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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Topeka, KS

June 15, 1992Cloud County, Ottawa County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1992, 11:24 PM CDT for Cloud County, Ottawa County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 min. 2 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
Jun 15, 1992, 11:24 PM CDT (04:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1992, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cloud County, KS, Ottawa County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 15, 11:25 PM CDTHail 1.75Ottawa, KS
Jun 16, 12:08 AM CDTHail 1.75Ottawa, 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, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 1992-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3938 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1992-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 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
3938 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
954 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.6
Supercell composite
11.9

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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 15, 8:03 PM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
KSZ013>016-160204-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
804 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992

A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM FOR A SMALL PART OF
NORTHEAST KANSAS. THE WATCH COVERS RILEY...GEARY AND MORRIS COUNTIES
WHICH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF MANHATTAN...JUNCTION CITY AND COUNCIL
GROVE.

THE WATCH ALSO EXTENDS WEST INTO CENTRAL KANSAS.

AT 750 PM...NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED ANYWHERE ACROSS
NORTHEAST KANSAS.  HOWEVER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS ABOUT 45 MILES WEST OF MANHATTAN AND ANOTHER ABOUT 40 MILES WEST
OF MARYSVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH.
THIS MOVEMENT AND SPEED WOULD BRING THESE STORMS INTO THE MARYSVILLE
AREA AND MILFORD RESERVOIR...WHICH IS JUST NORTH OF JUNCTION CITY
AROUND 9 PM AND IN THE MANHATTAN VICINITY SHORTLY AFTER 9 PM ASSUMING
THEY CONINUE ON THEIR CURRENT PATH AND NO OTHER STORMS POP UP OUT AHEAD
OF THEM.

PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST KANSAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO LOCAL WEATHER
DEVELOPMENTS IN YOUR PARTICULAR AREA. IF THREATENING THUNDERSTORMS
APPROACH...BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION.

STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR LATER INFORMATION
ON WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS IN NORTHEAST KANSAS.

FRANTZ
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 9:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
KSZ013>016-160310-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
910 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992

A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 11PM FOR A SMALL PART OF NORTHEAST
KANSAS. THE WATCH COVERS RILEY...GEARY AND MORRIS COUNTIES WHICH
INCLUDES THE CITIES OF MANHATTAN...JUNCTION CITY AND COUNCIL GROVE.

THE WATCH ALSO EXTENDS WEST INTO CENTRAL KANSAS.

AT 910 PM...THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS IN THE CONCORDIA
VICINITY WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH.

THIS MOVEMENT AND SPEED WOULD BRING THESE STORMS INTO THE MARYSVILLE
...JUNCTION CITY MILFORD LAKE AREA BETWEEN 10PM AND 11PM.

THE STORMS HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS
...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL.
+
PERSONS IN THE MARYSVILLE...JUNCTION CITY AND MILFORD LAKE AREA
SHOULD BE ALERT TO THESE EXTREMELY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS.
IF THREATENING STORMS APPROACH...SEEK INDOOR SHELTER AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR LATER INFORMATION
ON WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS IN NORTHEAST KANSAS.

AKULOW
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 9:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
KSZ007-008-160335-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
935 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 364 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PART OF KANSAS.
THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

...NORTH CENTRAL...
OSBORNE         SMITH

...CENTRAL...
BARTON          RUSSELL

THE FOLLOWING CITIES ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE TORNADO
WATCH...

GREAT BEND      RUSSELL         SMITH CENTER

THE TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TO THE EAST OF THE
ABOVE LISTED COUNTIES.

BILLS
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 9:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-160345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
945 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992

...SEVERE WEATHER IS LIKELY ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS LATE TONIGHT...

AT 940 PM...A LARGE CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED NEAR AND
SOUTH OF CONCORDIA.  THESE SEVERE STORMS HAVE A PAST HISTORY OF PRODUCINNUMEROUS TORNADOES.

HEADING INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS...IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE STORMS WILL
CONTINUE TO PUSH EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

BASED ON THIS MOVEMENT...SEVERE STORMS WILL MOVE ROUGHLY ALONG
INTERSTATE 70 INTO THE MILFORD LAKE/MANHATTAN/FT RILEY AREAS BETWEEN
1030 AND 1130 PM.  LOOKING FURTHER AHEAD...THEY COULD MOVE TOWARDS
TOPEKA SHORTLY AFTER MIDNI$GHT.

IF YOU LIVE INTO THIS AREA...BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER BEFORE THE SEVE
WEATHER NEARS.

FELDT
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 10:29 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-160430-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1028 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992

...SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES OVER CENTRAL KANSAS AND IS DRIFTING EAST...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH NUMEROUS TORNADOES...CONTINUED ACROSS PARTS
OF CENTRAL KANSAS AT 1020 PM.  MOST WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER WAS
LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF CONCORDIA.  THIS AREA OF STORMS WAS SLOWLY MOVING
EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

IT LOOKS LIKE AN ACTIVE SEVERE WEATHER NIGHT FOR CENTRAL KANSAS...AS
ANOTHER TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THAT AREA THOUGH 4 AM.

ALTHOUGH IT NOW LOOKS LIKE MOST OF THE SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE OBSERVED
ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS SOME OF THE STORMS WILL LIKELY DRIFT INTO NORTHEASPARTS OF THE STATE.  POTENTIALLY SEVERE STORMS COULD NEAR THE
MILFORM LAKE...FT RILEY...MANHATTAN AREAS BETWEEN 11 PM AND MIDNIGHT.

IF YOU LIVE IN THIS AREA...CONTINUE TO KEEP ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND
STAY INFORMED FOR POSSIBLE PWARNINGS.

FELDT
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 10:49 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-160445-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1048 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED NORTH OF WICHITA...

A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF
WICHITA AS OF 1045 PM.  THIS STORM WAS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY AND WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

IF THIS CURRENT SPEED AND MOVEMENT PERSISTS...THIS STORM COULD MOVE
INTO MORRIS AND GEARY COUNTIES AROUND 1130 PM.

MEANWHILE...THE CENTRAL KANSAS SEVERE STORM NEAR CONCORDIA...HAD
TENDED TO SLOW TO A CRAWL SINCE 10 PM.  THIS DECREASES THE CHANCE THAT
IT WILL AFFECT RILEY COUNTY BEFORE MIDNIGHT.

IF YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR GEARY OR MORRIS COUNT^IES...IT WOULD BE A GOOD
IDEA TO MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION THROUGH AT LEAST MIDNIGHT.

FELDT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 7:06 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPJewell54 min
Jun 15, 7:33 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPRepublic42 min
Jun 15, 8:03 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPMitchell42 min
Jun 15, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud67 min
Jun 15, 8:33 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPCloud, Ottawa57 min
Jun 15, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPMitchell61 min
Jun 15, 9:13 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPCloud62 min
Jun 15, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLincoln31 min
Jun 15, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa66 min
Jun 15, 10:14 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPCloud46 min
Jun 16, 12:01 AM CDTTornado WarningTOPDickinson29 min
Jun 16, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa65 min
Jun 16, 12:27 AM CDTTornado WarningTOPDickinson33 min
Jun 16, 12:55 AM CDTTornado WarningTOPMorris65 min
Jun 16, 1:30 AM CDTTornado WarningTOPDickinson45 min
Jun 16, 2:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Wabaunsee3 hr

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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.