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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Topeka, KS

April 10, 1992Atchison County, Jackson County, Jefferson County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 1992, 12:28 AM CDT for Atchison County, Jackson County, Jefferson County, Kansas. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 1992, 12:28 AM CDT (05:28 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 1992, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Atchison County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 46 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1992-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1992-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 128 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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, Apr 9, 10:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 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, 1 hour 10 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, 1 hour 1 minute 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, 52 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, 50 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
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 12:01 AM CDT, 27 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 11:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee43 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992

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.