Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 23, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 1992, 12:55 AM CDT for Morris County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 1992, 12:55 AM CDT (05:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1992, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Morris County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 KTOP 160601 COR TORTOP KSC127-160700- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED...CORRECTION TO LOCATIN OF RAMONA TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1255 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS ...MORRIS COUNTY AT 1250 AM CDT...A TORNADO WAS INDICASTED IN SOUTHEAST DICKENSON COUNTY...OR ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH OF JUNCTION CITY...MOVING INTO MORRIS COUNTY...AT AROUND 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN DELVAN AND LATIMER ARE IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO AND SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. THE TORNADO SHOULD BE TO NEAR DELVAN AND LATIMER BY 115 AM CDT. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED TO HAVE MOVED THROUGH RAMONA IN EXTREME NORTHERN MARIAN COUNTY AT 1245 AM CDT. 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. PB
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, 11:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes 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, 56 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, 41 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
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 12:35 AM CDT, 20 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-160530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1235 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE HEADED FOR MORRIS COUNTY OF NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 1230 AM CDT...THE APPARENT TORNADO IN SOUTHERN DICKONSON COUNTY WAS STILL SOME 10 TO 15 MILES WEST OF THE MORRIS COUNTY BORDER. THE STORM IS MOVING AT AROUND 25 MPH TO THE EAST NORTHEAST. CURENT MOVEMENT MEANS A TORNADO WARNING MAY BE ISSUED FOR MORRIS COUNTY AROUND OR SHORTLY BEFORE 1 AM CDT. PEOPLE N MORRIS COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT...AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTIN IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES. BILLS
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 12:36 AM CDT, 19 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-160615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO UGC CODE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1235 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE HEADED FOR MORRIS COUNTY OF NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 1230 AM CDT...THE APPARENT TORNADO IN SOUTHERN DICKENSON COUNTY WAS STILL SOME 10 TO 15 MILES WEST OF THE MORRIS COUNTY BORDER. THE STORM IS MOVING AT AROUND 25 MPH TO THE EAST NORTHEAST. CURENT MOVEMENT MEANS A TORNADO WARNING MAY BE ISSUED FOR MORRIS COUNTY AROUND OR SHORTLY BEFORE 1 AM CDT. PEOPLE IN MORRIS COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT...AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES. BILLS
Local storm report, Jun 16, 12:39 AM CDT, 16 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 12:39 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992 ADDITIONAL STORM REPORTS FOR MONDAY EVENING JUNE 15,1992 MITCHELL COUNTY LARGE TREES AND POWER POLES DOWN IN RURAL AREAS OF THE COUNTY.. SEVERAL FARM HOME DAMAGED. NO KNOWN DEATHS OR INJURIES. OTTAWA COUNTY NO DEATHS OR INJURIES..NUMEROUS REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL..TREE DAMAGE. LLS
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, 12:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 33 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 |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.