Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1992, 6:08 PM CDT for Osborne County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 1992, 6:08 PM CDT (23:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1992, 6:55 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Osborne County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 753 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCNK 052309 SVRCNK KSC141-060015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 608 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...EASTERN OSBORNE COUNTY AT 605 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG OR JUST NORTHWEST OF OSBORNE. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR DOWNS BY 630 PM CDT. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. 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 SHELTERr... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. WHITMORE
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, Jun 5, 3:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-052115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 345 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1992 ...TORNADO WATCHES 298 & 299 ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND ALL COUNTIES OF CENTRAL KANSAS EXCEPT RICE AND MCPHERSON... AT 340 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED NO PRECIPITATION ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS BUT CONDITIONS ARE VERY FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND POSSIBLE TORNADO DEVELOPMENT MAINLY TO THE NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM SENECA TO MANHATTAN TO SALINA TO GREAT BEND TO MEADE. RADAR DID HOWEVER INDICATED A LARGE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS 25 MILES NORTH OF HILL CITY AND MOVING TO EAST AT 35 MPH. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AfREAS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. PACKETT
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 4:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-052215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 410 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 299 IS IN EFFECT FROM 430PM UNTIL 11PM THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THAT PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS WEST OF A LINE FROM SENECA TO HOLTON TO ALMA... AT 410PM RADAR INDICATED NO SEVERE WEATHER IN NORTHEAST KANSAS. LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WERE ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF LAWRENCE AND TOPEKA. THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN WEST AND CENTRAL KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS LATER THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE COMMERCIAL BROADCAStT MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE WEATHER SITUATION. LWS
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 4:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-052215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 419 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1992 ...TORNADO WATCHES 298 & 299 ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND ALL COUNTIES OF CENTRAL KANSAS EXCEPT RICE AND MCPHERSON... AT 4 10 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS EXTENDING IN AN AREA 20 MILES WIDE FROM 50 MILES EAST OF PHILLIPSBURG NEAR BURR OAK WEST TO 30 MILES WEST OF PHILLIPSBURG. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR PHILLIPSBURG AND 10 MILES WEST OF PHILLIPSBURG. VERY HEAVY RAIN..DEADLY LIGHTNING...HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. PERSdONS IN THE WATCH AREAS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. SW
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 5:12 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-052315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 512 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1992 ...TORNADO WATCHES 298 & 299 ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND ALL COUNTIES OF CENTRAL KANSAS EXCEPT RICE AND MCPHERSON... AT 5 05 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS EXTENDING IN AN AREA 15 MILES WIDE FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG OR JUST SOUTHWEST OF CLAUDELL TO 15 MILES EAST OF PHILLIPSBURG NEAR KENS- INGTON. BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING AREA POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED A2T ATHOL OR 10 MILES WEST OF SMITH CENTER AND 510 PM. LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. SW
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 5:19 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-052315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 517 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 299 IS IN EFFECT FROM 430PM UNTIL 11PM THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THAT PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS WEST OF A LINE FROM SENECA TO HOLTON TO ALMA TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF JUNCTION CITY... AT 512 PM...RADAR SHOWED NO PRECIPITATION IN NORTHEAST KANSAS. THE LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS THAT WERE TO THE SOUTH OF LAWRENCE AND TOPEKA EARLIER HAVE DISSIPATED. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER WESTERN KANSAS AND ARE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 35 MPH. THE CLOSEST THUNDERSTORMS TO NORTHEAST KANSAS...THAT MIGHT EVENTUALLY REACH NORTHEAST KANSAS WER TO THE NORTH OF RUSSELL...SOME 15 TO 20 MILES EAST OF PHILLIPSBURG. THESE STORMS...IF THEY CONTINUE THEIR CURRENT MOVEMENT...COULD BE MOVING INTO MARSHALL...RILEY AND GEARY COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST KANSAS BETWEEN 8 PM AND 9 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE COMMERCIAL BROADCAST MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. BILLS
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 5:50 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-060000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 550 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1992 ...TORNADO WATCHES 298 & 299 ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND ALL COUNTIES OF CENTRAL KANSAS EXCEPT RICE AND MCPHERSON... AT 5 48 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG OR JUST EAST OF ALTON IN NORTHERN OSBORNE COUNTY. PEA SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM THIS STORM. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE NEAR DOWNS BY 6 05 PM CDT. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTH WEST OF A LINE FROM HEBRON NEBRASKA TO BELOIT TO JUST NORTH OF RUSSELL. THIS AREA IS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. LLS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Mitchell | 56 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.