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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Wichita, KS

June 19, 1992Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 1992, 4:29 AM CDT for Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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 19, 1992, 4:29 AM CDT (09:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 1992, 5:15 AM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Sedgwick County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 19, 5:00 AM CDTTornado F0Sedgwick, 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 215 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1992-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1992-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -56 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-428 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2753 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
104 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 190931
TORICT
KSC173-191015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
429 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...NORTHWESTERN SEDGWICK COUNTY
 
AT 430 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 15 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WICHITA...OR NEAR ANDALE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20
MILES AN HOUR.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN COLWICH OR VALLEY CENTER GO TO YOUR TORNADO SHELTER NOW!!
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
 
HYSELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 4:54 AM CDTTornado WarningICTSedgwick51 min
Jun 19, 5:16 AM CDTTornado WarningICTSedgwick44 min
Jun 19, 5:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler54 min
Jun 19, 5:54 AM CDTTornado WarningICTSedgwick51 min
Jun 19, 6:19 AM CDTTornado WarningICTButler26 min
Jun 19, 6:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley, Sumner58 min
Jun 19, 7:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley41 min
Jun 19, 11:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Reno60 min
Jun 19, 11:15 AM CDTTornado WarningICTHarvey, Reno45 min
Jun 19, 11:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Sedgwick65 min
Jun 19, 11:48 AM CDTTornado WarningICTSedgwick57 min
Jun 19, 11:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley65 min
Jun 19, 12:06 PM CDTTornado WarningICTCowley39 min
Jun 19, 12:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Elk59 min
Jun 19, 12:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner63 min
Jun 19, 12:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler34 min
Jun 19, 12:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley57 min
Jun 19, 12:51 PM CDTTornado WarningICTSumner39 min
Jun 19, 12:57 PM CDTTornado WarningICTCowley48 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.