Tornado Warning 8, NWS Wichita, KS

Issued

Jun 10, 1989, 4:27 PM CDT (21:27 UTC)

Expired

Jun 10, 1989, 5:00 PM CDT

In force

33 min

Issued by

NWS Wichita, KS

Area

Whole counties

County Sedgwick County, KS

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

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.

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
427 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
          ...SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SEDGWICK
 
AT 422 PM CDT...CIVIL DEFENSE AUTHORITIES REPORTED A ROTATING
WALL CLOUD VERY CLOSE TO THE GROUND. THIS CLOUD IS ON THE
VERGE OF BECOMING A TORNADO.
 
THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS 2 MILES SOUTH OF CLONMEL...OR ABOUT
15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA.  THE STORM IS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR...AND MAY AFFECT WICHITA...
HAYSVILLE...CLONMEL...AND CLEARWATER.
 
 
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE.
OTHERWISE... GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A
STURDIER BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
 
KRAUSE

In the hours before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
410 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 8 PM...

AT 400 PM CDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PORTIONS
OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS.  SOME OF THESE STORMS HAD HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY
WIND...SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS 5 MILES WEST
OF EL DORADO...OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF WICHITA.  THIS STORM
MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WIND...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND
VERY HEAVY RAIN.  PERSONS ON EL DORADO LAKE SHOULD GET OFF NOW.
OTHER PEOPLE AROUND EL DORADO SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATExR STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.  MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHERWISE...ONLY A FEW WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE AROUND SOUTHEAST
KANSAS.  THESE WERE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PITTSBURG TO EL DORADO.

KRAUSE

Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 1989Every tornado warning in 1989Tornadoes in 1989

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.