Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 1989, 5:36 PM CDT for Butler County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 min. 2 reports 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
- Jun 10, 1989, 5:36 PM CDT (22:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 1989, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Butler 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 5:55 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Butler, KS | |
| Jun 10, 6:18 PM CDT | Hail 2.75 | Butler, 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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1150 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KICT 102236
TORICT
KSC015-102315-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
536 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS
...SOUTHERN BUTLER
AT 532 PM CDT...AUGUSTA POLICE CONFIRMED A FUNNEL CLOUD
4 MILES NORTHEAST OF DOUGLASS...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF WICHITA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES
AN HOUR. THE TOWN OF LEON IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A STAIRWELL OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF9 NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
KRAUSEWhat 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, Jun 10, 4:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
KSZ-011-012-014-017-102200- 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
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 4:57 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
KSZ012-102300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 455 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1989 ...HEAVY RAINS IN THE WICHITA AREA CAUSING LOCAL STREET FLOODING... IN THE FOURTY FIVE MINUTES BETWEEN 400 PM AND 445 PM WICHITA MID- CONTINENT AIRPORT RECEIVED 2.55 INCHES OF RAIN. WITH HEAVY RAINS IN WICHITA STREETS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WILL LIKELY BE CURB TO CURB. ELAND
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 5:26 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
KSZ012-017-102300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 525 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 449 FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 8 PM CDT... AT 512 PM CDT...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST EAST OF WICHITA...TO ELDORADO...WHICH IS 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF WICHITA. THE ONLY OTHER THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS WERE NEAR COFFEYVILLE...BUT THESE DID NOT APPEAR TO BE SEVERE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR BARTLESVILLE OKLAHOMA...AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE ACROSS THE KANSAS...OKLAHOMA BORDER BY 6 PM CDT. PERSONS IN CHAUTAUQUA... MONTGOMERY...AND LABET-TE COUNTIES SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. KRAUSE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 66 min |
| Jun 10, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 59 min |
| Jun 10, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 33 min |
| Jun 10, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 60 min |
| Jun 10, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey | 69 min |
| Jun 10, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 57 min |
| Jun 10, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 67 min |
Nearby
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Sources
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.