Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 9, 1992, 8:28 PM CDT for Kingman County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 9, 1992, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 1992, 9:10 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kingman County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 751 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -208 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 827 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KICT 100129 TORICT KSC095-100230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 828 PM CDT THU APR 9 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...KINGMAN COUNTY AT 825 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO ON THE GROUND 45 MILES WEST OF WICHITA...BETWEEN CUNNINGHAM AND ST. LEO. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM WILL PASS CALISTA BEFORE 850 PM...AND KINGMAN BEFORE 915 PM. IF YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR THESE TOWNS...SEEK SHELTER NOW IN YOUR TORNADO SHELTER UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES. THIS EXTENDS THE TORNADO WARNING IN EFFECT FOR KINGMAN COUNTY. 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. LEIVERS
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, Apr 9, 6:14 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-100015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 615 PM CDT THU APR 9 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHERN KANSAS... AT 600 PM CDT...DEVELOPING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS AND 35 MPH WINDS WERE NOTED 15 MILES WEST OF CHANUTE...OR FIVE MILES WEST OF BUFFALO... AND 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHANUTE...OR JUST EAST OF IOLA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU LIVE IN MORAN...BUFFALO OR YATES CENTER...YOU SHOULD STAY INDOORS UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS. THEY SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THESE AREAS BEFORE 630 PM. SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS REMAIN PRIMED FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOP- MENT. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. *SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #111 FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 9 PM CDT. LEIVERS
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 6:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-100045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 646 PM CDT THU APR 9 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED QUICKLY ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS...
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 7:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-100100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 710 PM CDT THU APR 9 1992 ...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS... AT 701 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WIDE WAS CENTERED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHANUTE. THIS STORM HAD A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL AS IT CROSSED WOODSON COUNTY. IF YOU LIVE IN HUMBOLDT OR IOLA...MOVE TO SHELTER NOW... AND WAIT UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PRATT... OR JUST SOUTH OF SAWYER. THIS STORM ALSO HAD A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. (REFERENCE PRODUCTS FROM DODGiE CITY FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS STORM) *SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #111 FOR SOUTHERN KANSAS UNTIL 9 PM CDT. LEIVERS
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 7:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-100145-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
720 PM CDT THU APR 9 1992
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN WOODSON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
AT 715 PM CDT...THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
FOR EASTERN WOODSON COUNTY HAD MOVED INTO ALLEN COUNTY. IT WAS NOW LOCATED
ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHANUTE...OR 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HUMBOLDT.
THERE WERE REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL AS THE STORM CROSSED EASTERN WOODSON
COUNTY...BUT THE IMMEDIATE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED.
THE AREA REMAINS UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HOWEVER...AND RESIDENTS
SHOULD REMAIN ABREAST OF CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND BE PREPARED
TO MOVE TO SHELTER SHOULD ANOTHER WARNING BE ISSUED.
*SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #111 COVERS SOUTHERN KANSAS UNTIL 9 PM CDT.
...LEIVERSSpecial weather statement, Apr 9, 7:41 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-100145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 742 PM CDT THU APR 9 1992 ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS... AT 725 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES WIDE WAS CENTERED ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF CHANUTE. THE STORM CONTINUED TO DROP LARGE HAIL AS IT MOVED ACROSS SOUTHERN ALLEN COUNTY. IT APPEARED TO SHOW SIGNS OF WEAKENING. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES WIDE WAS CENTERED 55 MILES WEST OF WICHITA...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PRATT. THIS STORM ALSO HAD A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR THESE AREAS...MOVE NOW TO A PLACE OF SAFETY AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. *SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #111 FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN KANSAS UNTIL 9 PM CDT. LEIVERS
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 7:54 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-100200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 755 PM CDT THU APR 9 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM FOR ALLEN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 750 PM CDT...THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ALLEN COUNTY HAD DROPPED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. IT WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTHWEST OF ELSMORE...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHANUTE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM REMAINS CAPABLE OF SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS. IF YOU LIVE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL IT PASSES. ALSO...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...SO STAY ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHELTER AT ONCE IF ANOTHER WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. *SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #111 FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN KANSAS UNTIL 9 PM CDT. LEIVERS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 61 min |
| Apr 9, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Kingman | 29 min |
| Apr 9, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey | 56 min |
| Apr 9, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey | 50 min |
| Apr 9, 9:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Harvey | 3 hr |
| Apr 9, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey | 56 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.