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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Topeka, KS

July 19, 1992Osborne County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 1992, 6:16 PM CDT for Osborne County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 min. 3 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
Jul 19, 1992, 6:16 PM CDT (23:16 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 1992, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Osborne County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 19, 6:20 PM CDTHail 0.75Osborne, KS
Jul 19, 6:37 PM CDTHail 0.75Osborne, KS
Jul 19, 6:42 PM CDTHail 0.75Osborne, 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 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 19, 4:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-192230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
428 AM CDT SUN JUL 19 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR ALL OF NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS AND ALL OF CENTRAL KANSAS EXCEPT BARTON...RICE AND MCPHERSON
COUNTIES...

AT 425 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.  ONE WAS LOCATED
10 MILES EAST OF HAYS NEAR VICTOR AND THE OTHER 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA
OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF BELOIT.  BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY
WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE TOWARD THE EAST
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

FURTHER DEVELOPMENT AND INTENSIFICATION OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED OVER
THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS SO PERSONS IN THE AFFECTED AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER
QUICKLY.
PACKETT
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 5:47 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-192345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
545 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR ALL OF NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS AND ALL OF CENTRAL KANSAS EXCEPT BARTON...RICE AND MCPHERSON
COUNTIES...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN OSBORNE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED AND
WILL NOT BE EXTENDED...

AT 545 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A FEW THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED IN OSBORNE..LINCOLN
AND MITCHELL COUNTIES.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 20 MILES NORTH
OF RUSSEL OR NEAR NATOMA WHICH HAD REPORTS OF 60- 70 MPH WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL.  THE OTHER STORMS WERE NEAR BELOIT.

WINDS AND LARGE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE ST$ORMS.  THEY WERE MOVING
EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
TA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPSmith26 min
Jul 18, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPSmith25 min
Jul 18, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJewell50 min
Jul 18, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPSmith26 min
Jul 18, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic65 min
Jul 18, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Jewell41 min
Jul 18, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud32 min
Jul 18, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsborne41 min
Jul 19, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMitchell49 min
Jul 19, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsborne48 min
Jul 19, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsborne45 min
Jul 19, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRiley40 min
Jul 19, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMitchell38 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.