Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Topeka, KS

Issued

Apr 10, 1992, 8:14 PM CDT (01:14 UTC)

Expired

Apr 10, 1992, 9:00 PM CDT

In force

46 min

Issued by

NWS Topeka, KS

Area

Whole counties

County Russell County, 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.

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KSC167-110200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
814 PM CDT FRI APR 10 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...EASTERN RUSSELL COUNTY
 
AT 811 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 40 MILES EAST OF HAYS
NEAR WILSON LAKE MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR BUNKER
HILL SHORTLY. HAIL UP TO INCH HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.
 
 
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.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RXAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY... SO
DON'T DRIVE ONTO WATER-COVERED ROADS.
 
KLEYLA

In the hours before

KSZ007-008-010-011-110100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
658 AM CDT FRI APR 10 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER PARTS OF NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS THIS
EVENING...

AT 655 PM RADAR SHOWED TWO RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.  ONE STORM WAS LOCATED
40 MILES NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF WASHINGTON.
THE OTHER STORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAYS OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST
OF RUSSELL.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH-
CENTRAL KANSAS DURING THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS.  PERSONS SHOULD BE AWARE
OF RAPIDLYK CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

KLEYLA

KSZ013-014-015-016-110115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
720 PM CDT FRI APR 10 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS ARE APPROACHING PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS...

AT 710 PM CDT...A NEWLY DEVELOPED LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED
FROM AUBURN IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...TO JUST NORTH OF WASHINGTON IN
NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...TO NEAR CONCORDIA. THIS LINE HAS DEVELOPED
RAPIDLY SINCE 6 PM.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG A COLD FRONT THAT IS PUSHING
SOUTHEAST. THE LINE SHOULD FIRST MOVE THROUGH MARSHALL COUNTY AND
THE CITIES OF MARYSVILLE...BLUE RAPIDS AND FRANKFORT BY 8 PM. THE
THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD THEN MOVE ON SOUTHEAST THROUGH NORTHEAST KANSAS
THE REST OF THE NIGHT.

THE
POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. YOU SHOULD REMAIN
ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS IN YOUR AREA...AND HAVE A
PLAN OF ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS.

BILLS

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992

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.