Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1992, 8:16 PM CDT for Allen County, Woodson County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 min. 2 reports 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, 8:16 PM CDT (01:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1992, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Allen County, KS, Woodson County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 8:45 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Allen, KS | |
| Jul 4, 8:50 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Woodson, 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 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 2800 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 781 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 264 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 371 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 6.2
- Supercell composite
- 25.9
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 2:31 PM CDT, 5 hours 45 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, 2 hours 54 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, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Woodson | 63 min |
| Jul 4, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 27 min |
| Jul 4, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Neosho | 41 min |
| Jul 4, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette | 68 min |
| Jul 4, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Neosho | 47 min |
| Jul 4, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Woodson | 64 min |
| Jul 4, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho | 63 min |
| Jul 4, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cherokee | 63 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.