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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Wichita, KS

March 8, 1992Harper County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 8, 1992, 8:22 PM CST for Harper 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: Mar 8, 1992, 8:22 PM CST (02:22 UTC)
Expired: Mar 8, 1992, 9:15 PM CST
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Whole counties

County Harper County, KS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 8, 8:30 PM CST	Tornado F0	Harper, 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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 173 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: 597 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1626 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KICT 090223
TORICT
KSC077-090315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
822 PM CST SUN MAR 8 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...HARPER COUNTY
 
AT 820 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN
SOUTHERN HARPER COUNTY NEAR WALDRON WHICH IS ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
WICHITA. THIS REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT WAS IN
EFFECT. IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. TOWNS IN THE PATH
OF THE STORM ARE SHOOK...ANTHONY AND HAWK. PERSONS IN THESE TOWNS AND
ALONG THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A STAIRWELL OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
STEWART

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 8, 7:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper	60 min
Mar 8, 7:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman	50 min
Mar 8, 9:02 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Sumner	33 min
Mar 8, 9:02 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Harper	43 min
Mar 8, 9:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	61 min
Mar 8, 9:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	28 min
Mar 8, 9:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey	49 min
Mar 8, 10:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Butler	33 min
Mar 8, 10:47 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Butler	18 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.