Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 1992, 5:01 PM CST for Harvey County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 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
- Mar 17, 1992, 5:01 PM CST (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 17, 1992, 5:50 PM CST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Harvey County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 5:30 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Harvey, 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -226 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 649 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KICT 172304 SVRICT KSC079-180000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 501 PM CST TUE MAR 17 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...HARVEY COUNTY AT 500 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHWEST HARVEY COUNTY 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON OR NEAR PATTERSON. IT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. IT WILL AFFECT THE CITY OF HALSTED AROUND 530 PM AND ZIMMERDALE AROUND 545 PM. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR SOUTHCENTRAL COUNTY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY... SO DON'T DRIVE ONTO WATER-COVERED ROADS. STEWART
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, Mar 17, 11:05 AM CST, 5 hours 56 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-180500- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KANSAS 1105 AM CST TUE MAR 17 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 DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE ...COMBINED WITH AN INCREASINGLY MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL PROVIDE THE INGREDIENTS FOR AN ACTIVE THUNDERSTORM DAY TODAY. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LEVELS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...BUT PRIMARILY SOUTH OF WICHITA. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS MORNING WAS PRETTY MUCH JUST NUISANCE ACTIVITY. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN ADVANCE OF A DRYLINE LOCATED OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AT LATE MORNING. THE DRYLINE IS PROJECTED TO REACH SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS BY LATE AFTERNOON. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED BY LATE AFTERNOON IN EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. HEDGES
Special weather statement, Mar 17, 11:18 AM CST, 5 hours 43 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-171800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1115 AM CST TUE MAR 17 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE HEADING FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS... AT 1110 AM...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS INTENSIFYING OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CLIP THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST CORNER OF KANSAS...IN THE BAXTER SPRINGS...GALENA AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OUT OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS BY NOON. HEDGES
Special weather statement, Mar 17, 2:32 PM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-172145-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
230 PM CST TUE MAR 17 1992
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
UNTIL 8 PM...
CONDITIONS FAVORING THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE
COME TOGETHER OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
AT 225 PM...THE WICHITA RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER
NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA. THIS IS WHERE POTENTIAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
EXPECTED TO BEGIN. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS YET BEEN REPORTED...BUT UNDER
THESE CONDITIONS...THE SITUATION CAN CHANGE RAPIDLY.
AN ISOLATED LIGHT RAINSHOWER REMAINED OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS NEAR CHANUT|E.
REMAIN ALERT AND STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION...AND NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.
.
HEDGESSpecial weather statement, Mar 17, 3:13 PM CST, 1 hour 48 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-172215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 312 PM CST TUE MAR 17 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 310 PM...RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN SOUTHEASTERN CHASE COUNTY...OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EMPORIA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BREIF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. MOTORIST ALONG THE KANSAS TURNPIKE SOUTHWEST OF EMPORIA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA. THIS ACTIVITY WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AROUND 5 PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 78 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 8 PM. HEDGES
Special weather statement, Mar 17, 3:49 PM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-172245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 347 PM CST TUE MAR 17 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTH KANSAS... AT 330 PM...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRATT. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL... GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO DEVELOPING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EMPORIA...AND 20 MILES SOUTH OF EMPORIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. MOTORISTS ALONG THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MATFIELD GREEN AND EMPORIA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO TO THE NORTH AT 20 MILES PER HOUR. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. HEDGES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 4:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 53 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.