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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Topeka, KS

June 24, 1992Osborne County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1992, 1:54 PM CDT for Osborne County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 min. 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 24, 1992, 1:54 PM CDT (18:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 1992, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Osborne County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 24, 2:24 PM CDTHail 0.75Osborne, 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, 6.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1992-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 786 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1992-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCNK 241856
SVRCNK
KSC141-241930-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
154 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  230 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN OSBORNE COUNTY
 
AT 154PM...RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE
CITY OF OSBORNE OR 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG. IT WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. IT WAS PART OF A LINE OF SEVERE STORMS THAT
EXTENDED FROM OSBORNE COUNTY...INTO SOUTHERN MITCHELL COUNTY...INTO
NORTHERN OTTAWA COUNTY. UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS.
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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, 2 hours 26 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, 2 hours 26 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, 2 hours 23 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, 2 hours 1 minute 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 59 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, 1 hour 18 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 11:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPNemaha47 min
Jun 24, 12:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Pottawatomie41 min
Jun 24, 12:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee, Wabaunsee69 min
Jun 24, 12:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMitchell50 min
Jun 24, 1:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsborne36 min
Jun 24, 1:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLincoln, Ottawa56 min
Jun 24, 1:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMitchell33 min
Jun 24, 1:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage63 min
Jun 24, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon62 min
Jun 24, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPFranklin68 min
Jun 24, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLincoln, Osborne, Russell62 min
Jun 24, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPEllsworth29 min
Jun 24, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPEllsworth46 min
Jun 24, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRussell65 min
Jun 24, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBarton26 min
Jun 24, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBarton63 min
Jun 24, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRice61 min
Jun 24, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBarton56 min
Jun 24, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Shawnee66 min
Jun 24, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson50 min

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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.