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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Wichita, KS

July 4, 1992Chase County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1992, 3:01 PM CDT for Chase County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 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 4, 1992, 3:01 PM CDT (20:01 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 1992, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Chase County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 4, 3:36 PM CDTHail 1.75Chase, 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 114 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1992-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 53 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1992-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 173 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
53 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-222 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1372 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
199 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KICT 042003
SVRICT
KSC017-042045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
301 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...NORTHERN CHASE COUNTY
 
AT 3 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES WEST OF
EMPORIA OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF COTTONWOOD FALLS.
 
THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR. PEOPLE IN THE
TOWNS OF ROCKLAND AND HYMER 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.

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 4, 11:09 AM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-050500-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KANSAS
1110 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 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:  UNSTABLE AIR COMBINED WITH INCREASING MOISTURE WILL CAUSE SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST KANSAS. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND THIS EVENING.

ROSNER
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 12:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-041835-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1236 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 1992

AT 1225 PM CDT...A ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN
...SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WAS LOCATED 40 MILES WEST OF COFFEYVILLE OR
10 MILES SOUTH OF SEDAN ALONG THE KANSAS/OKLAHOMA BORDER. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR. PEOPLE ALONG THE KANSAS/OKLAHOMA BORDER WEST
OF COFFEYVILLE CAN EXPECTED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL FOR
THE NEXT HOUR.

ELSEWHERE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN A SMALL AREA IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THE PRECIPITATION WAS IN AN AREA 20 MILES WIDE AND SOUTH OF
A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF COFFEYVILLE TO THE OKLAHOMA BORDER 25 MILES EAST
OF ARKANSAS CITY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR.

ROSNER
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 1:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-041935-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
138 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 1992

AT 125 PM CDT...A ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN
...SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WAS LOCATED 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHANUTE.
THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR. PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF
GIRARD AND ARMA CAN LOOK FOR SMALL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MILES PER HOUR.

ELSEWHERE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED MAINLY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THE
PRECIPITATION WAS IN AN AREA 50 MILES WIDE AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES
NORTHEAST OF JOPLIN MISSOURI TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF COFFEYVILLE. THESE STORMS
WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR.

ROSNER
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 2:31 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-042035-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
230 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH NUMBER 540 IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS
   UNTIL 8 PM CDT...

AT 225 PM CDT...A ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN
...SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WAS LOCATED 25 MILES NORTH OF PITTSBURG.
THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR. PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF
FORT SCOTT...HIATTVILLE AND GARLAND SHOULD PREPARE FOR SMALL HAIL...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN
SOUTHEAST KANSAS AS OF 225 PM.

ELSEWHERE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.THE PRECIPITATION WAS IN AN AREA 70 MILES WIDE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 15
MILES SOUTH OF SALINA TO JOPLIN MISSOURI. THE STORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST AT
20 MILES PER HOUR.
ROSNER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 1:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCrawford48 min
Jul 4, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase66 min
Jul 4, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase58 min
Jul 4, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen65 min
Jul 4, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood, Woodson61 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.