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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Wichita, KS

March 8, 1992Harper County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 8, 1992, 9:02 PM CST for Harper County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 8, 1992, 9:02 PM CST (03:02 UTC)
Expired
Mar 8, 1992, 9:45 PM CST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Harper County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1992-03-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 597 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1992-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 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
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 090303
TORICT
KSC077-191-090345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
902 PM CST SUN MAR 8 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...EASTERN HARPER COUNTY...WESTERN SUMNER COUNTY
 
AT 900 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN
EASTERN HARPER COUNTY ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF ANTHONY OR ABOUT 40
MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES
AN HOUR. THE CITIES ALONG THE PATH OF THE STORM ARE DANVILLE...ARGONIA
AND MILAN. PERSONS IN THOSE TOWNS ALONG THE PATH OF THE STORM SHOULD
TAKE COVER NOW.  THIS REPLACES THE PREVIOUS TORNADO WARNING ISSUED
EARLIER AT 820 PM.
 
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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 7:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper60 min
Mar 8, 7:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman50 min
Mar 8, 8:22 PM CSTTornado WarningICTHarper53 min
Mar 8, 9:02 PM CSTTornado WarningICTSumner33 min
Mar 8, 9:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick61 min
Mar 8, 9:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner28 min
Mar 8, 9:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey49 min
Mar 8, 10:27 PM CSTTornado WarningICTButler33 min
Mar 8, 10:47 PM CSTTornado WarningICTButler18 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.