Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1992, 4:46 PM CDT for Pottawatomie County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 min. 2 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
- Jul 4, 1992, 4:46 PM CDT (21:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1992, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Pottawatomie County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 5:06 PM CDT | Hail 2.75 | Pottawatomie, KS | |
| Jul 4, 5:50 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Pottawatomie, 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTOP 042148 SVRTOP KSC003-031-045-059-111-139-177-197-149-042245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 446 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS ...ANDERSON COUNTY...COFFEY COUNTY...DOUGLAS COUNTY ...FRANKLIN COUNTY...LYON COUNTY...OSAGE COUNTY...SHAWNEE COUNTY ...WABAUNSEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS ...POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS. GOLF BALL TO SOFTBALL SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THE STORMS. THE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTNORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH BUT ARE DEVELOPING NORTH THROUGH TIME. THESE ARE VERY DANGEROUS STORMS AND YOU SHOULD BE TAKING COVER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED COUNTIES. ALSO LOCALLIZED FLOODING IS BEING REPORTED AND YOU SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER OVER ROADWAYS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM DANGEROUS WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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 53 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 46 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, 2 hours 5 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, 2 hours 4 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, 1 hour 10 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, 50 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Lyon, Osage | 61 min |
| Jul 4, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris | 61 min |
| Jul 4, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Franklin, Osage | 40 min |
| Jul 4, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 57 min |
| Jul 4, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 55 min |
| Jul 4, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Franklin, Osage | 42 min |
| Jul 4, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 43 min |
| Jul 4, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Osage | 61 min |
| Jul 4, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, Lyon, Osage | 59 min |
| Jul 4, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Shawnee | 59 min |
| Jul 4, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Mitchell, Osborne | 56 min |
| Jul 4, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Morris, Wabaunsee | 34 min |
| Jul 4, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Osage, Pottawatomie, Shawnee | 34 min |
| Jul 4, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Franklin | 34 min |
| Jul 4, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Osage, Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee | 25 min |
| Jul 4, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey | 25 min |
| Jul 4, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall | 18 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.