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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 217, NWS Topeka, KS

July 29, 1992Barton County, Russell County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 1992, 10:19 PM CDT for Barton County, Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 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 29, 1992, 10:19 PM CDT (03:19 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 1992, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Barton County, KS, Russell County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 29, 10:25 PM CDTHail 0.75Russell, KS
Jul 29, 10:31 PM CDTHail 1.75Barton, 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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 1992-07-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1398 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1992-07-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1398 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2652 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.4

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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 29, 7:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 29, 8:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
KSZ013>016-300230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
823 PM CDT WED JUL 29 1992

AT 820PM CDT...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTED ABOUT 40 TO 45 MILES
NORTH OF TOPEKA ACROSS NORTHWEST ATCHISON...NORTHEAST JACKSON AND
EXTREME SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST 20 TO
25 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN ATCHISON COUNTY BETWEEN 820 AND
850PM THIS EVENING. THE CITIES OF MUSCOTAH...EFFINGHAM...WHITING AND
HURON ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL THAT COULD CAUSE FLOODING...DEADLY LIGHTNING...
HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE ABOUT 30 TO 35 MILES WEST OF TOPEKA NEAR
ALMA. THESE STOR|MS WERE ALSO MOVING EAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH.

REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR A GOOD SHARE OF
NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 1AM CDT.

AKULOW
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 8:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-300245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
846 PM CDT WED JUL 29 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT FOR ALL OF NORTH
   CENTRAL KANSAS EXCEPT OSBORNE AND SMITH COUNTIES PLUS SALINE...LINCOLN
   AND DICKINSON COUNTIES OF CENTRAL KANSAS...

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT FOR SMITH AND OSBORNE COUNTIES
   OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS PLUS RUSSELL AND BARTON COUNTIES OF CENTRAL KANSAS...
AT 845 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED NO SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL OR
NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS HOWEVER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 50 MILES
NORTHWEST OF PHILLIPSBURG INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS JUST EAST OF GOODLAND. THESEv
STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND SHOULD THEY HOLD TOGETHER
COULD AFFECT THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS BETWEEN
830 AND 900 PM CDT.

PACKETT
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 8:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-300245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...COR FOR TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
852 PM CDT WED JUL 29 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT FOR ALL OF NORTH
   CENTRAL KANSAS EXCEPT OSBORNE AND SMITH COUNTIES PLUS SALINE...LINCOLN
   AND DICKINSON COUNTIES OF CENTRAL KANSAS...

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT FOR SMITH AND OSBORNE COUNTIES
   OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS PLUS RUSSELL AND BARTON COUNTIES OF CENTRAL KANSAS...<
AT 850 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED NO SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL OR
NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS HOWEVER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 50 MILES
NORTHWEST OF PHILLIPSBURG INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS JUST EAST OF GOODLAND. THESE
STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND SHOULD THEY HOLD TOGETHER
COULD AFFECT THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS BETWEEN
930 AND 1000 PM CDT.

PACKETT
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 9:32 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-300330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
831 PM CDT WED JUL 29 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT FOR ALL OF NORTH
   CENTRAL KANSAS EXCEPT OSBORNE AND SMITH COUNTIES PLUS SALINE...LINCOLN...
   ELLSWORTH AND DICKINSON COUNTIES OF CENTRAL KANSAS...

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT FOR SMITH AND OSBORNE COUNTIES
   OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS PLUS RUSSELL AND BARTON COUNTIES OF CENTRAL KANSAS...<
AT 830 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT
EXTENDED TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
PHILLIPSBURG NEAR HOLDREGE TO 30 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF SALINA JUST EAST OF
ELLSWORTH.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 35 MILES WEST OF SALINA JUST
NORTH OF ELLSWORTH AND 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREAT BEND.  BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS AS
MOVE TOWARD THE EAST AT 30 MPH.
PACKETT
Local storm report, Jul 29, 9:36 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
935 PM CDT WED JUL 29 1992

STORM REPORTS FOR WED EVENING JULY 29 1992...

COUNTY        LOCATION        TIME-CDT    REPORT

BROWN         EAST OF         715PM       TREES DOWNED BY HIGH WINDS.
                 RESERVE

ATCHISON      LANCASTER       915PM       3/4 INCH HAIL

END

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAtchison48 min
Jul 29, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRussell33 min
Jul 29, 10:39 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPOsborne51 min
Jul 29, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay64 min
Jul 29, 11:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud37 min
Jul 29, 11:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPBrown3 hr
Jul 29, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRice39 min
Jul 30, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRiley44 min
Jul 30, 12:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Wabaunsee47 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.