Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 1992, 11:22 PM CDT for Marion County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 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
- Jun 15, 1992, 11:22 PM CDT (04:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1992, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marion County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 12:10 AM CDT | Tornado F1 | Marion, 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, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 3938 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 954 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.6
- Supercell composite
- 11.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KICT 160424 TORICT KSC115-160515- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1122 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...NORTHERN MARION COUNTY AT 1120 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF HILLSBORO OR 45 MILES NORTH OF WICHITA. THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN MARION COUNTY HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE ALL OF NORTHERN MARION COUNTY. THE STORM CONTINUED TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR. PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF LEHIGH...DURHAM AND TAMPA SHOULD SHOULD TAKE COVER AT ONCE. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE... GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARZS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDIER BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
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, Jun 15, 6:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before
KSZ011- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 645 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 364 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MARION COUNTY UNTIL 11 PM CDT... AT 640 PM CDT...NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN CENTRAL KANSAS... HOWEVER VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS EXIST OVER MUCH OF THE STATE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS WILL SPREAD INTO CENTRAL KANSAS AFTER DARK. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADO DEVELOPMENT WILL EXIST ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS LATE THIS EVENING...WITH SOME POTENTIAL TO REACH SEVERE LEVELS. THE GREATEST THREAT AT THIS TIME LIES OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO...FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. HEDGES
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 7:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-160145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 741 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 364 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MARION COUNTY UNTIL 11 PM CDT... AT 625 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE WERE LOCATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM THE NEBRASKA BORDER NORTH OF CONCORDIA...TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 30 MILES SOUTHWEST AND 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN TORNADIC. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED JUST NORTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON...AND 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON. THESE WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF THE HUTCHINSON AREA. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. HEDGES
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 8:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-160145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 835 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 364 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MARION COUNTY UNTIL 11 PM CDT... AT 725 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE WERE LOCATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM THE NEBRASKA BORDER NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA...TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA. THIS STORM HAS HAD A LONG HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR. SCATTERED LIGHT RAINSHOWERS WERE LOCATED WEST AND NORTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON...AND HAD DECREASED IN INTENSITY DURING THE PAST HOUR. CONDITIONS STILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES IN CENTRAL KANSAS...OR NORTH OF THE HUTCHINSON AREA. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. HEDGES
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 8:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-160145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 835 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 364 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MARION COUNTY UNTIL 11 PM CDT... AT 825 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE WERE LOCATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM THE NEBRASKA BORDER NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA...TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA. THIS STORM HAS HAD A LONG HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR. SCATTERED LIGHT RAINSHOWERS WERE LOCATED WEST AND NORTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON...AND HAD DECREASED IN INTENSITY DURING THE PAST HOUR. CONDITIONS STILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES IN CENTRAL KANSAS...OR NORTH OF THE HUTCHINSON AREA. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATI ONS...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. HEDGES ...CORRECTED TIME OF RADAR OBSERVATION
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 9:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-160315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 914 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS FORMING IN NORTHERN RENO COUNTY... AT 910 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM INTENSIFYING RAPIDLY NORTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON...NEAR YAGGY. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILER PER HOUR. PERSONS IN YAGGI...WILLOWBROOK...AND THE AREAS NORTH OF HUTCHINSON SHOULD BE ALERT FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 364 IS IN EFFECT FOR MARION COUNTY UNTIL 11 PM. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHtER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO...FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. HEDGES
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 9:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-160345-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
937 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992
...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 364 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MARION COUNTY UNTIL
11 PM CDT...
AT 926 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE WERE LOCATED OVER NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTAINED IN A 30 MILE WIDE
BAND FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CONCORDIA...TO 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF
HAYS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF CONCORDIA. THIS STORM HAS HAD A LONG HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR.
A THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH
OF HUTCHINSON. THIS STORM WAS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS
UP TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR.
CONDITIONS STILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...AND
POSSIBLE TORNADOES IN CENTRAL KANSAS...OR NORTH OF THE HUTCHINSON AREA.
STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS...AND NOAA WEATHER
RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE SEVERxE WEATHER THREAT.
HEDGESThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 54 min |
| Jun 15, 10:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Marion | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 12:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Marion | 29 min |
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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.