Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 1989, 4:54 PM CDT for Kingman County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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
- Apr 27, 1989, 4:54 PM CDT (21:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 1989, 5:25 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kingman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 4:55 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Kingman, 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -417 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2019 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 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 272156
TORICT
KSC095-272230-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
454 PM CDT THU APR 27 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
...EASTERN KINGMAN
AT 448 CDT...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR 10 MILES SOUTH OF
KINGMAN OR 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE KINGMAN AREA
BY 500 PM. PEOPLE IN AND AROUND THE KINGMAN AREA SHOULD SEEK SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY.
GET TO A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE. IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR
APARTMENT... SEEK SHELTER IN THE INNERMOST PORTION OF THE
BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR BODY
FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.
GAEDEWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Apr 27, 2:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
KSZ009-012-017-272015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 232 PM CDT THU APR 27 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 127 IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHCENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THAT PART OF KANSAS WEST OF A LINE FROM MARYSVILLE TO WESTMORELAND AND WINFIELD UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE WATCH AREA IS FROM MEDICINE LODGE TO GREAT BEND AND MANKATO. THE WATCH INCLUDES ALL OF SOUTHCENTRAL KANSAS. COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE ARKANSAS CITY...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO... AND WICHITA. THU-NDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHCENTRAL OKLAHOMA AT 230 PM...HOWEVER NO ACTIVITY WAS BEING REPORTED IN KANSAS. GAEDE
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 3:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
KSZ009-012-272015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 322 PM CDT THU APR 27 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 127 IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHCENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THAT PART OF KANSAS WEST OF A LINE FROM MARYSVILLE TO WESTMORELAND AND WINFIELD UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE WATCH AREA IS FROM MEDICINE LODGE TO GREAT BEND AND MANKATO. THE WATCH INCLUDES ALL OF SOUTHCENTRAL KANSAS. COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE ARKANSAS CITY...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO... AND WICHITA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL KANSAS AT 310 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG THE OKLAHOMA-KANSAS BORDER ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM WEST OF CONCORDIA TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF SALINA. HOWEVER...NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AT THIS TIME. GAEDE
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 3:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
KSZ009-012-272015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION...ADD MOVEMENTS... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 322 PM CDT THU APR 27 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 127 IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHCENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THAT PART OF KANSAS WEST OF A LINE FROM MARYSVILLE TO WESTMORELAND AND WINFIELD UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE WATCH AREA IS FROM MEDICINE LODGE TO GREAT BEND AND MANKATO. THE WATCH INCLUDES ALL OF SOUTHCENTRAL KANSAS. COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE ARKANSAS CITY...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO... AND WICHITA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL KANSAS AT 310 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG THE OKLAHOMA-KANSAS BORDER ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM WEST OF CONCORDIA TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF SALINA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. HOWEVER...NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AT THIS TIME. GAEDE
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 4:11 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
KSZ009-012-272145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 310 PM CDT THU APR 27 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 127 IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHCENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THAT PART OF KANSAS WEST OF A LINE FROM MARYSVILLE TO WESTMORELAND AND WINFIELD UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE WATCH AREA IS FROM MEDICINE LODGE TO GREAT BEND AND MANKATO. THE WATCH INCLUDES ALL OF SOUTHCENTRAL KANSAS. COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE ARKANSAS CITY...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO... AND WICHITA. AT 303 PM CDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHCENTRAL KANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PRATT TO SALINA TO WICHITA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS INTO NEBRASKA. