Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 3, 1989, 5:39 PM CST for Allen County, Neosho County, Kansas. It was in force for 66 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
- Mar 3, 1989, 5:39 PM CST (23:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 1989, 6:45 PM CST
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Allen County, KS, Neosho 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 5:40 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Neosho, 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 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 807 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 492 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 550 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KICT 032338
SVRICT
KSC001-133-040045-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
539 PM CST FRI MAR 3 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS
...ALLEN...NORTHERN NEOSHO
AT 538PM A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO NEOSHO AND
ALLEN COUNTIES NEAR CHANUTE. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED LARGE HAIL IN
WILSON COUNTY.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Mar 3, 5:21 PM CST, 18 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-040045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 520 PM CST FRI MAR 3 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR WILSON COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WIND IN FREDONIA. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE NEAR CHANUTE BY 530 PM. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTH OF KANSAS CITY TO CHANUTE KANSAS TO 40 MILES EAST OF ARKANSAS CITY. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH...WHILE THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOPE ANYWHERE ALONG THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN EAST KANSAS. RYAN
Special weather statement, Mar 3, 5:33 PM CST, 6 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-040045-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
532 PM CST FRI MAR 3 1989
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR WILSON COUNTY OF
SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 545 PM. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED HAIL AND STRONG
GUSTY WINDS IN FREDONIA. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND
WAS LOCATED OVER CHANUTE AT 530 PM.
A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 60 MILES EAST OF EMPORIA THROUGH
CHANUTE TO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH
...WHILE THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST 45 MILES
AN HOUR.
DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP ANYWHERE ALONG THE LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IN EAST KANSAS.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS REVIEWING THIS TYPE OF SUMMARY AND
WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR HELP. IF YOU ARE A USER OF THE SUMMARY, PLEASE
SEND A SHORT MEMO WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
NAME, LOCATION, AND TYPE OF ORGANIZATION
IS THE SUMMARY USED AND HOW?
COULD IT BE IMPROVED TO BETTER MEET YOUR NEEDS?
PLEASE FORWARD YOUR COMMENTS TO:
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
2204 SOUTH TYLER ROAD
WICHITA, KANSAS 67209
STEADHAMSpecial weather statement, Mar 3, 5:37 PM CST, 2 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-040045-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION TO TITLE..
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
532 PM CST FRI MAR 3 1989
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR WILSON COUNTY OF
SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 545 PM. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED HAIL AND STRONG
GUSTY WINDS IN FREDONIA. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND
WAS LOCATED OVER CHANUTE AT 530 PM.
A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 60 MILES EAST OF EMPORIA THROUGH
CHANUTE TO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH
...WHILE THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST 45 MILES
AN HOUR.
DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP ANYWHERE ALONG THE LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IN EAST KANSAS.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS REVIEWING THIS TYPE OF SUMMARY AND
WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR HELP. IF YOU ARE A USER OF THE SUMMARY, PLEASE
SEND A SHORT MEMO WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
NAME, LOCATION, AND TYPE OF ORGANIZATION
IS THE SUMMARY USED AND HOW?
COULD IT BE IMPROVED TO BETTER MEET YOUR NEEDS?
PLEASE FORWARD YOUR COMMENTS TO:
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
2204 SOUTH TYLER ROAD
WICHITA, KANSAS 67209
STEADHAMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 5:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Wilson | 43 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989
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.