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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 140, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1992, 9:00 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 1992, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1992, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jefferson County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 34 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
- 1343 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1755 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 7.9
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, 7:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-100100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 702 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL KANSAS ABOUT TO MOVE INTO EAST-CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 655 PM RADAR INDICATES A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF JUNCTION CITY AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM SHOULD ENTER WESTERN GEARY COUNTY BY 715 PM. PERSONS IN GEARY COUNTY SHOULD PREPARE NOW FOR THIS STORM AS IT IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THIS STORM MAY ALSO PASS VERY NEAR TO NORTHERN MORRIS COUNTY. ANOTHER STORM WAS 30 MILES NORTH OF MANHATTAN OR NEAR BLUE RAPIDS. THE STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY BY 730 PM. HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM. STAY TUNE TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. KISNER
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 8:05 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 14 min |
| Jul 9, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary | 59 min |
| Jul 9, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris | 66 min |
| Jul 9, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Morris | 40 min |
| Jul 9, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Morris | 33 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.