Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1992, 9:13 AM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 62 min. 3 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 19, 1992, 9:13 AM CDT (14:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1992, 10:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Russell County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 9:28 AM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Russell, KS | |
| Jun 19, 9:45 AM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Russell, KS | |
| Jun 19, 9:54 AM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Russell, 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, 2.2 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
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 19, 6:21 AM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jun 19, 7:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
KSZALL-191330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 720 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 406 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR LYON AND MORRIS COUNTIES OF EASTCENTRAL KANSAS... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 407 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1PM CDT FOR GEARY AND RILEY COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 715 AM AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR SALINA TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EMPORIA TO NEAR CHANUTE. DANGEROUS LIGHTING, HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE EAST AT 20 MPH. ON THIS TRACK AND SPEED, THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE APPROACHING THE EMPORIA AREA BY 830 AM. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER MOST OF NORTHEAST KANSAS BY EARLY AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO NEAR 80 AT NOON AND TO THE MID 80S LATE IN THE DAY. WINDS WILL BE AROUND 10 MPH. LWS
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 7:22 AM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-191330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 720 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 407 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS EXCEPT BARTON COUNTY... AT 715 AM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A 30 MILE WIDE AREA WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR GUIDE ROCK NEBRASKA TO LINCOLN KANSAS TO 20 MILES EAST OF MCPHERSON. THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. HEAVY RAIN..HAIL..GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPRACHES YOUR AREA...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER. LLS
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 8:30 AM CDT, 43 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-191430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 825 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LINCOLN..SOUTHERN OSBORNE AND NORTHERN RUSSELL COUNTIES IS NOW CANCELLED..THE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED. AT 8 25 AM CDT THUNDERSTORMW WERE IN 20 MILE WIDE AREA FROM 30 MILES EAST OF PHILLIPSBURG NEAR SMITH CENTER TO OSBORNE TO LINCOLN TO JUST WEST OF SALINA TO MCPHERSON. THE AREA OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. EXPECT HEAVY RAINS..POSSIBLE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING FROM THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS. ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 407 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS EXCEPT BARTON COUNTY... dLLS
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 8:31 AM CDT, 42 minutes before
KSZALL-191430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 832 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 406 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR LYON AND MORRIS COUNTIES OF EASTCENTRAL KANSAS... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 407 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1PM CDT FOR GEARY AND RILEY COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 825 AM...NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM PHILLIPSBURG IN NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH SALINA TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF WICHITA TO CHANUTE. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ALL OF NORTHEAST KANSAS WILL REMAIN RAIN-FREE UNTIL 10 AM...THEN THE TOWNS AND CITIES OF MARYSVILLE...MANHATTAN AND EMPORIA WILL LIKELY BE THE FIRST AREAS TO SEE ANY OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE CITIES OF TOPEKA AND LAWRENCE WILL REMAIN RAIN-FREE THROUGH 11 AM. + SCATTERED SHOWERS ABD THUNDrERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO AROUND 80 AT NOON AND INTO THE MID 80S LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE VARIABLE AT 10 MPH...EXCEPT STRONGER IN THUNDERSTORMS. BARLOW
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 9:06 AM CDT, 7 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-191530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 905 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 407 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS EXCEPT BARTON COUNTY... AT 9 AM CDT THUNDERSTORMS..CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN..HAIL..GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WERE 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAYS NEAR COVERT TO NEAR LINCOLN..JUST WEST OF SALINA AND NEAR MCPHERSON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST OF A LINE FROM MANKATO TO JUST EAST OF SALINA TO MARION. THE AREA WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. LLS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 9:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osborne | 34 min |
| Jun 19, 9:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell | 59 min |
| Jun 19, 10:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ellsworth, Saline | 27 min |
| Jun 19, 10:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | McPherson, Rice | 57 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.