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ACTIVITY...PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. GAEDE .FRIDAY NIGHT...CLOUDY AND COLDER. LOWS 35 TO 40. .SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY AND COOL. HIGHS AROUND 50. KSZ010-011-013-014-280300- KS10-KS11-KS13-KS14- KANSAS ZONES 10 11 13 14 341 PM CDT THU APR 27 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM CDT... .THIS EVENING...A PERIOD OR TWO OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO THE 70S BY 10 PM. SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY. LATE TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY AND TURNING COOLER. LOWS 50 TO 55. SHIFTING NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. .FRIDAY...PARTLY SUNNY AND MUCH COOLER. HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. .FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY AND COOLER. LOWS FRIDAY NIGHT AROUND 40. HIGHS SATURDAY IN THE MID 50S. + KSZ009-012-280300- KS09-KS12- KANSAS ZONES 9 12 341 PM CDT THU APR 27 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM CDT... .THIS EVENING...A PERIOD OR TWO OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO THE LOWER 70S AT 10 PM. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. LATE TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY AND TURNING COOLER. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. WINDS SHIFTING NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH TOWARD MORNING. .FRIDAY...PARTLY SUNNY AND MUCH COOLER. HIGHS 70 TO 75. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. .FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY AND COOLER. LOWS FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE MID TO UPPER 40S. HIGHS SATURDAY AROUND 60. KSZ015-016-280300- KS15-KS16- KANSAS ZONES 15 16 341 PM CDT THU APR 27 1989 .TONIGHT...WINDY AND WARM WITH THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. LOWS 55 TO 60. SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. CHANCES OF RAIN... 60 PERCENT. .FRIDAY...PARTLY SUNNY AND MUCH COOLER. HIGHS AROUND 70. NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. .FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY AND COOLER. LOWS FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE LOWER TO MID 40S. HIGHS SATURDAY AROUND 60. KSZ017-280300- KS17- KANSAS ZONE 17 341 PM CDT THU APR 27 1989 .TONIGHT...WINDY AND WARM WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS... SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. LOWS 60 TO 65. SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. .FRIDAY...A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF MORNING THUNDERSTORMS...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY AND MUCH COOLER. HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S. SHIFTING NORTH- TOPSPSICT CS 0 3 04/27 23:00 TTAA00 KICT 272111 KSZ009-012-272145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 310 PM CDT THU APR 27 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 127 IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHCENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THAT PART OF KANSAS WEST OF A LINE FROM MARYSVILLE TO WESTMORELAND AND WINFIELD UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE WATCH AREA IS FROM MEDICINE LODGE TO GREAT BEND AND MANKATO. THE WATCH INCLUDES ALL OF SOUTHCENTRAL KANSAS. COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE ARKANSAS CITY...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO... AND WICHITA. AT 303 PM CDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHCENTRAL KANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PRATT TO SALINA TO WICHITA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS INTO NEBRASKA. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ACTIVITY...PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. GAEDE .FRIDAY NIGHT...CLOUDY AND COLDER. LOWS 35 TO 40. .SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY AND COOL. HIGHS AROUND 50. KSZ010-011-013-014-280300- KS10-KS11-KS13-KS14- KANSAS ZONES 10 11 13 14 341 PM CDT THU APR 27 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM CDT... .THIS EVENING...A PERIOD OR TWO OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO THE 70S BY 10 PM. SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY. LATE TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY AND TURNING COOLER. LOWS 50 TO 55. SHIFTING NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. .FRIDAY...PARTLY SUNNY AND MUCH COOLER. HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. .FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY AND COOLER. LOWS FRIDAY NIGHT AROUND 40. HIGHS SATURDAY IN THE MID 50S. + KSZ009-012-280300- KS09-KS12- KANSAS ZONES 9 12 341 PM CDT THU APR 27 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM CDT... .THIS EVENING...A PERIOD OR TWO OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO THE LOWER 70S AT 10 PM. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. LATE TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY AND TURNING COOLER. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. WINDS SHIFTING NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH TOWARD MORNING. .FRIDAY...PARTLY SUNNY AND MUCH COOLER. HIGHS 70 TO 75. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. .FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY AND COOLER. LOWS FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE MID TO UPPER 40S. HIGHS SATURDAY AROUND 60. KSZ015-016-280300- KS15-KS16- KANSAS ZONES 15 16 341 PM CDT THU APR 27 1989 .TONIGHT...WINDY AND WARM WITH THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. LOWS 55 TO 60. SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. CHANCES OF RAIN... 60 PERCENT. .FRIDAY...PARTLY SUNNY AND MUCH COOLER. HIGHS AROUND 70. NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. .FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY AND COOLER. LOWS FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE LOWER TO MID 40S. HIGHS SATURDAY AROUND 60. KSZ017-280300- KS17- KANSAS ZONE 17 341 PM CDT THU APR 27 1989 .TONIGHT...WINDY AND WARM WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS... SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. LOWS 60 TO 65. SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. .FRIDAY...A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF MORNING THUNDERSTORMS...