Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 31, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 24, 1992, 7:44 PM CDT for Smith County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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 24, 1992, 7:44 PM CDT (00:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 1992, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Smith County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 7:50 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Smith, 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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 1586 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1469 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 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 250045 TORCNK KSC183-250115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 744 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...NORTHERN SMITH COUNTY AT 741PM...SPOTTERS REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF PHILLISBURG OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF SMITH CENTER NEAR HIGHWAY EIGHT. IT WAS MOVING SLOWLY EAST AT AND WILL PASS OVER OPEN COUNTRY IN NORTHERN SMITH COUNTY. RURAL PEOPLE OVER NORTHERN SMITH COUNTY SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THIS STORM AND GET TO SAFE SHELTER IF IT APPROACHES YOU. 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.
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 24, 5:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-242345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 545 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #677 IS IN EFFECT FOR SMITH...JEWELL... REPUBLIC AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL 11PM THIS EVENING... AT 545PM...RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF THE NEBRASKA BORDER ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH BRANCH OR ABOUT 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG. THIS STORM SHOULD STAY IN NEBRASKA AS IT HEADS EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE NORTH BRANCH AREA MAY GET SOME RAIN AND HERE THUNDER FROM THE STORM BY 6PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER WESTERN KANSAS INTO SOUTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA. THESE WERE NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR HILL CITY TO NEAR RED CLOUD NEBRASKA TO BEATRICE NEBRASKA. LISTEN FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THESE STORMS. ...JF...
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 6:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
KSZ013>016-250030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 627 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 1992 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 677 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM FOR MARSHALL...NEMAHA...AND BROWN COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 625PM NO PRECIPITATION WAS INDICATED ON RADAR IN NORTHEAST KANSAS. HOWEVER, THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST NORTH OF THE BORDER IN NEBRASKA. THESE COULD MOVE INTO NORTHERN BROWN AND NORTHERN NEMAHA COUNTIES NORTH OF HIAWATHA AND SENECA BY 730 PM. TEMPERATURES AROUND 90 DEGREES AND A HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAVE RAISED THE HEAT INDEX TO AROUND 100 DEGREES. AFTER SUNSET, TEMPERATURES WILL FALL AND REACH THE MID 80S BY MIDNIGHT ON THE WAY TO A SUNRISE LOW OF 70 TO 75. LWS
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 6:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-250030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 632 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING NORTHWEST SMITH COUNTY... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #677 IS IN EFFECT FOR SMITH...JEWELL... REPUBLIC AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL 11PM THIS EVENING... AT 630PM...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL WAS ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAS0T NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL GET INTO NORTHWEST SMITH COUNTY...TO THE NORTH OF KENSINGTON BY 7PM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES GET TO SAFE SHELTER. JF
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 7:10 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-250030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 709 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 1992 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL CLIP THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SMITH COUNTY BY 730PM... AT 705PM...RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF KENSINGTON. IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND SHOULD MAKE IT INTO NEBRASKA BY 730PM. PEOPLE IN THE NORJTHWEST CORNER OF SMITH COUNTY SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THIS STORM AND MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE UNTIL IT PASSES. ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #677 IS IN EFFECT FOR SMITH...JEWELL... REPUBLIC AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL 11PM THIS EVENING... JF
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 7:29 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
KSZ013>016-250130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 629 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 1992 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 677 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM FOR MARSHALL...NEMAHA...AND BROWN COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 625PM RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 55 MILES NORTHEAST OF MANHATTAN OR JUST NORTHEAST OF ST BENEDICT IN NORTHWEST NEMAHA COUNTY. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS 65 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA NEAR THE TOWN OF RESERVE IN NORTHERN BROWN COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE SOME WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST ABOUT 10 MPH. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN NEMAHA AND BROWN COUNTIES NORTH OF HIAWATHA AND SENECA SHOULD STAY ALERT AND GO, TO SAFE COVER IF ANY SEVERE WEATHER IS SEEN OR REPORTED IN YOUR AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL AFTER SUNSET TO THE MID 80S BY MIDNIGHT ON THE WAY TO A SUNRISE LOW OF 70 TO 75. LWS
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 7:30 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
KSZ013>016-250130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR TIMES... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 729 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 1992 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 677 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM FOR MARSHALL...NEMAHA...AND BROWN COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 725PM RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 55 MILES NORTHEAST OF MANHATTAN OR JUST NORTHEAST OF ST BENEDICT IN NORTHWEST NEMAHA COUNTY. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS 65 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA NEAR THE TOWN OF RESERVE IN NORTHERN BROWN COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE SOME WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST ABOUT 10 MPH. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN NEMAHA AND BROWN COUNTIES NORTH OF HIAWATHA AND SEN.ECA SHOULD STAY ALERT AND GO TO SAFE COVER IF ANY SEVERE WEATHER IS SEEN OR REPORTED IN YOUR AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL AFTER SUNSET TO THE MID 80S BY MIDNIGHT ON THE WAY TO A SUNRISE LOW OF 70 TO 75. LWS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 60 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.