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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Wichita, KS

August 28, 1989Elk County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 1989, 6:00 PM CDT for Elk County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 min. 2 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
Aug 28, 1989, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 1989, 6:55 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Elk 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
Aug 28, 6:12 PM CDTHail 0.75Elk, KS
Aug 28, 6:20 PM CDTHail 0.75Elk, 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 text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno63 min
Aug 27, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey64 min
Aug 27, 11:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTChase4 hr

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.