Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 29, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 10, 1992, 9:15 PM CDT for Dickinson County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 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 10, 1992, 9:15 PM CDT (02:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 1992, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dickinson County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 9:17 PM 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, 2.3 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
- 2121 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 941 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 5.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCNK 110212 TORCNK KSC041-110245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 915 PM CDT FRI JUL 10 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL KANSAS ...DICKINSON COUNTY AT 910PM....DICKINSON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST SOUTH OF ABILENE...OR 20 MILES EAST OF SALINA. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN ABILENE SHOULD GO TO SAFE SHELTER. 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. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
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 10, 3:21 PM CDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-102130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 321 PM CDT FRI JUL 10 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING OUT OF EAST-CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 310 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE EXITING EXTREME EAST-CENTRAL KANSAS. RADAR INDICATED THE STORMS WERE 70 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOPEKA AND SHOULD BE IN WESTERN MISSOURI BY 4 PM. LIGHT RAINSHOWERS WERE IN THE OTTAWA AREA AND THESE TOO SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE REGION BY 330 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR EAST-CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 8 PM TONIGHT. THERE IS STILL A GOOD CHANCE FOR REDEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST AND EAST-CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING. THOSE PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD KEvEP A WATCH ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE INDOORS IF STORMS APPROACH. KISNER
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 6:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-110030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 630 PM CDT FRI JUL 10 1992 AT 630 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE HARVEY MCPHERSON COUNTY LINE. THE STRONGEST PART OF THE STORM WAS 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON OR NEAR MOUNDRIDGE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. ANDERSEN
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 6:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-110050- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 655 PM CDT FRI JUL 10 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 8 PM CDT... AT 650 PM CDT...THERE WERE NO THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST OR EAST CENTRAL KANSAS ALTHOUGH THERE WERE SHOWERS ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EMPORIA OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF BURLINGTON IN SOUTHERN COFFEY COUNTY. THERE WERE THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF EMPORIA NEAR COTTONWOOD FALLS...AND ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF BURLINGTON NEAR YATES CENTER. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR. THIS MOVEMENT WOULD BRING THE THUNDEERSTORM0S SOUTH OF BURLINGTON INTO SOUTHERN COFFEY COUNTY BY 750 PM. THE THUNDER/ STORMS WEST OF EMPORIA MAY GET INTO SOUTHEAST MORRIS COUNTY TO THE SOUTH OF COUNCIL GROVE BY 8 PM. BILLS
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 8:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
KSZ013-014-015-016-110214- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 814 PM CDT FRI JUL 10 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS POSTED FOR EAST CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE PUSHING NORTHEASTWARD INTO EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AT AROUND 8 PM CDT. THE LEADING EDGE EXTENDED FROM ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTH OF TOPEKA...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF BURLINGTON ...TO EMPORIA TO ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JUNCTION CITY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JUNCTION CITY AND WAS CAPBLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MILES AN HOUR...HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR. CURRENT MOVEMENT WOULD PUT THEM IN THE COUNCIL GROVE AND JOHN REDMOND RESERVOIR AREAS BY 9 PM CDT AND ALSO IN THE GARNETT VICINITY ...ALL ABOUT 40 TO 50 MILES SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA. CAMPERS IN THESE RECREATIONAL AREAS AN OTHERS WHO PLAN TO BE OUTSIDE SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THESE STORMS APPROACH OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. FRANTZ
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 8:53 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-110250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 853 PM CDT FRI JUL 10 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS POSTED FOR EAST CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT... A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM COUNCIL GROVE TO 10 MILES NORTH OF EMPORIA TO JUST SOUTH OF OTTAWA AT 845 PM CDT. THE STRONGER STORMS WERE IN THE EMPORIA AREA ...AND TO THE SOUTHEAST OF BURLINGTON IN SOUTHEAST COFFEY COUNTY...AND TO THE SOUTH OF GARNETT IN SOUTHERN ANDERSON COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE LIKELY PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 40 MPH. THE WHOLE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS SPREADING TO THE NORTH AT AROUND 25 MPH. THIS MOVEMENT WILL BRING THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS TO A LINE FROM NEAR MANHATTAN TO TOPEKA TO LAWRENCE BY 945 PM. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE STORM IN DICKINSON COUNTY...THERE HAS BEEN SOME DECREASE IN INTENSITY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS SINCE 7 PM. HOWEVER... VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE STILL LIKELY WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. CAMPERS AT THE RECREATIONAL LAKES SHOLULD SEEK SHELTER AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEARHER RADIO...OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THESE STORMS. BILLS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | McPherson | 53 min |
| Jul 10, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 45 min |
| Jul 10, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 27 min |
| Jul 10, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 42 min |
| Jul 10, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Riley | 50 min |
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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.