Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1992, 1:24 PM CDT for Osborne County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 1992, 1:24 PM CDT (18:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1992, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Osborne County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 786 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1864 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
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 24, 11:28 AM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-241700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1125 AM CDT WED JUN 24 1992 AT 1120 AM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA FROM MARYSVILLE TO WASHINGTON TO SUPERIOR NEBRASKA. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL BE ALONG A LINE FROM JUST NORTH OF CONCORDIA TO CLAY CENTER BY THE NOON HOUR. AT 1110 AM CDT PEA SIZE HAIL AND 50 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED AT HOLLENBERG IN NORTHEAST WASHINGTON COUNTY. LLS
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 11:28 AM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
KSZALL-250000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TIME OF ISSUANCE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1125 AM CDT WED JUN 24 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON... ESPECIALLY CENTRAL AND EASTERN SECTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. THE BETTER CHANCES FOR SEVERE STORMS WOULD BE TO THE EAST OF A NORTON TO GREAT BEND TO THE OKLAHOMA BORDER SOUTH OF PRATT LINE. THE OVERALL BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS IN THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE STATE. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL IN KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE TO THE NORTHWEST AND NORTHEAST OF TOPEKA AT 1120 AM CDT. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP SOUTHEAST THROUGH EASTERN KANSAS DURING THE AFTERNOON. PB
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 11:31 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-241730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1131 AM CDT WED JUN 24 1992 ...MORE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 1120 AM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS CROSSING THE KANSAS NEBRASKA BORDER AND EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARYSVILLE TO 20 MILES WEST OF MARYSVILLE NEAR WASHINGTON. THE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO THE MARYSVILLE AREA BY 1145 AM AND THE SENECA AND FRANKFORT AREAS BY NOON. STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST KANSAS. LAPLANTE
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 11:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-241800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1150 AM CDT WED JUN 24 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EAST OF A LINE FROM WASHINGTON TO CLAY CENTER TO ABILENE TO ELDORADO... AT 1150 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A 10 MILE WIDE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS NEAR MARYSVILLE TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA NEAR AGENDA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 25 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA NEAR LINN AND 40 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA NEAR WATERVILLE. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PACKETT
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 11:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-241800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1154 AM CDT WED JUN 24 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE NORTH OF THE KANSAS RIVER... AT 1137 AM A LINE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARYSVILLE TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARYSVILLE NEAR BLUE RAPIDS. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM LAWRENCE TO 30 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA NEAR HOLTON. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR LAWRENCE AND IN WESTERN NEMAHA COUNTY NEAR BAILEYVILLE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. LAPLANTE
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 12:36 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-241830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1234 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EAST OF A LINE FROM WASHINGTON TO CLAY CENTER TO ABILENE TO ELDORADO... AT 1232 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING TO THE NORTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF MANHATTAN TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF CONCORDIA MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 25 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF CONCORDIA NEAR CLAY CENTER AND JUST SOUTHEAST OF CONCORDIA. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM BEATRICBE TO HASTINGS NEBRASKA AND WAS ALSO MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS BETWEEN 1PM AND 115PM CDT. PACKETT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 11:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 47 min |
| Jun 24, 12:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Pottawatomie | 41 min |
| Jun 24, 12:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 69 min |
| Jun 24, 12:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Mitchell | 50 min |
| Jun 24, 1:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lincoln, Ottawa | 56 min |
| Jun 24, 1:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Mitchell | 33 min |
| Jun 24, 1:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osage | 63 min |
| Jun 24, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osborne | 36 min |
| Jun 24, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 62 min |
| Jun 24, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Franklin | 68 min |
| Jun 24, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lincoln, Osborne, Russell | 62 min |
| Jun 24, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ellsworth | 29 min |
| Jun 24, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ellsworth | 46 min |
| Jun 24, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Russell | 65 min |
| Jun 24, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Barton | 26 min |
| Jun 24, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Barton | 63 min |
| Jun 24, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Rice | 61 min |
| Jun 24, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Barton | 56 min |
| Jun 24, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Shawnee | 66 min |
| Jun 24, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson | 50 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.