Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 26, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Sep 5, 1992, 8:01 PM CDT for Butler County, Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 min. 4 reports 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
- Sep 5, 1992, 8:01 PM CDT (01:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 1992, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Butler County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 8:03 PM CDT | Hail 2.5 | Sedgwick, KS | |
| Sep 5, 8:18 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Sedgwick, KS | |
| Sep 5, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Sedgwick, KS | |
| Sep 5, 8:59 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | 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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 3230 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1107 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.5
- Supercell composite
- 15.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KICT 060102 TORICT KSC015-173-060200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 801 PM CDT SAT SEP 5 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...BUTLER COUNTY...SEDGWICK COUNTY PEOPLE IN SEDGWICK AND BUTLER COUNTIES INCLUDING WICHITA...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...AND EL DORADO LAKE SHOULD STAY IN THEIR TORNADO SHELTERS. AT 755 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED STORMS REMAINED EXTREMELY STRONG AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS WICHITA...AND ALL OF SEDGWICK AND BUTLER COUNTIES. AT 754 PM...SOFTBALL SIZE HAIL FELL WEST OF WICHITA AT 119TH WEST AND CENTRAL STREETS. 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 CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDIER BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. GET TO A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE. IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT... SEEK SHELTER IN THE INNERMOST PO
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, Sep 5, 3:55 PM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
KS012-011-012-014-017-052145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 354 PM CDT SAT SEP 5 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH # 808 IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS... WHILE NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN DETECTED IN CENTRAL OR SOUTHEAST KANSAS... CONDITIONS ARE HIGHLY FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL LARGER THAN 3/4 INCH DIAMETER...AND WINDS GUSTS TO 60 MIlLES AN HOUR OR STRONGER. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER BY MOVING INDOORS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. TURNER
Special weather statement, Sep 5, 4:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
KS012-011-012-014-017-052245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 446 PM CDT SAT SEP 5 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH # 808 IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS... AT 445 PM...WHILE NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN DETECTED IN CENTRAL OR SOUTHEAST KATHE POTENTIAL REMAINS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL LARGER THAN 3/4 INCH DIAMETER...AND WINDS TO 60 MILES AN HOUR OR STRONGER. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE EXTENDING FRON 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE TO A REINFORCED SHELTER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. TURNER
Special weather statement, Sep 5, 4:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
KS012-011-012-014-017-052245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS...CORRECTION... 454 PM CDT SAT SEP 5 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH # 808 IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS... AT 445 PM...WHILE NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN DETECTED IN SOUTH CENTRAL OR SOUTHEAST KANSAS...THE POTENTIAL REMAINS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL LARGER THAN 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER...AND WINDS TO 60 MILES AN HOUR OR STRONGER. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE EXTENDING FRON 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE TO A REINFORCED SHELTER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. TURNER ...CORRECTION TO FIRST PARAGRAPH...
Special weather statement, Sep 5, 5:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
KS012-011-012-014-017-052330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 540 PM CDT SAT SEP 5 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #808 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.... ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS... AT 530 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAINS WAS LOCATED JUST NORTHEAST OF JUNCTION CITY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. ISOLATED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WERE ALSO LOCATED BETWEEN 25 MILES SOUTHEAST TP 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SALINA. MOVEMENT HAD NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN DETECTED OVER CENTRAL OR SO^UTHEAST KANSAS. HOWEVER...THE POTENTIAL REMAINS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. TURNER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 53 min |
| Sep 5, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 49 min |
| Sep 5, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 61 min |
| Sep 5, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Kingman | 44 min |
| Sep 5, 8:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sumner | 64 min |
| Sep 5, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 45 min |
| Sep 5, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 63 min |
| Sep 5, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 58 min |
| Sep 5, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk | 67 min |
| Sep 5, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Montgomery, Wilson | 52 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.