Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 1992, 8:44 PM CDT for Ottawa County, Kansas. It was in force for 16 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 12, 1992, 8:44 PM CDT (01:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 1992, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ottawa County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 3062 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1266 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 12, 6:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 6:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 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, 2 hours 1 minute 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, 1 hour 12 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, 1 hour 7 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.
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 8:37 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-130230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 836 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... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN NEMAHA COUNTY HAS EXPIRED. AT 830 PM RADAR INDICATED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN NEMAHA COUNTY HAD MOVED INTO NEBRASKA. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REACH FROM NEAR SALINA TO MARYSVILLE AND EAST ACROSS THE KANSAS AND NEBRASKA BORDER 60 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA. WINDS UP TO 60 MPH WERE REPORTED WITH STORMS IN MARSHALL COUNTY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS KEEP ALERT AND TAKE COVER IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES.|..PREFERABLY IN A STRONG BUILDING...BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 27 min |
| Jul 12, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Barton | 56 min |
| Jul 12, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa, Saline | 59 min |
| Jul 12, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 69 min |
| Jul 12, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 38 min |
| Jul 12, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 34 min |
| Jul 12, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall | 55 min |
| Jul 12, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Barton | 20 min |
| Jul 12, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Nemaha | 67 min |
| Jul 12, 9:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Brown, Nemaha | 39 min |
| Jul 13, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | McPherson | 41 min |
| Jul 13, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 48 min |
| Jul 13, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | McPherson | 27 min |
| Jul 13, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson, Shawnee | 43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.