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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Topeka, KS

June 9, 1992Russell County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1992, 3:33 PM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 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
Jun 9, 1992, 3:33 PM CDT (20:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1992, 4:03 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Russell County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 9, 3:43 PM CDTHail 0.75Russell, 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 161 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1992-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1992-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1152 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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, Jun 9, 12:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-091845-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
1248 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL
KANSAS...

AT 1245PM...RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL
RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND MAYBE SOME GUSTY WINDS 5 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF MCPHERSON...MOVING SLOWLY NORTH.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM SMITH
CENTER TO SALINA...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINS OVER CENTRAL KANSAS.
MCPHERSON...ELLSWORTH...AND SOUTHERN SALINE COUNTIES CAN EXPECT SOME
VERY HEAVY RAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON. FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS IS
VERY LIKELY DURING THE HEAVY RAINS.

DO NOT DRIVE OVER WATER COVERED ROADS. LISTEN TO RADIO OR TV FOR THE
LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

FREDERICK
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 1:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-091845-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
102 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 1992

...LOW LYING AREAS IN SOUTHERN MCPHERSON COUNTY ARE GETTING COVERED WITH
WATER...AS HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO FALL IN THE INMAN AREA...

THE GROUND HAS BEEN SATURATED WITH RAINS DURING THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS
OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL KANSAS...SO ANY HEAVY RAINS THIS AFTERNOON MAY
CAUSE SOME FLOODING. THE FLOODING WILL MAINLY BE ALONG LOW LYING FIELDS
AND ALONG SOME SMALL CREEKS. THE MCPHERSON COUNTY SHERRIF REPORTED THAT
WATER WAS RUNNING OUT OF FIELDS AND ONTO SOME COUNTY ROADS NEAR INMAN.

AT 1PM...THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN MCPHERSON COUNTY ARE MOVING
SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD...BUT ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND
THE FLOODING SITUATION WILL BE CLOSELY WATCHED FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

DO NOT DRIVE OVER WATER COVERED ROADS!
...FREDERICK...
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 1:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-091945-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
137 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 1992

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL KANSAS...

THE WATCH INCLUDES...SALINE...MCPHERSON...ELLSWORTH...RICE...LINCOLN
OTTAWA...AND DICKINSON COUNTIES...AND MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
FLASH FLOODING.

THE GROUND HAS BEEN SATURATED WITH RAINS DURING THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS
OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL KANSAS...SO ANY HEAVY RAINS THIS AFTERNOON MAY
CAUSE SOME FLOODING. THE FLOODING WILL MAINLY BE ALONG LOW LYING FIELDS
AND ALONG SOME SMALL CREEKS...BUT FLASH FLOODING ALONG MAJOR CREEKS AND
STREAMS IS POSSIBLE.

AT 130PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
RUSSELL TO ABILENE...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE
FALLING OVER NORTHERN ELLSWORTH AND SOUTHERN SALINE COUNTIES.
DO NOT DRIVE OVER WATER COVERED ROADS AND GET YOURSELF TO SAFE GROUND IF
FLOODING LOOKS LIKE IT WILL OCCUR IN YOUR AREA. LISTEN TO RADIO OR TV
FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

FREDERICK
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 1:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-091945-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
154 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 1992

...A THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS AND POSSIBLE HAIL WAS NEAR IONIA
OR 35 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA...

THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH AND MAY ALSO CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IT WILL BE NEAR MANKATO BY 230PM.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HAYS TO JUNTION CITY. THEY
WERE ALSO MOVING NORT\H AND PRODUCING SOME VERY HEAVY RAINS OVER RUSSELL
ELLSWORTH AND SOUTHERN SALINE COUNTIES.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS. GET TO SAFE GROUND OR SHELTER IF NECESSARY.

JF
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-092045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
230 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 1992

A THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS AND POSSIBLE HAIL WAS 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MANKATO OR 35 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR MANKATO BY 245PM. TAKE COVER IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

AT 225PM...RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE MAINLY
WEST OF A LINE FROM HASTINGS NEBRASKA TO NEAR CONCORDIA TO AROUND
JUNCTION CITY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM FROM NEAR ESBON OR 15 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MANKATO TO NEAR BELOIT AND FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF SALINA
TO NEAR ABILENE. THESE LIKELY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAINS AND MAY CAUSE
FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE OVER WATER COVERED ROADS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL KANSAS.
...FREDERICK...
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:02 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-092045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
301 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 1992

AT 3PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS AND POSSIBLE HAIL WERE 15
MILES NORTH OF SALINA NEAR BENNINGTON AND NEAR MANKATO OR 35 MILES WEST OF
CONCORDIA. THEY WERE MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. THE MINNEAPOLIS AND
BURR OAK AREAS CAN EXPECT THESE STORMS BY AROUND 330PM.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM
HASTINGS NEBRASKA TO NEAR CONCORDIA TO NEAR MANHATTAN.
SOME OTHER AREAS THAT WERE GETTING HEAVY DOWNPOURS WERE NORTHERN
DICKINSON...SOUTHERN JEWELL AND NORTHERN MITCHELL CONTIES.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL KANSAS. REMEMBER DO NOT
DRIVE OVER WATER COVERED ROADS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE
LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

JF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 3:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPOsborne117 min
Jun 9, 5:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPOsborne119 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.