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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 24, 1989Johnson County, Wyandotte County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1989, 9:06 PM CDT for Johnson County, Wyandotte County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 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
May 24, 1989, 9:06 PM CDT (02:06 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1989, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Johnson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 24, 9:32 PM CDTHail 0.75Johnson, 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, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 73 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 1989-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3587 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 1989-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
3587 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1498 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
8.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMCI 250208
SVRMCI
KSC091-209-250300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI
906 PM CDT WED MAY 24 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
          ...NORTHERN JOHNSON AND WYANDOTTE
 
AT 900 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SOUTH OF
TONGANOXIE KANSAS...LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN
KANSAS CITY. THIS STORM PRODUCED HAIL WHEN IT WENT THROUGH LAWRENCE
KANSAS SHORTLY BEFORE 900 PM. PERSONS IN JOHNSON AND WYANDOTTE
COUNTIES OF KANSAS...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF OLATHE AND KANSAS CITY
KANSAS SHOULD EXPECT SEVERE WEATHER TO MOVE INTO THEIR AREAS BY 915 PM
CDT. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES PER HOUR.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  NDAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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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.