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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Wichita, KS

May 31, 1989Kingman County, Reno County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 31, 1989, 7:07 PM CDT for Kingman County, Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 31, 1989, 7:07 PM CDT (00:07 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 1989, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
53 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 00:00Z, 0.1 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 00:00Z on 1989-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 00:00Z on 1989-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 234 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
902 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
234 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
310 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KICT 010007
TORICT
KSC095-155-010100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
707 PM CDT WED MAY 31 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
          ...NORTHERN KINGMAN...SOUTHERN RENO
 
AT 700 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF
KINGMAN OR 30 MILES WEST OF WICHITA. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS
ARE STILL BEING RECIEVED FROM THIS STORM. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH
NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORUT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
 
GAEDE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick61 min
May 31, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Sedgwick60 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.