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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Topeka, KS

July 4, 1992Jewell County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1992, 8:47 PM CDT for Jewell County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 4, 1992, 8:47 PM CDT (01:47 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 1992, 9:20 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Whole counties

County Jewell County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 231 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1450 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -152 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1090 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 235 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.1
Supercell composite: -1.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCNK 050148
SVRCNK
KSC089-050230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
847 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...EASTERN JEWELL COUNTY
 
AT 846 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHWEST
OF CONCORDIA JUST TO THE WEST OF LOVEWELL LAKE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO
THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE LOVEWELL LAKE
AREA SHOULD TAKE COVER IN AN APPROPRIATE SHELTER. LARGE HAIL...HEAVY
RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS RESERVOIR RECREATION AREAS.
CAMPERS AND BOATERS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE TO SAFE
SHELTER IMMEDIATLY.

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 32 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 30 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 42 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 38 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, 33 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, 19 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 4, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Republic, Washington	49 min
Jul 4, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Coffey, Lyon, Osage	58 min
Jul 4, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Morris	58 min
Jul 4, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson	35 min
Jul 4, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	47 min
Jul 4, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson, Coffey	47 min
Jul 4, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Republic	44 min
Jul 4, 9:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud	57 min
Jul 4, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Franklin, Osage	37 min
Jul 4, 11:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Morris	62 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1992 Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.