Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 229, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 1992, 9:08 PM CDT for Ottawa County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 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
- Aug 4, 1992, 9:08 PM CDT (02:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 1992, 9:34 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ottawa County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 9:20 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Ottawa, 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, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1248 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 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, Aug 4, 6:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
KSZ0013>016-050030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 632 PM CDT TUE AUG 4 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM... AT 625 PM...THERE WERE NO SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS IN ANY PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE IN SOUTHERN NEBRASKA NORTH OF MARYSVILLE HAD ALL BUT DISSIPATED TO THE EAST OF BEATRICE NEBRASKA. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG STORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 35 MPH IN SOUTHERN NEBRASKA NORTH OF CONCORDIA. THESE STORMS PRODUCE 68 MPH WIND GUSTS WHEN THEY MOVED THROUGH GRAND ISLAND AROUND 515 PM. THESE STORMS...IF THEY CONTINUE THEIR CURRENT TRACK...COULD BE MOVING INTO THE JUNCTION CITY/MANHATTAN AREA AROUND 830 PM CDT. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING IS IN THE MARYSVILLE...MANHATTAN AND JUNCTION CITY AREAS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS A*ND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BILLS
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 7:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-050045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 708 PM CDT TUE AUG 4 1992 ...ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS APPROACHING NORTHERN REPUBLIC COUNTY... AT 705PM...RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM FROM NEAR HEBRON OR ABOUT 40 MILES NORTH OF CONCORDIA TO ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF SUPERIOR NEBRASKA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE IN THE REPUBLIC...MUNDEN AND NARKA AREAS BY 740PM. WINDS OVER 40 MPH MAY ACCOMPANY VERY HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN REPUBLIC COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF N6ORTHCENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS EXCEPT FOR RICE..MCPHERSON..BARTON..AND RUSSELL COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM CDT... FREDERICK
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 7:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-050130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 735 PM CDT TUE AUG 4 1992 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN NORTHERN REPUBLIC COUNTY... AT 730 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY CONTAIN WINDS OVER 40 MPH AS WELL AS VERY HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR REPUBLIC OR 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA TO TO NEAR NARKA OR 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA. THEY WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE IN THE BELLEVILLE...SCANDIA...CUBA AND HADDAM AREA BY 815PM. PEOPLE AT THE REPUBLIC COUNTY FAIR IN BELLEVILLE SHOULD GET TO SHELTER UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS. ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BALL OF NORTHCENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS EXCEPT FOR RICE..MCPHERSON..BARTON..AND RUSSELL COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM CDT... FREDERICK
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 7:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
KSZ0013>016-050147- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 747 PM CDT TUE AUG 4 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE ENTERING NORTHEAST KANSAS... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG WERE ABOUT 10 MILES TO THE NORTHWEST OF MARYSVILLE AT 730 PM CDT. THE LINE TRAILED INTO NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS WHERE THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND CURRENT MOVEMENT WOULD MOVE THE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MARYSVILLE BLUE RAPIDS AND SENECA...ALL ABOUT 50 TO 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA BY 830 PM CDT AND IN THE TUTTLE CREEK RESEVOIR AREA JUST NORTH OF MANHATTAN. THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD MOVE INTO THE JUNCTION CITY TO VALLEY FALLS AREA...ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA BY AROUND 930 PM. GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND SOME SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. BOATERS AND CAMPERS IN THE TUTTLE CREEK RESERVOIR AREA SHOULD SEEK SHELTER. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVLOPING IN THE COUNCIL GROVE AREA ABOUT 50 MILES TO THE SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA...NO MOVEMENT ON THESE STORMS WAS ESTABLISHED AS OF 740 PM CDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT. BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND HAVE A PLAN FOR SEEKING SHELTER. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. FRANTZ
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 8:11 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-050200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 810 PM CDT TUE AUG 4 1992 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH REPUBLIC AND WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 805PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY CONTAIN WINDS OVER 40 MPH AS WELL AS VERY HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR JUST NORTHEAST OF NORWAY OR 10 MILES NORTH OF CONCORDIA TO 5 MILES WEST OF WASHINGTON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH AND WILL BE IN THE CONCORDIA...AGENDA...PALMER AND LINN AREAS BY 845PM. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD GET TO SHELTER UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS. ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHCENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS EXCEPT FOR RICE..MCPHERSON..BARTON..AND RUSSELL COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM CDT... FREDERICK
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 8:48 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 62 min |
| Aug 4, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 55 min |
| Aug 4, 8:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Cloud | 56 min |
| Aug 4, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 46 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.