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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 210, NWS Topeka, KS

July 22, 1992Ellsworth County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 1992, 9:34 PM CDT for Ellsworth County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 22, 1992, 9:34 PM CDT (02:34 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 1992, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Ellsworth County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 180 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1992-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2951 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1992-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 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
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

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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, 6:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 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, 2 hours 18 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 57 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 55 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, 59 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
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 9:17 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
KSZ013-014-230300-

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

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING BETWEEN JUNCTION CITY AND
MANHATTAN...

AT 910 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR JUNCTION CITY.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
25 MPH AND WILL PASS BETWEEN ALMA AND EMPORIA FROM 930 TO 1000 PM CDT.

DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND VERY HEAVY
RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS.  IF THE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR
AREA...SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CDT.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE
THUNDERSTORMS.

HOLDERBACH

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, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPSaline61 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, 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

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.