Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1992, 5:40 PM CDT for Allen County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 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, 5:40 PM CDT (22:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1992, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Allen County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 5:58 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Allen, 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 042243 SVRICT KSC001-042345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 540 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS ...NORTHERN ALLEN COUNTY AT 540 PM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN ALLEN COUNTY FROM IOLA TO MORAN. THIS IS 15 MILES NORTH OF CHANUTE. THE STORMS CAN PRODUCE LARGE HAIL OF GREATER THAN 1 INCH AND VERY RAINS OF OVER AN INCH. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MPH. IF YOU LIVE IN THE AREA FROM IOLA TO MORAN SEEK SHELTER NOW IN A STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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.
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, 12:36 PM CDT, 5 hours 4 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, 4 hours 2 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, 3 hours 9 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
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 5:22 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-042035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 522 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 1992 ...PERSIST THUNDERSTORM IS STILL PRODUCING SMALL HAIL IN EASTERN BOURBON COUNTY... AT 515 PM CDT...AN OFFICAL WEATHER OBSERVER LOCATED JUST NORTH OF FT SCOTT ...OR 35 MILES NORTH OF PITTSBURG...REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS OF FT. SCOTT AND HAMMOND SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES. IF THREATENING APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HYSELL *SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR EASTERN CHASE COUNTY* *SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES #540 AND #541 FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AS WELL AS CHASE COUNTY ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT* HYSELL
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, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 44 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, 5:59 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.