Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1992, 7:30 PM CDT for Dickinson County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 15, 1992, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 1992, 8:13 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dickinson County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 4592 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1321 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCNK 160030 SVRCNK KSC041-160115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 730 PM CDT WED JUL 15 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL KANSAS ...DICKINSON COUNTY AT 725PM...RADAR SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR UPLAND OR 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF SALINA TO NEAR SOLOMON OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF SALINA. THE STORMS HAVE REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OR MOVED SLOWLY EASTWARD. UP TO GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. 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 15, 2:36 PM CDT, 4 hours 54 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, 4 hours 28 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 57 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 46 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 49 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 47 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Riley, Wabaunsee | 35 min |
| Jul 15, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson | 44 min |
| Jul 15, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 53 min |
| Jul 15, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Saline | 31 min |
| Jul 15, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson, Shawnee | 47 min |
| Jul 15, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 40 min |
| Jul 15, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 46 min |
| Jul 15, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris | 44 min |
| Jul 15, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 42 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.