Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 25, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 9, 1992, 5:52 PM CDT for Ottawa County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 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 9, 1992, 5:52 PM CDT (22:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1992, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ottawa County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 6:20 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Ottawa, KS | |
| Jul 9, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Ottawa, 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 226 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -218 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 953 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCNK 092253 TORCNK KSC143-092345- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 552 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...OTTAWA COUNTY AT 551 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA OR JUST NORTHWEST OF TESCOTT MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE IN THE MINNEAPOLIS AREA BY 510 PM 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 INTERjIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDIER BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. PACKETT
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, Jul 9, 4:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-092300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 421 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #584 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR CLOUD.. REPUBLIC..WASHINGTON AND CLAY COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SALINE.. OTTAWA..MCPHERSON AND DICKENSON COUNTIES OF CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 410 PM CDT RADAR INDICTED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN KANSAS AND SOUTHERN NEBRASKA EXTENDING FROM NEAR HAYS NORTHEAST TO 15 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA TO BEATRICE NEBRASKA. A DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF RUSSELL AND WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SW
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 4:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-092230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 433 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ACROSS ACHINSON COUNTY... AT 430 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY FORMING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF TOPEKA IN ATCHINSON COUNTY NEAR POTTER. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD TEND TO DEVELOP WEST AND SOUTHWEST INTO JEFFERSON AND JACKSON COUNTIES BETWEEN 430 AND 530 PM THIS EVENING. ALL OF THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL AND SOME HAIL AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS POSTED FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA AND ARE PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THIS EVENING...KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF STORMS NEAR OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. FELDT
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 4:58 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-092300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 457 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #584 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR CLOUD.. REPUBLIC..WASHINGTON AND CLAY COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SALINE.. OTTAWA..MCPHERSON AND DICKENSON COUNTIES OF CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 450 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A 30 MILE WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER- STORMS EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES EAST OF HAYS NEAR RUSSELL NORTHEAST TO 10 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA TO BEATRICE NEBRASKA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAYS NEAR LUCAS AND 25 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR BELOIT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEZAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. IF THREATHENING WEATHER APPROACHES... MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. SW
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 5:06 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-092300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 503 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 5 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 20 MILES NORTH OF KANSAS CITY AND ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA. BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM THUNDERSTORMS COULD POP UP JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS HOWEVER THE MOST LIKELY LOCATION WILL STRETCH FROM ATCHINSON...JEFFERSON...JACKSON ...NORTH SHAWNEE AND POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ...GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS POSTED FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 11PM. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO BE OUTSIDE THIS EVENING...BE SURE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY...LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.. AND STAY FAIRLY CLOSE TO SHELTER. FELDT
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 5:25 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-092330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 523 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH COVERS MOST OF NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 520 PM...TWO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTHEAST KANSAS. ONE WAS LOCATED 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF KANSAS CITY NEAR LEAVENWORTH WHILE ANOTHER WAS LOCATED 20 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA IN THE CENTER OF JACKSON COUNTY. THE JACKSON COUNTY STORM WAS CLOSE TO MAYETTA. BETWEEN 520 AND 6PM THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS EAST JACKSON COUNTY CLOSE TO THE COMMUNITIES OF DENISON...BIRMINGHAM...AND LARKINBURG. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS COULD POP UP JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS HOWEVER THE MOST LIKELY SPOTS INCLUDE...ATCHINSON...JEFFERSON...JACKSON...NORTH SHAWNEE AND POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS POSTED UNTIL 11PM FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST KANSAS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA AND PLAN TO BE OUTSIDE THIS EVENING...KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY TO SHELTER IF THE STORMS NEAR OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. FELDT
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 5:30 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-092330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 530 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #584 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR CLOUD.. REPUBLIC..WASHINGTON AND CLAY COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SALINE.. OTTAWA..MCPHERSON AND DICKENSON COUNTIES OF CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 525 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A 30 MILE WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER- STORMS EXTENDING FROM 40 MILES EAST OF HAYS NEAR BUNKER HILL NORTHEAST TO CONCORDIA TO BEATRICE NEBRASKA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR VESPER AND DENMARK. BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTENING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES EAST INTO THE LINCOLN AND BARNARD AREAS THROUGH 545 PM AS THE STORMS MOVE TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. IF THREATHENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. SW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Saline | 30 min |
| Jul 9, 1:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 35 min |
| Jul 9, 2:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 33 min |
| Jul 9, 2:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary | 46 min |
| Jul 9, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lincoln | 24 min |
| Jul 9, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Atchison, Jackson | 51 min |
| Jul 9, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 45 min |
| Jul 9, 6:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 42 min |
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.