Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 1992, 3:22 PM CDT for Harper County, Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 10, 1992, 3:22 PM CDT (20:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 1992, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Harper County, KS, Sumner County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KICT 102024 SVRICT KSC077-191-102130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 322 PM CDT FRI JUL 10 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...NORTHERN HARPER COUNTY...NORTHERN SUMNER COUNTY AT 320 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF HARPER...OR 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA. IT WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM WILL PASS THROUGH RUNNYMEADE AND DANVILLE AROUND 345 PM...AND ARGONIA AND MILAN AROUND 400 PM. PERSONS IN THESE CITIES 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. 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, Jul 10, 11:46 AM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-110500- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KANSAS 1145 AM CDT FRI JUL 10 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 WEAK AND NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT LAY ROUGHLY FROM KANSAS CITY TO WICHITA THROUGH MEDICINE LODGE. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL FOCUS ALONG THIS LINdE...BEGINNING TOWARD EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD POSSIBLY BECOME SEVERE. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED INTO THE EVENING AND NIGHTTIME HOURS. LEIVERS
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 1:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-101915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 112 PM CDT FRI JUL 10 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... AT 110 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHANUTE...NEAR ELSMORE. ALLEN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED NO SEVERE WEATHER IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS STORM. THE AREA REMAINS PRIMED FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOMENT...AND SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PERSONS THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF KANSAS SHOULD REVIEW SAFETY RULES NOW...AND MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER COMMERCIAL SOURCES FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. LEIVERS
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 1:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-101930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 132 PM CDT FRI JUL 10 1992 ...POTENT THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO BOURBON COUNTY... AT 125 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE 5 MILES WIDE...FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHANUTE TO 20 MILES EAST OF CHANUTE. THIS LINE ROUGHLY PARALLELED THE ALLEN-BOURBON COUNTY LINE. THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AS THEY MOVE OUT OF ALLEN COUNTY. IF YOU LIVE IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF BOURBON COUNTY...YOU SHOULD MOVE INDOORS NOW TO PROTECT AGAINST LIGHTNING. REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...ROUGHLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM WICHITA TO CHANUTE. AREAL COVERAGE...AS WELL AS THE INTENSITY OF THE STRONGEST STORMS...HAD INCREASED SINCE 1230 PM. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE ENTIRE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS REGION REMAINS PRIMED FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. STAY ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. *SEVERE THUNDE6RSTORM WATCH #590 INCLUDES SOUTHEAST AND MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 8 PM CDT. LEIVERS
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 3:04 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-102100 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 303 PM CDT FRI JUL 10 1992 ...STRONG STORMS CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS WITH HEAVY RAINS... AT 255 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND WINDS OF 40 MPH DRIVING IT ALMOST HORIZONTALLY HAS BEEN REPORTED BY SEVERAL SPOTTERS IN EASTERN KANSAS. THE STORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE FROM CHANUTE NORTHEAST TO NEAR BLUE MOUND. THE TOWNS OF BRONSON...ELSMORE...AND UNION TOWN ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. PERSONS IN THESE TOWNS SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS AND LISTEN TO TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER COMMERCIAL SOURCES. *SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #590 INCLUDES SOUTHEAST A ND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 8 PM CDT. LR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 1:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Bourbon | 59 min |
| Jul 10, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Sedgwick | 58 min |
| Jul 10, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 61 min |
| Jul 10, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Wilson | 57 min |
| Jul 10, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Marion | 56 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.