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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 207, NWS Topeka, KS

July 22, 1992Saline County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 1992, 8:29 PM CDT for Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 61 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 22, 1992, 8:29 PM CDT (01:29 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 1992, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Saline County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 22, 8:42 PM CDTHail 1.75Saline, 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 176 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1992-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 660 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1992-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
660 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1160 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
3.2

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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 22, 6:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 22, 6:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-230030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
633 PM CDT WED JUL 22 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN BARTON COUNTY...

AT 630PM...RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM...THAT MAY CONTAIN HAIL..VERY
HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG WINDS NEAR REDWING OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF
GREAT BEND. IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL BE IN THE ODIN
AND CLAFLIN AREAS BY 7PM. THE STORM HAD INCREASED SINCE 6PM.
 R
OTHER SCATTERED WEAKER STORMS WERE ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL KANSAS.

GO TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES AND LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS.

JF
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 6:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-230030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
649 PM CDT WED JUL 22 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER BARTON COUNTY...

AT 645PM...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF
BARTON COUNTY. STORMS WITH POSSIBLE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS WERE JUST
SOUTHWEST OF PAWNEE ROCK OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREAT BEND...EXTENDING
TO NEAR ODIN IN NORTHEAST BARTON COUNTY. THESE WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST
AT 15 MPH.

ALSO SOME VERY HEAVY RAINS MAY FALL ACROSS BARTON COUNTY DURING THE
REST OF THIS EVENING AND SOME FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS MAY OCCUR.

GO TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES AND LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS.

JF
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 7:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-230030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
714 PM CDT WED JUL 22 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #671 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ALL
OF CENTRAL KANSAS AND CLAY AND OTTAWA COUNTIES IN NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 710PM...RADAR SHOWED STRONG STORMS OVER SOUTHERN BARTON COUNTY FROM
NEAR PAWNEE ROCK OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREAT BEND TO NEAR ELLINWOOD.
THESE MAY CONTAIN HAIL...WINDS OVER 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINS THAT MAY
FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS. THEY WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE
OVER SOUTHERN BARTON COUNTY UNTIL 745PM.

GO TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES AND LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINdGS ON THESE STORMS.

JF
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 7:37 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-230130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
735 PM CDT WED JUL 22 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR RILEY POTTAWATOMIE
   GEARY WABAUNSEE MORRIS AND LYON COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST KANSAS...

AT 725PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED BY RADAR OVER SOUTHERN WABAUNSEE
AND MORRIS COUNTIES.  THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF
COUNCIL GROVE LAKE OR ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JUNCTION CITY. THEY
HAVE DECREASED SOME IN THE PAST HOUR AND ARE DRIFTING TO THE
EASTSOUTHEAST ABOUT 25 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS DURING
THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING AND A FEW MAY BECOME SEVERE PRIOR
TO MIDNIGHT.

PERSONS THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST KANSAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.  THESE
STORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY BRIEF HEAVY RAIN  GUSTY WINDS AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

KML...
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 7:39 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-230130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
735 PM CDT WED JUL 22 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR RILEY POTTAWATOMIE
   GEARY WABAUNSEE MORRIS AND LYON COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST KANSAS...

AT 725PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED BY RADAR OVER SOUTHERN WABAUNSEE
AND MORRIS COUNTIES.  THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF
COUNCIL GROVE LAKE OR ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JUNCTION CITY. THEY
HAVE DECREASED SOME IN THE PAST HOUR AND ARE DRIFTING TO THE
EASTSOUTHEAST ABOUT 25 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS DURING
THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING AND A FEW MAY BECOME SEVERE PRIOR
TO MIDNIGHT.

PERSONS THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST KANSAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.  THESE
STORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY BRIEF HEAVY RAIN  GUSTY WINDS AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

KML...

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPSaline54 min
Jul 22, 8:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPSaline2 hr
Jul 22, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRussell30 min
Jul 22, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLincoln24 min
Jul 22, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPEllsworth41 min
Jul 22, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa44 min
Jul 22, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPEllsworth62 min
Jul 22, 10:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPSaline6 hr
Jul 23, 2:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRice59 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.