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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Topeka, KS

July 12, 1992Barton County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 1992, 8:11 PM CDT for Barton County, Kansas. It was in force for 20 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 12, 1992, 8:11 PM CDT (01:11 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 1992, 8:31 PM CDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Barton County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 127 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1992-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2199 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1992-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2199 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2190 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
8.9

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The text

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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, 5:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 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, 2 hours 7 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-130000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
603 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST
KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM CDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN BROWN COUNTY EXPIRED
AT 545 PM.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS MAINLY ALONG
AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MANHATTAN TO HIAWATHA OR ABOUT 65 MILES
NORTH OF TOPEKA JUST BEFORE 6 PM CDT.

VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE TO THE NORTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST OF
SENECA AND FROM SABETHA TO NEAR HIAWATHA...AGAIN ALL ABOUT 55 TO
65 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA.  ANOTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS
DEVELOPING IN THE MANHATTAN AREA JUST BEFORE 6 PM CDT.

THESE STORMS WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF
40 MILES AN HOUR AND HAIL ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
PERSONS IN THE TUTTLE CREEK RESERVOIR AREA NEAR MANHATTAN SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER AS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS
AT LEAST THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE RESERVOIR AREA BY 630 PM CDT.

THE AIR REMAINS QUITE UNSTABLE OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS SO ANY THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOP2MENT DOES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE SEVERE.  BE PREPARED TO SEEK
SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

FRANTZ
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 6:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-130030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
633 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING TO INTENSIFY ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 632 PM...RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING SOUTHWEST
FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA JUST NORTHWEST OF WASHINGTON TO GREAT
BEND. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER THE CITY OF CONCORDIA...35 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF" CONCORDIA NEAR LINCOLN AND 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREAT BEND.
THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...GUSTY
W8NDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINS AS THEY MOVE TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

PACKETT
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 6:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-130035-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
642 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH
   OF THE KANSAS RIVER UNTIL 11 PM CDT...

AT 635 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING ALONG THE
KANSAS NEBRASKA BORDER IN NORTHEAST KANSAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDED FROM MARYSVILLE AND BLUE RAPIDS EAST TO 70 MILES NORTH OF
TOPEKA OR NORTHEAST OF HIAWATHA. VERY HEAVY RAIN...SOME SMALL HAIL
AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY
MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST ALONG THE NEBRASKA BORDER AT 30 MPH.

ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF MANHATTAN OR
JUST WEST OF TUTTLE CREEK LAKE. HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH
WERE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST ACROSS TUTTLE
CREEK LAKE. PEOPLE AT TUTTLE CREEK SHOULD TAKE SHELTER UNTIL THIS STORM
PASSES. LIGHTNING KILLS MORE PEOPLE...ON AVERAGE EACH YEAR...dTHAN DO
TORNADOES.

THE AIR REMAINS QUITE UNSTABLE OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS SO ANY THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT DOES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE SEVERE.  BE PREPARED TO SEEK
SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

BILLS
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 7:32 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-130130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
730 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF
THE KANSAS RIVER UNTIL 11 PM CDT...

AT 615 PM THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARYSVILLE
TO 60 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA NEAR HIAWATHA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS ABOUT
25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARYSVILLE. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS WERE
MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH.

ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REACHED FROM 25 MILES NORTH OF
SALINA TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS ABOUT
10 MILES NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND TAKE SHELTER IF THE NEED ARISES.  LIGHTNING KILLS MORE
PEOPLE...ON AVERAGE EACH YEAR...THAN TORNADOES.
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 7:37 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-130130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED RADAR TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
730 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF
THE KANSAS RIVER UNTIL 11 PM CDT...

AT 715 PM THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARYSVILLE
TO 60 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA NEAR HIAWATHA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS ABOUT
25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARYSVILLE. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS WERE
MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH.

ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REACHED FROM 25 MILES NORTH OF
SALINA TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS ABOUT
10 MILES NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND TAKE SHELTER IF THE NEED ARISES.  LIGHTNING KILLS MORE
PEOPLE...ON AVERAGE EACH YEAR...THAN TORNADOES.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud27 min
Jul 12, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBarton56 min
Jul 12, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa, Saline59 min
Jul 12, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay69 min
Jul 12, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPNemaha38 min
Jul 12, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington34 min
Jul 12, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall55 min
Jul 12, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa16 min
Jul 12, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Nemaha67 min
Jul 12, 9:36 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPBrown, Nemaha39 min
Jul 13, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMcPherson41 min
Jul 13, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson48 min
Jul 13, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMcPherson27 min
Jul 13, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson, Shawnee43 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.