANSAS...HOWEVER THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS STRONG OVER EASTERN KANSAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. L
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 3:28 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-022145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 325 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH #524 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 325 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SMALL AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY THUNDERSTORM 45 MILES EAST OF WICHITA NEAR BEAUMONT. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS FORMED IN SOUTH CENTRAL OR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AT 325 PM. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. LR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Neosho | 20 min |
| Jul 2, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Bourbon | 58 min |
Nearby
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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.