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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Wichita, KS

May 18, 1989Reno County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 18, 1989, 1:04 PM CDT for Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 1989, 1:04 PM CDT (18:04 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1989, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Reno County, KS

The radar

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

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 161 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1989-05-18Temperature 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1989-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -86 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
NaN m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-93 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 181805
TORICT
KSC155-181830-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
104 PM CDT THU MAY 18 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  130 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
          ...NORTHWESTERN RENO
 
AT 102 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC 1 MILE EAST OF THE
RENO-STAFFORD COUNTY LINE ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF US 50 HIGHWAY...THE
STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND PEOPLE IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO
TO A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A
TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 10:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMarion63 min
May 18, 10:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey43 min
May 18, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCrawford17 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 1989Every tornado warning in 1989Tornadoes 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.