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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at May 14, 1992, 12:11 AM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 1992, 12:11 AM CDT (05:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 1992, 12:57 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Russell County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 848 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1836 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCNK 140511 TORCNK KSC167-140600- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1211 AM CDT THU MAY 14 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL KANSAS ...RUSSELL COUNTY AT 1207 AM CDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND 6 MILES EAST OF THE TOWN OF GORHAM MOVING TO THE EAST. THIS TORNADO WILL APPROACH THE TOWN OF RUSSELL BY 1245 AM CDT. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW! 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. OhTHERWISE... 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, May 13, 9:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
KSZ001-140300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 912 PM CDT WED MAY 13 1992 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 210 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PART OF KANSAS. THE WATCH IS NO LONGERt IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ...NORTHWEST... CHEYENNE RAWLINS SHERMAN THOMAS THE FOLLOWING CITIES ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH... GOODLAND
Special weather statement, May 13, 10:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
KSZ013>016-140430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1030 PM CDT WED MAY 13 1992 SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE KANSAS RIVER AT 925PM CDT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BE MOVING TO THE EAST AROUND 25 MPH. KAYS
Special weather statement, May 13, 10:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
KSZ013>016-140430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECT TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1040 PM CDT WED MAY 13 1992 SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE KANSAS RIVER AT 1025PM CDT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BE MOVING TO THE EAST AROUND 25 MPH. KAYS
Special weather statement, May 13, 10:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-140500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1047 PM CDT WED MAY 14 1992 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 1045 PM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS. A LARGE AREA EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTHEAST OF HASTINGS NEBRASKA TO THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. THIS AREA WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. HEAVY RAIN AND SOME SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. MRU
Special weather statement, May 13, 11:40 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
KSZ013>016-140530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1140 PM CDT WED MAY 13 1992 WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ALONG AND NORTH OF THE KANSAS RIVER AT 1135PM CDT. STRONGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ABOUT TO MOVE INTO THE MARYSVILLE AREA FROM NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS. THESE STORMS LIKELY WILL CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVERSPREADING ALL OF NORTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH THE NIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. A HALF INCH OF RAIN SHOULD BE COMMON FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. AMOUNTS NEAR AN INCH IN LOCALLY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WOULD NOT BE O"UT OF THE QUESTION. KAYS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 11:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Russell | 38 min |
| May 14, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Russell | 28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.