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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Wichita, KS

March 5, 1992Chase County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 5, 1992, 5:44 PM CST for Chase County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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 5, 1992, 5:44 PM CST (23:44 UTC)
Expired: Mar 5, 1992, 6:15 PM CST
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Whole counties

County Chase County, KS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 5, 5:50 PM CST	Hail 0.75	Chase, 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 114 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 846 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KICT 052345
TORICT
KSC017-060015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
544 PM CST THU MAR 5 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN CHASE COUNTY
 
AT 535 PM...THE CHASE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A TORNADO 5 MILES EAST OF
STRONG CITY IN NORTHEAST CHASE COUNTY...OR 20 MILES WEST OF EMPORIA.
THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 25 MPH. PERSONS IN STAFFORDVILLE
SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW. YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO
TO A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A
TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
 
HEDGES

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 5, 11:52 AM CST, 5 hours 52 minutes before

KSZ009-011-012-014-017-060500-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KANSAS
1151 AM CST THU MAR 5 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 LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE WILL MOVE TO
THE EAST THIS AFTERNOON.  THE LOW..COMBINED WITH MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR
WILL SET THE STAG
E FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...AND SPOTTER ACTIVATION
MAY BE NEEDED.

NOONAN

Special weather statement, Mar 5, 4:18 PM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes before

KSZ011-012-052300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
415 PM CST THU MAR 5 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 410 PM..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...VERY
HEAVY RAINS...AND GUST WINDS HAD DEVELOPED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
THE STRONGEST STORM WAS DETECTED 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WICHITA...OR JUST
EAST OF DOUGLASS.

MOVEMENT OF ALL ACTIVITY WAS NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY
IF THREATHENING WEATHER APPROACHES...TAKE COVER SUCH AS IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
OR BASEMENT.

HYSELL/STEWART

Special weather statement, Mar 5, 4:39 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before

KSZ011-012-052330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
439 PM CST THU MAR 5 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 425 PM...RADAR INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...CONTAINING
VERY HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL...IN SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN BUTLER COUNTY JUST NORTHWEST
OF EL DORADO...AS WELL AS NEAR AUGUSTA.

MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
THIS WAS PART OF A LARGER AREA OF WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING
FROM 40 MILES WEST OF EMPORIA...TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF ARKANSAS CITY.
AN INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY HAD BEEN NOTED SINCE 400 PM.

IF YOU LIVE IN AUGUSTA...TOWANDA...POTWIN YOU SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THE
WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
...HYSELL/STEWART

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 4, 8:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Sumner	67 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.