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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Topeka, KS

July 4, 1992Lyon County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1992, 4:02 PM CDT for Lyon County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 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
Jul 4, 1992, 4:02 PM CDT (21:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 1992, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Lyon County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 4, 4:19 PM CDTHail 0.75Lyon, 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 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 75 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1992-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 53 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1992-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 173 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
53 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-222 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1372 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
199 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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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, Jul 4, 12:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
KSZ013>016-050000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1253 PM CDT SUN JUL 04 1992

A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS POSTED FOR THE INLAND LAKES OF WESTERN KANSAS
THIS AFTERNOON. THIS IS MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM PHILLIPSBURG TO PRATT.

GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OVER 30 MPH WILL BRING DANGEROUS BOATING OVER THE OPEN
WATER. FOR YOUR SAFETY IN THE ADVISORY AREA, STAY CLOSE TO SHORE OR IN
PROTECTED INLETS.

THE WIND SHOULD DIMINISH SOMEWHA"T THIS EVENING.

KAYS
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 2:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
KSZ013>016-042000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
200 PM CDT SUN JUL 04 1992

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP FROM AROUND CONCORDIA
TO EMPORIA THEN INTO THE SOUTHEAST COUNTIES OF KANSAS WHERE SEVERE
STORMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS MAINLY TO
THE WEST OF TOPEKA. THE STORMS SHOULD BE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST.
NO STORMS WILL THREATEN TOPEKA BEFORE 4PM. HOWEVER STORMS THAT
DEVELOP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WILL BE STRONG AND COULD BRING HAIL HIGH
WIND AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

THE TOPEKA AND LAWRENCE AREA COULD EXPERIENCE STRONG STORMS AFTER 4PM
WITH EMPORIA AND MANHATTAN THRREATENED BY STORMS BETWEEN 2 AND 4PM CDT.

KAYS
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 2:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
KSZ013>016-042000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
240 PM CDT SUN JUL 04 1992

...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS
   AT MID AFTERNOON...

A 235 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A INTENSE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 35 MILES
SOUTH OF TOPEKA ALONG THE OSAGE AND COFFEY COUNTY LINES OR ABOUT 10
MILES SOUTH OF OSAGE CITY.

THIS STORM WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH
...HAIL AND FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR
AND WILL MOVE ACROSS MELVERN RESERVOIR AND POMONA RESERVOIR AREAS
BY 330 PM CDT AND PAST NEAR OR TO THE SOUTHEAST OF OSAGE CITY.

RESIDENTS IN OSAGE CITY AND BOATERS AND CAMPERS IN THE MELVERN LAKE
AND POMONA RESERVOIR AREAS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY THIS
IS A DANGEROUS STORM.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHS ARE IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST AND
EAST CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 8 PM CDT.

FRANTZl
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 2:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-042045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
241 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL
8 PM CDT...

AT 240 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF SALINA IN THE VICINITY OF HERINGTON.  HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY
WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THE STORMS
WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABLOUT 20 MPH.

MRU
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 3:36 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-042145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
336 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL
8 PM CDT...

AT 335 PM CDT AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM JUST
SOUTHEAST OF MANHATTAN TO NEAR COUNCIL GROVE.  THESE WERE MOVING TO THE
EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH.

NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS OCCURING IN CENTRAL OR NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS
HOWEVER CONBDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR RAPID DEVELOPMENT.

URBAN
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 3:56 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-042200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
355 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL
8 PM CDT...

AT 350 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM LOCATED
25 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA OR JUST SOUTH OF PALMER. THIS STORM
WILL BE NEAR KIMEO BY 430 PM CDT. BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS..
HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES TO
THE EAST AT 20 MPH.

SW

The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey, Lyon, Osage61 min
Jul 4, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris61 min
Jul 4, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPFranklin, Osage40 min
Jul 4, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee57 min
Jul 4, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee55 min
Jul 4, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin, Osage42 min
Jul 4, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Osage61 min
Jul 4, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey, Franklin, Lyon, Osage59 min
Jul 4, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Shawnee59 min
Jul 4, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Wabaunsee59 min
Jul 4, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMitchell, Osborne56 min
Jul 4, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Morris, Wabaunsee34 min
Jul 4, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Osage, Pottawatomie, Shawnee34 min
Jul 4, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey, Franklin34 min
Jul 4, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Osage, Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee25 min
Jul 4, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey25 min
Jul 4, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall18 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.