Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 28, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 9, 1992, 7:20 PM CDT for Morris County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 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
- Jul 9, 1992, 7:20 PM CDT (00:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1992, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Morris County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Morris, 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, 0.3 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
- 1343 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1755 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 7.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTOP 100022 TORTOP KSC127-100100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 720 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS ...MORRIS COUNTY AT 720 PM SPOTTERS REPORT A TORNADO ON THE GROUND ON THE MORRIS/DICKINSON COUNTY LINE OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF JUNCTION CITY. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PASS NEAR THE TOWNS OF LATIMER...DELAVAN AND COUNCIL GROVE. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. KISNER
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, 4:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 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, 2 hours 14 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, 1 hour 55 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, 1 hour 50 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
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 6:47 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-100045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 645 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED AND WILL NOT BE REISSUED... AT 645 PM RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHWEST LEAVENWORTH COUNTY ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF TOPEKA. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS ON THE BROWN/DONIPHAN COUNTY LINE OR 60 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO DONIPHAN COUNTY BY 7 PM. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN CENTRAL KANSAS. THEY EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES WEST OF JUNCTION CITY TO 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF MANHATTAN. THESE STORMS WILL BE FROM JUNCTION CITY TO NEAR MARYSVILLE BY 730 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM. PERSONS PLANING TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING SHOULD CONTINUE TO WATCH THE WEATHER AND BE READY TO MOVE INDOORS IF STORMS APPROACH. KISNER
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 7:04 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-100100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 702 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL KANSAS ABOUT TO MOVE INTO EAST-CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 655 PM RADAR INDICATES A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF JUNCTION CITY AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM SHOULD ENTER WESTERN GEARY COUNTY BY 715 PM. PERSONS IN GEARY COUNTY SHOULD PREPARE NOW FOR THIS STORM AS IT IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THIS STORM MAY ALSO PASS VERY NEAR TO NORTHERN MORRIS COUNTY. ANOTHER STORM WAS 30 MILES NORTH OF MANHATTAN OR NEAR BLUE RAPIDS. THE STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY BY 730 PM. HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM. STAY TUNE TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. KISNER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 14 min |
| Jul 9, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary | 59 min |
| Jul 9, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris | 66 min |
| Jul 9, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Morris | 33 min |
| Jul 9, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 45 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.