Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 1992, 9:14 PM CDT for Cloud County, Washington County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min. 2 reports 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
- Apr 10, 1992, 9:14 PM CDT (02:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 1992, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cloud County, KS, Washington County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 9:26 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Washington, KS | |
| Apr 10, 9:30 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Cloud, 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 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 651 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -153 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2434 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCNK 110215 SVRCNK KSC029-201-110300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 914 PM CDT FRI APR 10 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...EASTERN CLOUD COUNTY...SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 912 PM RADAR INDICATED TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ONE SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA NEAR GREENLEAF AND THE OTHER SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED JUST TO THE SOUTH OF CONCORDIA. THESE STORM WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO TENNIS BALL SIZE. 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.c HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY... SO DON'T DRIVE ONTO WATER-COVERED ROADS. KLEYLA
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, Apr 10, 6:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-110100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 658 AM CDT FRI APR 10 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER PARTS OF NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING... AT 655 PM RADAR SHOWED TWO RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. ONE STORM WAS LOCATED 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF WASHINGTON. THE OTHER STORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAYS OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF RUSSELL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH- CENTRAL KANSAS DURING THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. PERSONS SHOULD BE AWARE OF RAPIDLYK CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS. KLEYLA
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 7:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-110115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 720 PM CDT FRI APR 10 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE APPROACHING PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 710 PM CDT...A NEWLY DEVELOPED LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM AUBURN IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...TO JUST NORTH OF WASHINGTON IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...TO NEAR CONCORDIA. THIS LINE HAS DEVELOPED RAPIDLY SINCE 6 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG A COLD FRONT THAT IS PUSHING SOUTHEAST. THE LINE SHOULD FIRST MOVE THROUGH MARSHALL COUNTY AND THE CITIES OF MARYSVILLE...BLUE RAPIDS AND FRANKFORT BY 8 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD THEN MOVE ON SOUTHEAST THROUGH NORTHEAST KANSAS THE REST OF THE NIGHT. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS IN YOUR AREA...AND HAVE A PLAN OF ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS. BILLS
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 8:15 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-110215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 815 PM CDT FRI APR 10 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 805 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY NORTH OF MARYSVILLE OR ABOUT 45 MILES NORTH OF MANHATTAN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE NEAR OR JUST TO THE NORTH OF SABETHA AND SENECA BY 915 PM. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN... SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WAS PART OF A LINE THAT EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA TO NEAR CONCORDIA AND RUSSELL. STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA ...AND IN CENTRAL KANSAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 1 AM CDT. YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY DEVELOPING STORMS IN YOUR AREA...AND BE PREPARED FOR QUICK ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. BILLS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lincoln, Osborne, Russell | 58 min |
| Apr 10, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lincoln, Mitchell | 53 min |
| Apr 10, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Russell | 46 min |
| Apr 10, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall | 65 min |
| Apr 10, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 46 min |
| Apr 10, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 40 min |
| Apr 10, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ellsworth | 63 min |
| Apr 10, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Riley | 47 min |
| Apr 10, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 48 min |
| Apr 10, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 40 min |
| Apr 10, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 47 min |
| Apr 10, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ellsworth | 54 min |
| Apr 10, 10:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Ellsworth | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown | 40 min |
| Apr 10, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Ottawa | 42 min |
| Apr 11, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Franklin, Osage | 62 min |
| Apr 11, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas | 32 min |
| Apr 11, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Osage | 34 min |
| Apr 11, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Franklin | 54 min |
| Apr 11, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson | 59 min |
Nearby
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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.