Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1992, 12:10 AM CDT for Ottawa County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 1992, 12:10 AM CDT (05:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1992, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ottawa County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 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
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, 9:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 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 THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...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, 2 hours 24 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, 1 hour 41 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, 1 hour 21 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
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 11:27 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-160530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1127 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS HEADING INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS. AT 1125 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 80 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA NEAR MARION KANSAS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO THE MORRIS COUNTY AND COUNCIL GROVE AREA ABOUT MIDNIGHT. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED TORNADOES ACROSS PARTS OF MCPHERSON AND MARION COUNTIES EARLY TONIGHT. MEANWHILE...ANOTHER SEVERE STORM CONTINUES ABOUT 35 MILES WEST OF MANHATTAN. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AS IT MOVES SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST. THIS STORM HAS ALSO PRODUCED NUMEROUS TORNADOES AND FLOODING IN THE CONCORDIA AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS AREA. IF YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR GEARY AND MORRIS COUNTIES...BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THESE SEVERE STORMS AROUND OR AFTER MIDNIGHT. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FRO|M WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE MANHATTAN...JUNCTION CITY... MARYSVILLE AND COUNCIL GROVE AREAS UNTIL 4AM CDT. AKULOW
Local storm report, Jun 15, 11:59 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1150 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT FOR MONDAY EVENING JUN 15, 1992 ALL TIMES CDT... SMITH COUNTY 8:10 PM CDT MARBLE SIZE HAIL JUST SOUTH OF LEBANON. OSBORNE COUNTY SEVERAL TORNADOES..NO DEATHS OR INJURIES... DAMAGE ACROSS THE COUNTY..POWER POLES DOWNED..WINDOWS BROKEN..LARGE TREES DOWN. BUILDINGS AND ROOFS DAMAGED IN OSBORNE..SEVERAL FARMS WITH DAMAGE. JEWELL COUNTY SIX TORNADOES REPORTED..NO DEATHS OR INJURIES... DAMAGE ACROSS THE COUNTY INCLUDED TREES DOWN..POWER POLES DOWN..SEVERAL FARMS DAMAGED. REPUBLIC COUNTY NO KNOWN DAMAGE AT THIS TIME. CLOUD COUNTRY NO DEATHS OR INJURIES..IN THE JAMESTOWN AREtA TREES AND POWER POLES DOWN. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF HAIL. ADDITIONAL REPORTS WILL BE SENT TUESDAY. LLS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jewell | 54 min |
| Jun 15, 7:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 42 min |
| Jun 15, 8:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Mitchell | 42 min |
| Jun 15, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 67 min |
| Jun 15, 8:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 57 min |
| Jun 15, 8:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Mitchell | 61 min |
| Jun 15, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud | 62 min |
| Jun 15, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lincoln | 31 min |
| Jun 15, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 66 min |
| Jun 15, 10:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud | 46 min |
| Jun 15, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 36 min |
| Jun 16, 12:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 29 min |
| Jun 16, 12:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 33 min |
| Jun 16, 12:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Morris | 65 min |
| Jun 16, 1:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 2:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Wabaunsee | 3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.