Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Wichita, KS
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 5:00 AM CDT | Tornado F0 | 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
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 4:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 51 min |
| Jun 19, 5:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 44 min |
| Jun 19, 5:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 54 min |
| Jun 19, 5:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 51 min |
| Jun 19, 6:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler | 26 min |
| Jun 19, 6:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 58 min |
| Jun 19, 7:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 41 min |
| Jun 19, 11:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno | 60 min |
| Jun 19, 11:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno | 45 min |
| Jun 19, 11:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 65 min |
| Jun 19, 11:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 57 min |
| Jun 19, 11:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 65 min |
| Jun 19, 12:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 39 min |
| Jun 19, 12:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk | 59 min |
| Jun 19, 12:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 63 min |
| Jun 19, 12:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 34 min |
| Jun 19, 12:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 57 min |
| Jun 19, 12:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sumner | 39 min |
| Jun 19, 12:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 48 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.