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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Topeka, KS

July 4, 1992Anderson County, Coffey County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1992, 8:43 PM CDT for Anderson County, Coffey County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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, 8:43 PM CDT (01:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 1992, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Anderson County, KS, Coffey County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 4, 8:55 PM CDTHail 2Coffey, 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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 211 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1992-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2800 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1992-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 264 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2800 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
781 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
371 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
6.2
Supercell composite
25.9

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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

Local storm report, Jul 4, 6:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
614 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 1992

STORM REPORT FOR SAT JULY 4 1992...ALL TIMES CDT

5:50 PM CDT  GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL FELL IN THE CITY OF OSBORNE..OSBORNE
             COUNTY.  REPORTED BY THE OSBORNE COUNTY SHERIFF.

LLS
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 6:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-042300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
616 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS
UNTIL 8 PM CDT...

AT 610 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING LOCATED 45 MILES
WEST SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OSBORNE AND 20
MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA OR 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF RANDALL.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING WERE LOCATED 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CONCORDIA NEAR GREEN AND
AND 32 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF SALINA OR JUST EAST OF MOONLIGHT. ALL
OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

SW
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 7:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-050100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
704 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS
UNTIL 8 PM CDT...

AT 7 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL
GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ALONE AND JUST NORTH OF THE KANSAS NEBRASKA
BORDER SOME 35 MILES NORTH OF CONCORDIA.  THE STORM IS MOVING SLOWLY EAST
SOUTHEAST.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING WERE LOCATED 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.

LLS
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 7:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-050115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
707 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 1992

AT 650PM CDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM AROUND MARYSVILLE
TO JUST SOUTH OF JUNCTION CITY TO NEAR EMPORIA. THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE
PRECIPITATION WAS FROM AROUND HIAWATHA TO AROUND GARNETT WHICH IS AROUND
60 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOPEKA. AN INTENSE STORM WAS LOCATED AROUND 65
MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA JUST NORTHEAST OF HIAWATHA. THIS STORM COULD BRING
SOME HAIL AND VERY GUSTY WINDS AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAINS HAVE FALLEN OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS.
PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN
OSAGE COUNTY AND PARTS OF LYON COUNTY.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS OVERNIGHT.
SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BRING TORRENTIAL RAINS AND SOME HAIL.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST
KANSAS UNTIL 8PM CDT.

KAYS
Local storm report, Jul 4, 8:14 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
8XX PM CDT SAT JUL 4 1992

STORM REPORT FOR SAT JULY 4 1992...ALL TIMES CDT

7:49 PM CDT  3/4 INCH HAIL FELL IN MAHASKA..NORTHWEST WASHINGTON COUN9TY.
             REPORTED BY THE WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF.

LLS
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 8:28 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-050230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
825 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THAT PART OF KANSAS NORTHEAST OF A LINE
FROM MANKATO TO SEDAN UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING...

AT 820 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...
HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA
NEAR BURR OAK TO BELLEVILLE TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WASHINGTON.  THE
STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS..HAIL AND
DEADLY WERE 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG NEAR ALTON.  THESE WERE
ALSO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE 20
MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREAT BEND.
LLS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic, Washington49 min
Jul 4, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey, Lyon, Osage58 min
Jul 4, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris58 min
Jul 4, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson35 min
Jul 4, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee47 min
Jul 4, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJewell33 min
Jul 4, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic44 min
Jul 4, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud57 min
Jul 4, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPFranklin, Osage37 min
Jul 4, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Morris62 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.