Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 8, 1992, 10:27 PM CST for Butler County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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, 10:27 PM CST (04:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 1992, 11:00 PM CST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Butler County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 10:40 PM CST | Tornado F0 | Butler, 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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1961 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KICT 090428 TORICT KSC015-090500- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1027 PM CST SUN MAR 8 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...WESTERN BUTLER COUNTY AT 1025 PM...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN WESTERN BUTLER COUNTY 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WICHITA WHICH IS 5 MILES NORTH OF ROSE HILL. IT WAMOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES. TOWNS IN THE PATH ARE GORDON AND HAVERHILL. PERSONS IN THE PATH SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM MONDAY MORNING. 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.
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, Mar 8, 4:41 PM CST, 5 hours 46 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-082330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 440 PM CST SUN MAR 8 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND PERHAPS SMALL HAIL OCCURRING OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS... AT 430 PM...RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS ...AND SMALL HAIL IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHANUTE OR NEAR ST. PUAL. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU LIVE IN NORTHEAST NEOSHO OR SOUTHWEST BOURBON COUNTIES TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. THIS STORM HAD SHOWN AN INCREASE IN INTENSITY SINCE 330 PM. CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KPANSAS ARE VERY FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING. PERSONS ARE URGED TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. HYSELL
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 5:41 PM CST, 4 hours 46 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-090030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 540 PM CST SUN MAR 8 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL ...DEVELOPING IN NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... AT 528 PM...RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL IN NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA..30 MILES NORTHWEST OF PONCA CITY. THIS STORM MOVING MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD ENTER SOUTHERN SUMNER COUNTY BEFORE 545 PM. IF YOU LIVE IN CALDWELL OR SOUTH HAVEN SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. ANOTHER STRONG STORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND MABYE SMALL HAIL WAS OBSERVED JUST NORTHEAST OF MANHATTAN. THIS STORM WAS ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. ALSO...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE EXITING SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THIS AREA EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTH OF JOPLIN MISSOURI...TO 30 MILES NORTH OF CONCORDIA. THIS AREA HAS SHOWN A DECREASE IN INTENSITY SINCE 430 PM. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS REMAINS VERY UNSTABLE AND SEVERE WEATHER IS STILL POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. KEEP UP TO DATE WITH THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATIONS. IF THREATENING STORMS APPROACH TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. HYSELL
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 5:44 PM CST, 4 hours 43 minutes before
KSZ009-012-090045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 543 PM CST SUN MAR 8 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 540 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 5 MILES WIDE ALONG THE KANSAS-OKLAHOMA BORDER 40 MILES SOUTH OF WICHITA...OR JUST SOUTH OF CALDWELL. THESE STORMS WERE LIKELY PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...UP TO MARBLE SIZE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD CROSS THE STATE LINE BEFORE 550 PM JUST EAST OF CALDWELL. IF YOU LIVE ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 81 SOUTH OF WELLINGTON...YOU WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SOME SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MILES AN HO UR. PERSONS OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. LEIVERS
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 6:46 PM CST, 3 hours 41 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-090030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 645 PM CST SUN MAR 8 1992 ...AN ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURRING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 630 PM...AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM...CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS ...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WICHITA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU LIVE IN EASTERN SEDGWICK OR WESTERN BUTLER COUNTY...SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPORACHES. CONDITIONS STILL REMAIN RIPE FOR SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPMENT OVER SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. HYSE
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 7:12 PM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-090030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 711 PM CST SUN MAR 8 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS...TORRENTIAL RAINS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AS WELL AS HAIL HEADED FOR SOUTHERN HARPER COUNTY... AT 700 PM...RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF ENID. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. IF YOU LIVE IN WALDRON SEEK SHELTER AS SOON AS THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THIS DANGEROUS STORM. HYSELL
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, 8:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harper | 53 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, 10:47 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.