Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1992, 5:41 PM CDT for Lyon County, Morris County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 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
- Jul 4, 1992, 5:41 PM CDT (22:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1992, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lyon County, KS, Morris County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 5:46 PM CDT | Hail 2 | Morris, 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 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -222 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1372 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTOP 042243 RRA SVRTOP KSC003-031-045-059-111-127-139-177-197-149-042315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 541 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS ...ANDERSON COUNTY...COFFEY COUNTY...DOUGLAS COUNTY ...FRANKLIN COUNTY...LYON COUNTY...MORRIS COUNTY...OSAGE COUNTY ...SHAWNEE COUNTY...WABAUNSEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS ...POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF NORTHEAST KANSAS. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED FROM THE MORRIS COUNTY SHERIFF NEAR COUNCIL GROVE AROUND 535PM CDT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 25 MPH BUT CONTINUED TO REDEVELOP OVER AN AREA FROM JUST EAST OF MANHATTAN TO AROUND 15 MILES SOUTH OF OTTAWA. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN WAS POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS SO LOCALLIZED FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE. DON'T TRY TO CROSS WATER OVER ROADWAYS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO A,N INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY... SO DON'T DRIVE ONTO WATER-COVERED ROADS.
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, Jul 4, 2:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
KSZ013>016-042000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 200 PM CDT SUN JUL 04 1992 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP FROM AROUND CONCORDIA TO EMPORIA THEN INTO THE SOUTHEAST COUNTIES OF KANSAS WHERE SEVERE STORMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS MAINLY TO THE WEST OF TOPEKA. THE STORMS SHOULD BE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST. NO STORMS WILL THREATEN TOPEKA BEFORE 4PM. HOWEVER STORMS THAT DEVELOP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WILL BE STRONG AND COULD BRING HAIL HIGH WIND AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE TOPEKA AND LAWRENCE AREA COULD EXPERIENCE STRONG STORMS AFTER 4PM WITH EMPORIA AND MANHATTAN THRREATENED BY STORMS BETWEEN 2 AND 4PM CDT. KAYS
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 2:41 PM CDT, 3 hours before
KSZ013>016-042000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 240 PM CDT SUN JUL 04 1992 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS AT MID AFTERNOON... A 235 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A INTENSE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTH OF TOPEKA ALONG THE OSAGE AND COFFEY COUNTY LINES OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF OSAGE CITY. THIS STORM WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ...HAIL AND FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE ACROSS MELVERN RESERVOIR AND POMONA RESERVOIR AREAS BY 330 PM CDT AND PAST NEAR OR TO THE SOUTHEAST OF OSAGE CITY. RESIDENTS IN OSAGE CITY AND BOATERS AND CAMPERS IN THE MELVERN LAKE AND POMONA RESERVOIR AREAS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHS ARE IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 8 PM CDT. FRANTZl
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 2:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-042045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 241 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 8 PM CDT... AT 240 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA IN THE VICINITY OF HERINGTON. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABLOUT 20 MPH. MRU
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 3:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-042145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 336 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 8 PM CDT... AT 335 PM CDT AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM JUST SOUTHEAST OF MANHATTAN TO NEAR COUNCIL GROVE. THESE WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS OCCURING IN CENTRAL OR NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS HOWEVER CONBDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR RAPID DEVELOPMENT. URBAN
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 3:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-042200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 355 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 8 PM CDT... AT 350 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 25 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA OR JUST SOUTH OF PALMER. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR KIMEO BY 430 PM CDT. BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS.. HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. SW
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:51 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-042300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 450 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 8 PM CDT... AT 445 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING LOCATED 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAYS OR JUST EAST OF THE TOWN OF COVERT. THE STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA NEAR WASHINGTON AND 10 MILES EAST OF KIMEO. THE SE THUDNERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Lyon, Osage | 61 min |
| Jul 4, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris | 61 min |
| Jul 4, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Franklin, Osage | 40 min |
| Jul 4, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 57 min |
| Jul 4, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 55 min |
| Jul 4, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Franklin, Osage | 42 min |
| Jul 4, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 43 min |
| Jul 4, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Osage | 61 min |
| Jul 4, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, Lyon, Osage | 59 min |
| Jul 4, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Shawnee | 59 min |
| Jul 4, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee | 59 min |
| Jul 4, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Mitchell, Osborne | 56 min |
| Jul 4, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Osage, Pottawatomie, Shawnee | 34 min |
| Jul 4, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Franklin | 34 min |
| Jul 4, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Osage, Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee | 25 min |
| Jul 4, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey | 25 min |
| Jul 4, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall | 18 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.