Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 5, 1992, 6:17 PM CST for Lyon County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 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 5, 1992, 6:17 PM CST (00:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 5, 1992, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lyon County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 6:28 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Lyon, 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
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 270 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
- 469 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1454 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 5, 4:41 PM CST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-052330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 440 PM CST WED MAR 4 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS... AT 435PM...A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHERN OSBORNE COUNTY IN NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS. THESE COULD PRODUCE SOME SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS AS WELL AS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. THEY WERE MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH AND WILL BE CROSSING HIGHWAY 24 IN NORTHERN OSBORNE COUNTY BY AROUND 5PM. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST SOUTH OF GREAT BEND AND TO THE SOUTHEAST OF SALINA. THESE WERE ALSO MOVING NORTH. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL POP UP OVER THE ENTIRE REGION AND LAST INTO THE EVENING HOURS. MOVE INDOORS OR TO SAFE SHELTER TO PROTECT YOURSELF IF THREATENING WEATHER GETS CLOSE TO YOU. ...FREDERICK...
Special weather statement, Mar 5, 5:04 PM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-052330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 503 PM CST WED MAR 4 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MARCH THROUGH OSBORNE COUNTY WITH ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING SOUTHERN DICKINSON COUNTY... AT 5PM...RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAYS NEAR NATOMA TO 45 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA OR 5 MILES SOUTH OF DOWNS. THESE LIKELY CONTAIN HAIL ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS OVER 40MPH. THEY WILL BE ENTERING THE OSBORNE AND DOWNS AREAS BY 515PM. THE LEADING EDGE OF ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN THE HERRINGTON AND ELMO AREAS BY 515PM AS THESEV STORMS WERE ALL MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. MOVE INDOORS OR TO SAFE SHELTER TO PROTECT YOURSELF IF THREATENING WEATHER GETS CLOSE TO YOU. ...FREDERICK...
Special weather statement, Mar 5, 5:24 PM CST, 53 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-060000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 524 PM CST WED MAR 4 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MARCH THROUGH PARTS OF NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS WITH ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN DICKINSON COUNTY... AT 520PM...RADAR SHOWED A 10 MILE WIDE BAND OF THUNDERSTORM THAT EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF MANKATO TO NEAR OSBORNE TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAYS NEAR NATOMA. ANOTHER BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN SOUTHERN DICKINSON COUNTY FROM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA NEAR ELMO TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA NEAR HERRINGTON. EXPECT SOME SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OVER 40MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE NORTH AT 25 MPH. GET TO SAFE SHELTER IF NEEDED WHEN THESE STORMS APPROACH YOU. FREDERICK
Special weather statement, Mar 5, 5:30 PM CST, 47 minutes before
KSZ013>016-060030- EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WEATHER FOR NORTHEAST KANSAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 530 PM CST THU MAR 5 1992 AT 515 PM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF JUNCTION CITY TO 10 MILES WEST OF EMPORIA TO SOUTH OF EL DORADO. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 10 MILES WEST OF COUNCIL GROVE. HEAVY RAIN... GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE IN THE STORMS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT ABOUT 25 MPH. OUTSIDE OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO BLANKET THE SKY. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO THE MIDDLE 40S BY MORNING. SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH THIS EVENING WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST BY MORNING.
Special weather statement, Mar 5, 5:33 PM CST, 44 minutes before
KSZ013>016-060030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 533 PM CST THU MAR 5 1992 AT 515 PM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF JUNCTION CITY TO 10 MILES WEST OF EMPORIA TO SOUTH OF EL DORADO. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 10 MILES WEST OF COUNCIL GROVE. HEAVY RAIN... GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE IN THE STORMS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT ABOUT 25 MPH. OUTSIDE OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO BLANKET THE SKY. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO THE MIDDLE 40S BY MORNING. SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH THIS EVENING WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST BY MORNING.
Special weather statement, Mar 5, 5:47 PM CST, 30 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-060030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 546 PM CST WED MAR 4 1992 AT 540PM...RADAR SHOWED A 10 MILE WIDE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR FORMOSO TO JUST NORTH OF OSBORNE TO 20 MILES NORTH OF HAYS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS JUST SOUTH OF MANKATO OR 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA. ANOTHER BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN SOUTHERN DICKINSON COUNTY FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JUNCTION CITY NEAR WOODBINE TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA NEAR ELMO. EXPECT SOME SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OVER 40MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE NORTH AT 25 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ENTERING THE ABILENE...ENTERPRISE AND MANKATO AREAS BY 6PM. GET TO SAFE SHELTER WHILE THESE STORMS PASS. FREDERICK
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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.