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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Topeka, KS

June 16, 1992Dickinson County, Kansas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 16, 12:38 AM CDTTornado F0Dickinson, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1992-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3938 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 00:00Z on 1992-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 7:06 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPJewell54 min
Jun 15, 7:33 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPRepublic42 min
Jun 15, 8:03 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPMitchell42 min
Jun 15, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud67 min
Jun 15, 8:33 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPCloud, Ottawa57 min
Jun 15, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPMitchell61 min
Jun 15, 9:13 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPCloud62 min
Jun 15, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLincoln31 min
Jun 15, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa66 min
Jun 15, 10:14 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPCloud46 min
Jun 15, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Ottawa36 min
Jun 16, 12:01 AM CDTTornado WarningTOPDickinson29 min
Jun 16, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa65 min
Jun 16, 12:55 AM CDTTornado WarningTOPMorris65 min
Jun 16, 1:30 AM CDTTornado WarningTOPDickinson45 min
Jun 16, 2:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Wabaunsee3 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.