Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Wichita, KS
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 3:36 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Chase, 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Crawford | 48 min |
| Jul 4, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 66 min |
| Jul 4, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 58 min |
| Jul 4, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen | 65 min |
| Jul 4, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood, Woodson | 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.