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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Topeka, KS

June 15, 1992Osborne County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 1992, 4:29 PM CDT for Osborne County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min. 3 reports 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: Jun 15, 1992, 4:29 PM CDT (21:29 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 1992, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Whole counties

County Osborne County, KS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Jun 15, 4:46 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Osborne, KS
Jun 15, 5:11 PM CDT	Hail 1	Osborne, KS
Jun 15, 5:17 PM CDT	Hail 1.5	Osborne, 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 201 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 734 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -501 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1565 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 340 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 307 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCNK 152130
TORCNK
KSC141-152215-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
429 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...OSBORNE COUNTY
 
AT 428 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ONE MILE WEST OF NATOMA BY THE
OSBORNE COUNTY SHERRIFF. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH. PERSONS IN NATOMA SHOULD BE IN SAFEE 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.
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 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.
PACKETT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 15, 9:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Wabaunsee	60 min
Jun 15, 10:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon, Osage	36 min
Jun 15, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Osborne	63 min
Jun 15, 4:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Smith	39 min
Jun 15, 5:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Osborne	45 min
Jun 15, 5:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Mitchell, Osborne	64 min
Jun 15, 6:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Mitchell	62 min
Jun 15, 6:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Osborne	31 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.