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY AND MUCH COOLER. HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S. SHIFTING NORTH- TOPSPSICT CS 0 3 04/27 23:00 TTAA00 KICT 272111 KSZ009-012-272145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 310 PM CDT THU APR 27 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 127 IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHCENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THAT PART OF KANSAS WEST OF A LINE FROM MARYSVILLE TO WESTMORELAND AND WINFIELD UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE WATCH AREA IS FROM MEDICINE LODGE TO GREAT BEND AND MANKATO. THE WATCH INCLUDES ALL OF SOUTHCENTRAL KANSAS. COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE ARKANSAS CITY...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO... AND WICHITA. AT 303 PM CDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHCENTRAL KANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PRATT TO SALINA TO WICHITA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS INTO NEBRASKA. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ACTIVITY...PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. GAEDE .FRIDAY NIGHT...CLOUDY AND COLDER. LOWS 35 TO 40. .SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY AND COOL. HIGHS AROUND 50. KSZ010-011-013-014-280300- KS10-KS11-KS13-KS14- KANSAS ZONES 10 11 13 14 341 PM CDT THU APR 27 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM CDT... .THIS EVENING...A PERIOD OR TWO OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO THE 70S BY 10 PM. SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY. LATE TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY AND TURNING COOLER. LOWS 50 TO 55. SHIFTING NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. .FRIDAY...PARTLY SUNNY AND MUCH COOLER. HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. .FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY AND COOLER. LOWS FRIDAY NIGHT AROUND 40. HIGHS SATURDAY IN THE MID 50S. + KSZ009-012-280300- KS09-KS12- KANSAS ZONES 9 12 341 PM CDT THU APR 27 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM CDT... .THIS EVENING...A PERIOD OR TWO OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO THE LOWER 70S AT 10 PM. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. LATE TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY AND TURNING COOLER. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. WINDS SHIFTING NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH TOWARD MORNING. .FRIDAY...PARTLY SUNNY AND MUCH COOLER. HIGHS 70 TO 75. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. .FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY AND COOLER. LOWS FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE MID TO UPPER 40S. HIGHS SATURDAY AROUND 60. KSZ015-016-280300- KS15-KS16- KANSAS ZONES 15 16 341 PM CDT THU APR 27 1989 .TONIGHT...WINDY AND WARM WITH THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. LOWS 55 TO 60. SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. CHANCES OF RAIN... 60 PERCENT. .FRIDAY...PARTLY SUNNY AND MUCH COOLER. HIGHS AROUND 70. NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. .FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY AND COOLER. LOWS FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE LOWER TO MID 40S. HIGHS SATURDAY AROUND 60. KSZ017-280300- KS17- KANSAS ZONE 17 341 PM CDT THU APR 27 1989 .TONIGHT...WINDY AND WARM WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS... SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. LOWS 60 TO 65. SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. .FRIDAY...A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF MORNING THUNDERSTORMS...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY AND MUCH COOLER. HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S. SHIFTING NORTH- TOPSPSICT CS 0 3 04/27 23:00 TTAA00 KICT 272111 KSZ009-012-272145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 310 PM CDT THU APR 27 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 127 IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHCENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THAT PART OF KANSAS WEST OF A LINE FROM MARYSVILLE TO WESTMORELAND AND WINFIELD UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE WATCH AREA IS FROM MEDICINE LODGE TO GREAT BEND AND MANKATO. THE WATCH INCLUDES ALL OF SOUTHCENTRAL KANSAS. COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE ARKANSAS CITY...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO... AND WICHITA. AT 303 PM CDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHCENTRAL KANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PRATT TO SALINA TO WICHITA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS INTO NEBRASKA. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ACTIVITY...PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. GAEDE .FRIDAY NIGHT...CLOUDY AND COLDER. LOWS 35 TO 40. .SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY AND COOL. HIGHS AROUND 50. KSZ010-011-013-014-280300- KS10-KS11-KS13-KS14- KANSAS ZONES 10 11 13 14 341 PM CDT THU APR 27 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM CDT... .THIS EVENING...A PERIOD OR TWO OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO THE 70S BY 10 PM. SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY. LATE TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY AND TURNING COOLER. LOWS 50 TO 55. SHIFTING NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. .FRIDAY...PARTLY SUNNY AND MUCH COOLER. HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. .FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY AND COOLER. LOWS FRIDAY NIGHT AROUND 40. HIGHS SATURDAY IN THE MID 50S. + KSZ009-012-280300- KS09-KS12- KANSAS ZONES 9 12 341 PM CDT THU APR 27 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM CDT... .THIS EVENING...A PERIOD OR TWO OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO THE LOWER 70S AT 10 PM. