Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 221, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 1992, 11:59 PM CDT for Rice County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 29, 1992, 11:59 PM CDT (04:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 1992, 12:38 AM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rice County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 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
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, 8:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 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, 3 hours 11 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, 3 hours 6 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, 2 hours 27 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, 2 hours 23 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
ENDSpecial weather statement, Jul 29, 10:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-300430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1034 PM CDT WED JUL 29 1992 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 1030 PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SOME 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF TOPEKA NEAR ATCHISON. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE FOUND 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF MANHATTAN. ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. AREAS TO THE NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA...ESPECIALLY THE HOLTON AREA...MAY SEE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THEIR AREA AFTER 11 PM. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS INDICATED BY RADAR...BUT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 1 AM FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST KANSAS. + BARLOW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Atchison | 48 min |
| Jul 29, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Barton, Russell | 41 min |
| Jul 29, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Russell | 33 min |
| Jul 29, 10:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Osborne | 51 min |
| Jul 29, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 64 min |
| Jul 29, 11:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 37 min |
| Jul 29, 11:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Brown | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Riley | 44 min |
| Jul 30, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee | 47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.