Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 208, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 1992, 9:00 PM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 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
- Jul 22, 1992, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 1992, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Russell County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 9:03 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Russell, KS | |
| Jul 22, 9:27 PM CDT | Hail 1.5 | Russell, 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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 2951 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1649 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, 6:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 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, 2 hours 10 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 44 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, 1 hour 23 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, 1 hour 21 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, 8:35 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
KSZ013-014-230230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 834 PM CDT WED JUL 22 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS GROWING OVER MORRIS AND WABAUNSEE COUNTIES... AT 825PM RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE TOWN OF ALTA VISTA ALONG THE MORRIS WABAUNSEE COUNTY LINE. THIS IS ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JUNCTION CITY. MARBLE SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS CELL. IT IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL LIKELY PASS EAST OF COUNCIL GROVE AROUND 9PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS ARE FOUND OVER SOUTHERN WABAUNSEE COUNTY AND JUST EAST OF FORT RILEY. THEY TOO ARE DRIFTING SOUTHEAST ABOUT 25 MPH. ANY OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN PORTION OF NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. KML
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Saline | 54 min |
| Jul 22, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Saline | 61 min |
| Jul 22, 8:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Saline | 2 hr |
| Jul 22, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lincoln | 24 min |
| Jul 22, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ellsworth | 41 min |
| Jul 22, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 44 min |
| Jul 22, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ellsworth | 62 min |
| Jul 22, 10:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Saline | 6 hr |
| Jul 23, 2:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Rice | 59 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.