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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Topeka, KS

July 15, 1992Dickinson County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1992, 6:47 PM CDT for Dickinson County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 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 15, 1992, 6:47 PM CDT (23:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 1992, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Dickinson County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 15, 7:25 PM CDTHail 1.75Dickinson, 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 269 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 12:00Z on 1992-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1495 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1992-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1495 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-176 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1659 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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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 15, 2:36 PM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-152045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
236 PM CDT WED JUL 15 1992

AT 233PM...RADAR SHOWED A RAPIDLY DEVLOPING THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES
NORTHWEST OF GREAT BEND. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL
BE IN THE WESTERN PART OF BARTON COUNTY BY 3PM. PEOPLE IN THE
GALATIA...OLMITZ AND ALBERT AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS ON THIS STORM. AT THIS TIME VERY HEAVY RAINS...HAIL AND STRONG
WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED.

FURTHER DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS OVER CENTRAL
AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS.

JF
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 3:02 PM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-152045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
301 PM CDT WED JUL 15 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #628 IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND
NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING...

AT 3PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED A DEVELOPING BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT
EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREAT BEND OR 5 MILES WEST OF GALATIA
SOUTHWESTWARD INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THESE WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
THE GALATIA...OLMITZ AND ALBERT AREAS SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THESE STORMS
AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. EXPECT HEAVY RAINS
...POSSIBLY SOME HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WITH THESE STORMS.

JF
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 3:33 PM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-152130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
332 PM CDT WED JUL 15 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST
KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM  CDT FOR NEMAHA
...MARSHALL...POTTAWATOMIE...RILEY  AND GEARY COUNTIES...AREAS TO
THE WEST AND NORTH OF TOPEKA.

A 330 PM RADAR DID NOT INDICATE ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER
NORTHEAST KANSAS.  VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HOWEVER HAD DEVELOPED OVER
PARTS OF CENTRAL INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS.  THESE STORMS WERE TRACKING TO
THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

IN THE HEAT AND HUMIDITIY THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP ABOUT ANY TIME
OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON BUT THE AREAS FROM JUNCTION
CITY...MANHATTAN TO MARYSVILLE ARE MOST LIKELY TO SEE THUNDERSTORMS
SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE SPREAD INTO THEIR AREAS AROUND 7 TO 8 PM CDT.

PERSONS IN NORTHEAST KANSAS SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY FOR
THREATENING WEATHER AND KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

FRANTZ
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 3:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-152045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
342 PM CDT WED JUL 15 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #628 IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND
NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING...

AT 340PM...RADAR SHOWED THE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE WEST OF BARTON COUNTY
REMAINING NEARLY STATIONARY. THE WESTERN PART OF BARTON COUNTY IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY THREATENED BY THE STORMS TO THE SOUTHWEST...BUT PEOPLE THEREP
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AS FURTHER STORM DEVELOPMENT COULD OCCUR QUICKLY.
STORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS OVER PARTS OF
CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS...AND SOME COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL
AND STRONG WINDS.

JF
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 4:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-152245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
439 PM CDT WED JUL 15 1992

....THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS
JUST BEFORE OF 430 PM CDT...

RADAR AT 430 PM CDT SHOWED TWO ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 60 MILES TO
THE NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA.  ONE WAS IN THE MARYSVILLE VICINITY
AND THE OTHER NEAR THE KANSAS NEBRASKA BORDER ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST
OF MARYSVILLE.

EVEN THOUGH THESE STORMS WERE IN THE DEVELOPING STAGE THEY WERE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY
SOME HAIL.  PERSONS IN MARSHALL COUNTY...WHERE THESE STORMS ARE LOCATED
SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THESE STORMS INTENSIFY FURTHER
AND A WARNING IS ISSUED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS POSTED FOR MARSHALL...NEMAHA...RILEY
...GEARY AND POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM CDT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME LIKELY ACROSS ALL OF NORTHEAST KANSAS AS
THE EVENING PROGRESSES.  SOME OF THESE COULD BE SEVERE WITH LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINS.  A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO POSTED FOR NORTHEAST KANSAS
MAINLY NORTH OF THE KANSAS RIVER.

NORTHEAST KANSANS SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY FOR THREATENING WEATHER
AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER.  IF YOU LIVE NEAR FLOOD PRONE AREAS
HAVE A PLAN TO EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND.

FRANTZ
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 4:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-152245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
440 PM CDT WED JUL 15 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #628 IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND
NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING...

AT 440PM...RADAR SHOWED A DEVELOPING LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR
MARYSVILLE TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF CONCORDIA TO JUST SOUTH OF RUSSELL. THE
STRONGEST STORMS WERE 5 MILES NORTH OF CLAY CENTER...NEAR PAWNEE ROCK...
AND NEAR FREDERICK OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF KANOPOLIS. THESE MAY CONTAIN
HAIL...WINDS OVER 40 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINS. ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT
IS LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD.

ELLSWORTH...OTTAWA...SALINE...BARTON...CLAY AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES SHOULD
WATCH THE WEATHER CLOSELY AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

JF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington41 min
Jul 15, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Cloud36 min
Jul 15, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Riley49 min
Jul 15, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay47 min
Jul 15, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa29 min
Jul 15, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Dickinson44 min
Jul 15, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Riley60 min
Jul 15, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary60 min
Jul 15, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPSaline51 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.