Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 1992, 7:06 PM CST for Barton County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 min. 2 reports 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
- Mar 28, 1992, 7:06 PM CST (01:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 1992, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Barton County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 7:07 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Barton, KS | |
| Mar 28, 7:57 PM CST | Hail 2 | Barton, 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 00:00Z, 1.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -197 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2511 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 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 290107 SVRCNK KSC009-290200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 706 PM CST SAT MAR 28 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL KANSAS ...BARTON COUNTY AT 704 PM CONCORDIA RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREAT BEND NEAR ALBERT. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND SHOULD BE NEAR OLMITZ BY 715 PM. GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN ALBERT AT 7 PM. 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. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE TO A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WIiNDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. KLEYLA
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, Mar 28, 6:12 PM CST, 54 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-290100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 612 PM CST SAT MAR 28 1992 AT 610 PM...RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN... SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING 30 MILES WEST OF GREAT BEND. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND BY 645 PM SHOULD BE NEAR PAWNEE ROCK. PERSONS ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF BARTON COUNTY SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE NEXT HOUR. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA TAKE SHELTER INDOORS ESPECIALLY DUE THE POSSIBILITY OF DEADLY LIGHTNING. KLEYLA
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 6:45 PM CST, 21 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-290145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 645 PM CST SAT MAR 28 1992 AT 642 PM...RADAR SHOWED TWO THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN... SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. ONE STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREAT BEND NEAR ALBERT AND THE OTHER WAS 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREAT BEND NEAR PAWNEE ROCK. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE INTO TXHE GREAT BEND AREA AFTER 7 PM. PERSONS ACROSS BARTON COUNTY SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE NEXT HOUR. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. KLEYLA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 8:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ellsworth, Rice | 57 min |
| Mar 28, 8:22 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Barton | 3 hr |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.