Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 1992, 11:47 PM CDT for Pottawatomie County, Shawnee County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 min. 3 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
- Apr 9, 1992, 11:47 PM CDT (04:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 1992, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Pottawatomie County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 11:55 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Pottawatomie, KS | |
| Apr 10, 12:01 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Pottawatomie, KS | |
| Apr 10, 12:08 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Wabaunsee, 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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 954 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 264 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTOP 100448 SVRTOP KSC177-197-149-100530- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1147 PM CDT THU APR 9 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS ...NORTHWESTERN SHAWNEE COUNTY...NORTHERN WABAUNSEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS ...SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY AT 1145 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES WEST OF TOPEKA OR NORTH OF THE COMMUNITY OF PAXICO. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PASS NEAR THE COMMUNITIES OF ST MARYS...ROSSVILLE...BELVUE AND EMMETT BY 1230 AM. 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 LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY: RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY... SO DON'T DRIVE ONTO WATER-COVERED ROADS. KISNER
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, Apr 9, 10:48 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-100445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1047 PM CDT THU APR 9 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN NORTHEAST AND EAST-CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 1040 PM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA NEAR HOLTON EASTWARD INTO WEST-CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS JUST TO THE EAST OF HOLTON. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE STORMS ALONG THE LINE ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM NEAR HOLTON WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN ATCHISON COUNTY SHORTLY AFTER 11 PM. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN EAST-CENTRAL KANSAS. THIS ACTIVITY WAS FROM ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MANHATTAN TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF SALINA NEAR MCPHERSON. THESE STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED RAPIDLY AND WILL ALSO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH COVERS ALL OF NORTHEAST AND EAST-CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 4 AM. PERSON IN THE REGION SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AS WEATHER CONDTIONS MAY CHANGE RAPIDLY. KISNER
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 10:55 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-100450- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1054 PM CDT THU APR 9 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 115 IN EFFECT FOR RICE AND MCPHERSON COUNTIES OF CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 3 AM... AT 1050 PM RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 20 MILES WIDE EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF SALINA NEAR LINDSBORG NORTHEAST TO 35 MILES EAST OF SALINA NEAR WOODBINE. THE STRONGEST THUNDER- STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF LINDSBORG NEAR BRIDGEPORT. BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PERSONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF MCPHERSON AND SOUTHEZRN DICKINSON COUNTIES SHOULD BE AWARE OF RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE NEXT HOUR. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. SW
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 11:18 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-100515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1117 PM CDT THU APR 9 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN EAST-CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 11 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF JUNCTION CITY. THE STRONGEST STORMS EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES WEST OF TOPEKA NEAR ALMA TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF JUNCTION CITY NEAR WHITE CITY. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS...PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THIS ACTIVITY IS MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. RAIN IS LIKELY BY MIDNIGHT IN THE ST MARYS AND ROSSVILLE AREAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES OVER NORTHEAST AND EAST-CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 4 AM CDT. PERSONS ACROSS THE REGION SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IF THEATHENING WEATHER APPROACHES. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHEAST AND EAST-CENTRAL KANSAS INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. KISNER
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 11:27 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-100450- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1126 PM CDT THU APR 9 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 115 IS NOW CANCELLED FOR RICE AND MCPHERSON COUNTIES OF9 CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 1125 PM RADAR DID NOT SHOW ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER CENTRAL KANSAS. SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP IN THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS HOWEVER THE THREAT OF SEVERE HAS ENDED. RK
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 11:36 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
KSZ012-KSZ014-KSZ017-100535- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1135 PM CDT THU APR 9 1992 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 116 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PART OF KANSAS. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ...EAST CENTRAL... CHASE ...SOUTHEAST... ALLEN BOURBON GREENWOOD WOODSON SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 116 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM FOR THE REST OF EAST CENTRAL AND ALL OF NORTHEAST KANSAS. BILLS
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 11:38 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-100545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1137 PM CDT THU APR 9 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN EAST-CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 1125 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 25 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA NEAR MAYETTA TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA NEAR ST MARYS TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF JUNCTION CITY. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS... GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SOME PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS IS TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN GEARY...WABAUNSEE...SOUTHEAST POTTAWATOMIE...NORTHWEST SHAWNEE AND SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTIES CAN EXPECT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN THEIR AREA UNTIL AT LEAST 1 AM. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY TO SHELTER IF THREATENING APPROACHES. CURRENT MOVEMENT WILL KEEP THE RAIN TO THE NORTH OF THE TOPEKA AND LAWRENCE AREAS...BUT MORE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP LATER. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA UNTIL 4 AM CDT. KISNER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Atchison, Jackson, Jefferson | 62 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.