Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 1992, 6:17 PM CST for Harvey County, Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 58 min. 4 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
- Mar 17, 1992, 6:17 PM CST (00:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 17, 1992, 7:15 PM CST
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Harvey County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 6:17 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Sedgwick, KS | |
| Mar 17, 6:22 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Harvey, KS | |
| Mar 17, 6:43 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Harvey, KS | |
| Mar 17, 6:45 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Sedgwick, 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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 789 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 302 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KICT 180020 SVRICT KSC079-173-180115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 617 PM CST TUE MAR 17 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...HARVEY COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN SEDGWICK COUNTY AT 615 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHWEST SEDGWICK COUNTY NEAR MOUNT HOPE OR 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF WICHITA. IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. LARGE HAIL WAS REPORTED OUT OF THIS STORM IN 3 MILES EAST OF MOUNT HOPE. IT WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST HARVEY COUNTY BY 630 PM CST. IT WILL AFFECT THE CITY OF HALSTEAD BY 650 PM. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STROM SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW. 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.
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, 2:32 PM CST, 3 hours 45 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, 3 hours 4 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, 2 hours 28 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, 6:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 29 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.