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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Topeka, KS

July 10, 1992Dickinson County, Kansas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 10, 9:17 PM 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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1992-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2121 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 1992-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMcPherson53 min
Jul 10, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson45 min
Jul 10, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson27 min
Jul 10, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson42 min
Jul 10, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Riley50 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.