Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 1992, 6:15 PM CDT for Cloud County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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 12, 1992, 6:15 PM CDT (23:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 1992, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cloud County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | 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 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 282 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -170 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1024 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 310 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 288 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCNK 122316 SVRCNK KSC029-130000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 615 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...EASTERN CLOUD COUNTY AT 611PM...RADAR SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FORMING JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY OF CONCORDIA. THEY WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ALL OF CLOUD COUNTY IS NOW UNDER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS AND PEOPLE SHOULD GET TO SAFE SHELTER. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCE>SS 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.
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 12, 4:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
KSZ013>016-122245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 445 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING NEAR THE NEBRASKA BORDER IN NORTHEAST KANSAS. AT 440 PM CDT...NEWLY DEVELOPED THUNDERSTORMS WERE TO THE NORTH OF TOPEKA NEAR THE NEBRASKA BORDER IN THE SABETHA AND HIAWATHA VICINITIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED SINCE 420 PM CDT. HEAVY RAIN... GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL MAY BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS. NO MOVEMENT HAS BEEN DETERMINED YET. THUNDERSRORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN NORTHEAST KANSAS NEAR THE NEBRASKA BORDER OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. SOME OF THESE COULD BE SEVERE. PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST KANSAS SHOULvD STAY ABREAST OF WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS THIS EVENING...AND HAVE A PLAN OF ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 5:26 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
KSC013-122330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 525 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN BROWN COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CDT... AT 522 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS STILL INDICATED IN EXTREME NORTH BROWN COUNTY NEAR OR OVER THE COMMUNITIES OF RESERVE... MORRILL...HAMLIN AND PADONIA. PEOPLE IN THESE TOWNS SHOULD BE IN A SHELTER NOW. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AND SHOULD MOVE INTO NEBRASKA BY 545 PM CDT. PB
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 5:39 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-122330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 538 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 1992 AT 535 PM...RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREAT BEND TO 5 MILES WEST OF BELLEVILLE THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 5 MILES WEST OF JAMESTOWN..5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BELOIT AND 5 MILES WEST OF BELLEVILLE. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..HEAVY RAIN AND< GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS. TA
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 6:04 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 12:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osborne | 45 min |
| Jul 12, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown | 33 min |
| Jul 12, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Mitchell | 50 min |
| Jul 12, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Barton, Ellsworth | 42 min |
| Jul 12, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Mitchell | 36 min |
| Jul 12, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 68 min |
| Jul 12, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 53 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.