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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Wichita, KS

March 3, 1989Allen County, Neosho County, Kansas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 3, 5:40 PM CSTHail 1.75Neosho, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1989-03-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1989-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 492 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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

STEADHAM
Special 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

STEADHAM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 5:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTWilson43 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.