Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1992, 6:03 PM CDT for McPherson County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1992, 6:03 PM CDT (23:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1992, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County McPherson County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 951 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1094 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 328 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 356 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCNK 132303 SVRCNK KSC113-132330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 603 PM CDT MON JUL 13 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL KANSAS ...MCPHERSON COUNTY AT 550PM...THE PUBLIC REPORTED WINDS TO 70 MPH BETWEEN GROVELAND AND INMAN...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY OF MCPHERSON. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR ROXBURY OR 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON TO NEAR INMAN. IT WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE MOUNDRIDGE AND GALVA AREAS CAN EXPECT THESE STORMS. THEY MAY ALSO GET NEAR THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CITY OF MCPHERSON BY 615PM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS 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 13, 4:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-132220- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 4120PM CDT MON JUL 13 1992 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM AND 10 MPH FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST KANSAS. AT 415PM CDT A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 30 TO 35 MILES WEST OF TOPEKA IN SOUTHERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY NEAR THE CITY OF WAMEGO. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND IS CAPABLE OF STRONG WIND...HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS PART OF A 20 MILE WIDE LINE OF DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS THAT REACHED FROM NEAR ST JOSEPH MISSOURI TO MANHATTAN TO NEAR HUTCHINSON. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. AKULOW
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 4:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-132230 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 433 PM CDT MON JUL 13 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #613 IS IN EFFECT FOR MCPHERSON COUNTY UNTIL 10PM THIS EVENING... AT 430PM...RADAR SHOWED A 15 MILE WIDE LINE OF DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS FROM 5 MILES WEST OF HUTCHINSON...TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA TO MANHATTAN. SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 5 MILES NORTH OF CANTON AND 10 MILES SOUTH OF LITTLE RIVER. TA
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 4:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-132245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 443 PM CDT MON JUL 13 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE HOLDING STEADY ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 430 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED ANCHORED 20 MILES NORTH THROUGH SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA. THE LINE EXTENDED FROM ATCHINSON AND HOLTON THROUGH WAMEGO...ST MARYS AND ALMA. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED...HEAVY RAIN ...LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STORM. THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERRIFF AT HOLTON REPORTED SOME SMALL HAIL. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH HOWEVER THE LINE ITSELF WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. THUS...THUNDERSTORMS WILL TEND TO PERSIST IN THIS AREA THROUGH AT LEAST 5 PM. ...FOR TOPEKA...THUNDERSTORMS WILL HOLD ABOUT 20 MILES OFF TO THE NORTHWEST THROUGH AT LEAST 630 PM. FELDT
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 5:08 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-132300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 507 PM CDT MON JUL 13 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 505 PM...20 MILE WIDE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS REACHED FROM NEAR ST JOSEPH MISSOURI TO ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA NEAR ONAGA. THE LINE ALSO EXTENDED FROM THE JUNCTION CITY AREA SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL KANSAS. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED...HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS SUCH AS STREETS AND INTERSECTIONS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATC&HES CONTINUE FOR A GOOD PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 9PM AND 10PM. + AKULOW
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 5:14 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-132315 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 513 PM CDT MON JUL 13 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #613 IS IN EFFECT FOR MCPHERSON COUNTY UNTIL 10PM THIS EVENING... AT 511PM...RADAR SHOWED A 25 MILE WIDE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GREAT BEND..TO SALINA..TO MANHATTAN. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE JUST WEST OF MCPHERSON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. HAIL..HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS. TA
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 5:42 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-132400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 542 PM CDT MON JUL 13 1992 AT 540 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS...GENERALLY FROM JUST NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA NEAR SILVER LAKE TO ABOUT ST JOSEPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN...MARBLE HAIL AND LOTS OF LIGHTNING WERE REPORTED AT 530PM NEAR ROSSVILLE IN NORTHWEST SHAWNEE COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE JUNCTION CITY AND FT RILEY AREAS. ALL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH AND WILL CONTAIN HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL THAT MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES CONTINUE FOR A GOOD PART OF NORTHEAS:T KANSAS UNTIL 9PM AND 10PM....AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS NORTH OF THE KANSAS RIVER. + IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AKULOW
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, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 16 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, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson, Shawnee | 43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.