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. LATE TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY AND TURNING COOLER. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. WINDS SHIFTING NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH TOWARD MORNING. .FRIDAY...PARTLY SUNNY AND MUCH COOLER. HIGHS 70 TO 75. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. .FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY AND COOLER. LOWS FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE MID TO UPPER 40S. HIGHS SATURDAY AROUND 60. KSZ015-016-280300- KS15-KS16- KANSAS ZONES 15 16 341 PM CDT THU APR 27 1989 .TONIGHT...WINDY AND WARM WITH THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. LOWS 55 TO 60. SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. CHANCES OF RAIN... 60 PERCENT. .FRIDAY...PARTLY SUNNY AND MUCH COOLER. HIGHS AROUND 70. NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. .FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY AND COOLER. LOWS FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE LOWER TO MID 40S. HIGHS SATURDAY AROUND 60. KSZ017-280300- KS17- KANSAS ZONE 17 341 PM CDT THU APR 27 1989 .TONIGHT...WINDY AND WARM WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS... SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. LOWS 60 TO 65. SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. .FRIDAY...A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF MORNING THUNDERSTORMS...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY AND MUCH COOLER. HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S. SHIFTING NORTH- TOPSPSICT CS 0 3 04/27 23:00 TTAA00 KICT 272111 KSZ009-012-272145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 310 PM CDT THU APR 27 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 127 IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHCENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THAT PART OF KANSAS WEST OF A LINE FROM MARYSVILLE TO WESTMORELAND AND WINFIELD UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE WATCH AREA IS FROM MEDICINE LODGE TO GREAT BEND AND MANKATO. THE WATCH INCLUDES ALL OF SOUTHCENTRAL KANSAS. COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE ARKANSAS CITY...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO... AND WICHITA. AT 303 PM CDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHCENTRAL KANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PRATT TO SALINA TO WICHITA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS INTO NEBRASKA. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ACTIVITY...PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. GAEDE .FRIDAY NIGHT...CLOUDY AND COLDER. LOWS 35 TO 40. .SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY AND COOL. HIGHS AROUND 50. KSZ010-011-013-014-280300- KS10-KS11-KS13-KS14- KANSAS ZONES 10 11 13 14 341 PM CDT THU APR 27 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM CDT... .THIS EVENING...A PERIOD OR TWO OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO THE 70S BY 10 PM. SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY. LATE TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY AND TURNING COOLER. LOWS 50 TO 55. SHIFTING NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. .FRIDAY...PARTLY SUNNY AND MUCH COOLER. HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. .FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY AND COOLER. LOWS FRIDAY NIGHT AROUND 40. HIGHS SATURDAY IN THE MID 50S. + KSZ009-012-280300- KS09-KS12- KANSAS ZONES 9 12 341 PM CDT THU APR 27 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8APM CDT... .THIS EVENING...A PERIOD OR TWO OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO THE LOWER 70S AT 10 PM. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. LATE TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY AND TURNING COOLER. LOWS IN THE MI
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 4:20 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
KSZ009-012-272145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 320 PM CDT THU APR 27 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 127 IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHCENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THAT PART OF KANSAS WEST OF A LINE FROM MARYSVILLE TO WESTMORELAND AND WINFIELD UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE WATCH AREA IS FROM MEDICINE LODGE TO GREAT BEND AND MANKATO. THE WATCH INCLUDES ALL OF SOUTHCENTRAL KANSAS. COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE ARKANSAS CITY...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO... AND WICHITA. AT 305 PM CDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHCENTRAL KANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PRATT TO SALINA TO WICHITA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS INTO NEBRASKA. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER IS BEING REPORTED WITH ANY OF THIS ACTIVITY ...PEOPLE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HiOURS. GAEDE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 58 min |
| Apr 27, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 62 min |
| Apr 27, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 58 min |
| Apr 27, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey | 55 min |
| Apr 27, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 33 min |
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Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 1989Every tornado warning in 1989Tornadoes in 1989
Sources
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