Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 22, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 1992, 12:27 AM CDT for Dickinson County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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 16, 1992, 12:27 AM CDT (05:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1992, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dickinson County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 12:38 AM CDT | Tornado F0 | Dickinson, 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 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 3938 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 954 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.6
- Supercell composite
- 11.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCNK 160527 TORCNK KSC041-160600- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1227 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL KANSAS ...SOUTHERN DICKINSON COUNTY ...TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN DICKINSON HAS BEEN EXTENDED... AT 1227 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA OR JUST SOUTH OF ELMO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE... GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDIER BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. ASz A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. URBAN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 15, 9:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-160345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 945 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 ...SEVERE WEATHER IS LIKELY ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS LATE TONIGHT... AT 940 PM...A LARGE CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED NEAR AND SOUTH OF CONCORDIA. THESE SEVERE STORMS HAVE A PAST HISTORY OF PRODUCINNUMEROUS TORNADOES. HEADING INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS...IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. BASED ON THIS MOVEMENT...SEVERE STORMS WILL MOVE ROUGHLY ALONG INTERSTATE 70 INTO THE MILFORD LAKE/MANHATTAN/FT RILEY AREAS BETWEEN 1030 AND 1130 PM. LOOKING FURTHER AHEAD...THEY COULD MOVE TOWARDS TOPEKA SHORTLY AFTER MIDNI$GHT. IF YOU LIVE INTO THIS AREA...BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER BEFORE THE SEVE WEATHER NEARS. FELDT
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 10:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-160430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1028 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 ...SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES OVER CENTRAL KANSAS AND IS DRIFTING EAST... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH NUMEROUS TORNADOES...CONTINUED ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL KANSAS AT 1020 PM. MOST WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF CONCORDIA. THIS AREA OF STORMS WAS SLOWLY MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. IT LOOKS LIKE AN ACTIVE SEVERE WEATHER NIGHT FOR CENTRAL KANSAS...AS ANOTHER TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THAT AREA THOUGH 4 AM. ALTHOUGH IT NOW LOOKS LIKE MOST OF THE SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE OBSERVED ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS SOME OF THE STORMS WILL LIKELY DRIFT INTO NORTHEASPARTS OF THE STATE. POTENTIALLY SEVERE STORMS COULD NEAR THE MILFORM LAKE...FT RILEY...MANHATTAN AREAS BETWEEN 11 PM AND MIDNIGHT. IF YOU LIVE IN THIS AREA...CONTINUE TO KEEP ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND STAY INFORMED FOR POSSIBLE PWARNINGS. FELDT
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 10:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-160445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1048 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED NORTH OF WICHITA... A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF WICHITA AS OF 1045 PM. THIS STORM WAS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. IF THIS CURRENT SPEED AND MOVEMENT PERSISTS...THIS STORM COULD MOVE INTO MORRIS AND GEARY COUNTIES AROUND 1130 PM. MEANWHILE...THE CENTRAL KANSAS SEVERE STORM NEAR CONCORDIA...HAD TENDED TO SLOW TO A CRAWL SINCE 10 PM. THIS DECREASES THE CHANCE THAT IT WILL AFFECT RILEY COUNTY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. IF YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR GEARY OR MORRIS COUNT^IES...IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION THROUGH AT LEAST MIDNIGHT. FELDT
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 11:27 PM CDT, 1 hour before
KSZ013-014-015-016-160530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1127 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS HEADING INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS. AT 1125 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 80 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA NEAR MARION KANSAS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO THE MORRIS COUNTY AND COUNCIL GROVE AREA ABOUT MIDNIGHT. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED TORNADOES ACROSS PARTS OF MCPHERSON AND MARION COUNTIES EARLY TONIGHT. MEANWHILE...ANOTHER SEVERE STORM CONTINUES ABOUT 35 MILES WEST OF MANHATTAN. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AS IT MOVES SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST. THIS STORM HAS ALSO PRODUCED NUMEROUS TORNADOES AND FLOODING IN THE CONCORDIA AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS AREA. IF YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR GEARY AND MORRIS COUNTIES...BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THESE SEVERE STORMS AROUND OR AFTER MIDNIGHT. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FRO|M WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE MANHATTAN...JUNCTION CITY... MARYSVILLE AND COUNCIL GROVE AREAS UNTIL 4AM CDT. AKULOW
Local storm report, Jun 15, 11:59 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1150 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT FOR MONDAY EVENING JUN 15, 1992 ALL TIMES CDT... SMITH COUNTY 8:10 PM CDT MARBLE SIZE HAIL JUST SOUTH OF LEBANON. OSBORNE COUNTY SEVERAL TORNADOES..NO DEATHS OR INJURIES... DAMAGE ACROSS THE COUNTY..POWER POLES DOWNED..WINDOWS BROKEN..LARGE TREES DOWN. BUILDINGS AND ROOFS DAMAGED IN OSBORNE..SEVERAL FARMS WITH DAMAGE. JEWELL COUNTY SIX TORNADOES REPORTED..NO DEATHS OR INJURIES... DAMAGE ACROSS THE COUNTY INCLUDED TREES DOWN..POWER POLES DOWN..SEVERAL FARMS DAMAGED. REPUBLIC COUNTY NO KNOWN DAMAGE AT THIS TIME. CLOUD COUNTRY NO DEATHS OR INJURIES..IN THE JAMESTOWN AREtA TREES AND POWER POLES DOWN. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF HAIL. ADDITIONAL REPORTS WILL BE SENT TUESDAY. LLS
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 12:14 AM CDT, 13 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-160530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1215 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS HEADED FOR MORRIS COUNTY OF NORTHEAST KANSAS SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT... THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO ENTER THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MORRIS COUNTY AT 1208 AM CDT. THIS IS ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH OF JUNCTION CITY. HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM OVER WESTERN MORRIS COUNTY THROUGH 1230 AM. A TORNADO WARNING MAY BE ISSUED FOR MORRIS COUNTY AROUND 1230 AM IF THE TORNADIC STORMS OVER NORTHERN MARION AND SOUTHERN DICKINSON COUNTY CONTINUE TOWARD MORRIS COUNTY. BILLS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jewell | 54 min |
| Jun 15, 7:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 42 min |
| Jun 15, 8:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Mitchell | 42 min |
| Jun 15, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 67 min |
| Jun 15, 8:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 57 min |
| Jun 15, 8:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Mitchell | 61 min |
| Jun 15, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud | 62 min |
| Jun 15, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lincoln | 31 min |
| Jun 15, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 66 min |
| Jun 15, 10:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud | 46 min |
| Jun 15, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 36 min |
| Jun 16, 12:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 29 min |
| Jun 16, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 65 min |
| Jun 16, 12:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Morris | 65 min |
| Jun 16, 1:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 2:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Wabaunsee | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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.