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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Topeka, KS

September 17, 1992Ottawa County, Saline County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 17, 1992, 7:48 PM CDT for Ottawa County, Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 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: Sep 17, 1992, 7:48 PM CDT (00:48 UTC)
Expired: Sep 17, 1992, 8:32 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Whole counties

Counties Ottawa County, KS, Saline County, KS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Sep 17, 8:00 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, 0.8 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1052 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -147 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1558 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 160 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 299 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCNK 180049
SVRCNK
KSC169-143-180145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
748 PM CDT THU SEP 17 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...NORTHERN SALINE COUNTY
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN OTTAWA COUNTY
 
AT 745 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN LINCOLN COUNTY 5
MILES SOUTHWEST OF TESCOTT OR 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF SALINA MOVING TO THE
EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR TESCOTT..CULVER AND GLENDALE BY
815 PM AND MAY BE NEAR SALINA BY 830 PM.
 
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 70 MPH WINDS..HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE L4OWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY... SO
DON'T DRIVE ONTO WATER-COVERED ROADS.
 
 
ANDERSEN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 17, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Washington	26 min
Sep 17, 8:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall	41 min
Sep 17, 10:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jewell	64 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.