Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1992, 2:25 AM CDT for Geary County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr. 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 16, 1992, 2:25 AM CDT (07:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1992, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Geary County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 4:41 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Geary, 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
Local storm report, Jun 15, 11:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 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
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 12:14 AM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-160530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1215 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS HEADED FOR MORRIS COUNTY OF NORTHEAST KANSAS SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT... THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO ENTER THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MORRIS COUNTY AT 1208 AM CDT. THIS IS ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH OF JUNCTION CITY. HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM OVER WESTERN MORRIS COUNTY THROUGH 1230 AM. A TORNADO WARNING MAY BE ISSUED FOR MORRIS COUNTY AROUND 1230 AM IF THE TORNADIC STORMS OVER NORTHERN MARION AND SOUTHERN DICKINSON COUNTY CONTINUE TOWARD MORRIS COUNTY. BILLS
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 12:35 AM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-160530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1235 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE HEADED FOR MORRIS COUNTY OF NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 1230 AM CDT...THE APPARENT TORNADO IN SOUTHERN DICKONSON COUNTY WAS STILL SOME 10 TO 15 MILES WEST OF THE MORRIS COUNTY BORDER. THE STORM IS MOVING AT AROUND 25 MPH TO THE EAST NORTHEAST. CURENT MOVEMENT MEANS A TORNADO WARNING MAY BE ISSUED FOR MORRIS COUNTY AROUND OR SHORTLY BEFORE 1 AM CDT. PEOPLE N MORRIS COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT...AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTIN IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES. BILLS
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 12:36 AM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-160615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO UGC CODE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1235 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE HEADED FOR MORRIS COUNTY OF NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 1230 AM CDT...THE APPARENT TORNADO IN SOUTHERN DICKENSON COUNTY WAS STILL SOME 10 TO 15 MILES WEST OF THE MORRIS COUNTY BORDER. THE STORM IS MOVING AT AROUND 25 MPH TO THE EAST NORTHEAST. CURENT MOVEMENT MEANS A TORNADO WARNING MAY BE ISSUED FOR MORRIS COUNTY AROUND OR SHORTLY BEFORE 1 AM CDT. PEOPLE IN MORRIS COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT...AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES. BILLS
Local storm report, Jun 16, 12:39 AM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 12:39 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992 ADDITIONAL STORM REPORTS FOR MONDAY EVENING JUNE 15,1992 MITCHELL COUNTY LARGE TREES AND POWER POLES DOWN IN RURAL AREAS OF THE COUNTY.. SEVERAL FARM HOME DAMAGED. NO KNOWN DEATHS OR INJURIES. OTTAWA COUNTY NO DEATHS OR INJURIES..NUMEROUS REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL..TREE DAMAGE. LLS
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 2:07 AM CDT, 18 minutes before
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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, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 65 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 |
Nearby
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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.