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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 202, NWS Topeka, KS

July 19, 1992Riley County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 1992, 6:50 PM CDT for Riley County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 19, 1992, 6:50 PM CDT (23:50 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 1992, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Riley County, KS

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, 2 hours 22 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, 1 hour 3 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
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 6:43 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-200030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
643 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 1992

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS...

AT 635 PM A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED JUST SOUTH OF MANHATTAN.
THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...PEA TO MARBLE HAIL
...GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO
THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO THE ALMA VICINITY BY 730 PM.

OTHER THUNDERTORMS DEVELOPED 25 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA...NEAR HOLTON AND
NEAR SENECA.

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, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsborne29 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.