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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Wichita, KS

May 31, 1989Kingman County, Reno County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 31, 1989, 6:20 PM CDT for Kingman County, Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 31, 1989, 6:20 PM CDT (23:20 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 1989, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Kingman County, KS, 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, 11.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1989-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 303 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1989-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 207 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
303 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-471 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1065 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
207 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 312320
TORICT
KSC095-155-010000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
620 PM CDT WED MAY 31 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
          ...NORTHERN KINGMAN...SOUTHERN RENO
 
AT 615 PM CDT...KANSAS HIGHWAY PATROL SPOTTED A FUNNEL CLOUD AT THE
K-14 AND US 54 INTERSECTION ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF KINGMAN OR 40 MILES
WEST OF WICHITA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 30
MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN THE KINGMAN...VARNER...AND PRETTY PRAIRE
AREAS SHOULD TAKE 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.
 
GAEDE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Marion58 min
May 31, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey67 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.