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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Topeka, KS

July 9, 1992Geary County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1992, 7:09 PM CDT for Geary County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 1992, 7:09 PM CDT (00:09 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 1992, 8:08 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Geary County, KS

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, Jul 9, 4:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 9, 5:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 9, 5:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-092330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
523 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH COVERS MOST OF NORTHEAST
KANSAS...

AT 520 PM...TWO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTHEAST KANSAS.
ONE WAS LOCATED 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF KANSAS CITY NEAR LEAVENWORTH WHILE
ANOTHER WAS LOCATED 20 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA IN THE CENTER OF
JACKSON COUNTY.

THE JACKSON COUNTY STORM WAS CLOSE TO MAYETTA.  BETWEEN 520 AND 6PM THIS
STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS EAST JACKSON COUNTY CLOSE TO THE COMMUNITIES OF
DENISON...BIRMINGHAM...AND LARKINBURG.  OTHER THUNDERSTORMS COULD
POP UP JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS HOWEVER THE MOST
LIKELY SPOTS INCLUDE...ATCHINSON...JEFFERSON...JACKSON...NORTH
SHAWNEE AND POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS POSTED UNTIL 11PM FOR MOST OF
NORTHEAST KANSAS.  IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA AND PLAN TO BE OUTSIDE
THIS EVENING...KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY
TO SHELTER IF THE STORMS NEAR OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

FELDT
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 5:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-092330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
530 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #584 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR CLOUD..
REPUBLIC..WASHINGTON AND CLAY COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SALINE..
OTTAWA..MCPHERSON AND DICKENSON COUNTIES OF CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 525 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A 30 MILE WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER-
STORMS EXTENDING FROM 40 MILES EAST OF HAYS NEAR BUNKER HILL NORTHEAST
TO CONCORDIA TO BEATRICE NEBRASKA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR VESPER AND DENMARK. BRIEF VERY HEAVY
RAIN...HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTENING CAN BE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES EAST INTO THE LINCOLN AND BARNARD AREAS THROUGH
545 PM AS THE STORMS MOVE TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.

IF THREATHENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY
AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
SW
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 6:47 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 9, 7:04 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 7:07 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDickinson14 min
Jul 9, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris66 min
Jul 9, 7:20 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPMorris40 min
Jul 9, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Morris33 min
Jul 9, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson45 min

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