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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Topeka, KS

April 27, 1989Dickinson County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 1989, 8:09 PM CDT for Dickinson County, Kansas. It was in force for 66 min. 1 report 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
Apr 27, 1989, 8:09 PM CDT (01:09 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 1989, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Dickinson 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 27, 8:35 PM CDTHail 0.75Dickinson, 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 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 132 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1989-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2407 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1989-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 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
2407 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1784 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 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 KCNK 280109
SVRCNK
KSC041-280215-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
809 PM CDT THU APR 27 1989

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
      EASTERN DICKINSON

AT 807 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES SOUTH
EAST OF SALINA OR 20 SOUTH OF ABILENE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.
THIS STROM WILL MOVE INTO THE CHAPMAN AREA BY 830 PM CDT.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA SO REMEMBER
THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE
OR NO ADVANCE WARNING...SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.

PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD GET INTO A REINFORCED SHELTER AND
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.  THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE LARGE
HAIL GREATER THAN| 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER...DESTRUCTIVE WINDS OF OVER
60 MPH AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS.

PETERSEN

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Apr 27, 6:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-280015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
617 PM CDT THU APR 27 1989

SEREVE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN RICE AND WESTERN ELLSWORTH
COUNTIES OF CENTR0AL KANSAS HAS BEEN CANCELED.  THE THUNDERSTORMS
HAVE MOVED TO THE NORTHEAST AND ARE NO LANGER A THREAT TO THE CLEARED
AREA.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
UNTIL 8 PM CDT.
PETERSEN
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 6:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
KSZ013-014-272305-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
505 PM CDT THU APR 27 1989

TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL
KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
8 THIS EVENING WEST OF A LINE FROM MARYSVILLE TO WESTMORELAND TO
WINFIELD.  THE WATCH INCLUDES WESTERN PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND EAST
CENTRAL KANSAS.  SOME NORTHEAST KANSAS COMMUNITIES INCLUDED ARE...
MANHATTAN...JUNCTION CITY...MARYSVILLE AND COUNCIL GROVE.

AT 5PM THUNDERSTORMS WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN HAD DEVELOPED FROM 20
MILES NORTHWEST TO 35 MILES NORTHNORTHWEST OF TOPEKA IN POTTAWATOMIE
AND NEMAHA COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST NEAR 30
MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ASSOCITATED WITH THESE STORMS.

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED IN A
NORTH TO SOUTH LINE THROUGH CENTRAL KANSAS FROM WEST OF CONCORDIA TO
WEST OF WICHITA. THESE STORMS bWERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST NEAR 40 MPH
AND MAY MOVE INTO THE WEST PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
BY 7PM.
SCHULTZ
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 6:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
KSZ009-272344-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
644 PM CDT THU APR 27 1989

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 127 IS CANCELLED FOR STAFFORD, PRATT AND BARBER
COUNTIES OF SOUTHxCENTRAL KANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THESE
COUNTIES AND NO FURTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER THE WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 8PM CDT.

KAYS
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 6:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-280100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
658 PM CDT THU APR 27 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH COVERS PART OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
   UNTIL 8PM CDT...

A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM FOR THE WEST PARTS OF
EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. THE TORNADO WATCH COVERS THAT PART
OF KANSAS WEST OF A LINE FROM MARYSVILLE TO WESTMORELAND TO WINFIELD.
SOME NORTHEAST KANSAS COMMUNITIES INCLUDED ARE...MANHATTAN...JUNCTION
CITY...MARYSVILLE AND COUNCIL GROVE.

AT 650PM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SOME SEVERE
WEATHER EXTENDED FROM CONCORDIA TO SALINA TO NORTHWES OF WICHITA. RAIN
ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAD SPREAD EAST TO WITHIN 25 MILES
OF JUNCTION CITY AT 650PM. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE
NORTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH AND SHOULD SPREAD INTO THE WEST PARTS OF RILEY
AND GEARY COUNTIES BY 8 OR 830 THIS EVENING.
,
THE THUNDERSTORMS PREVIOUSLY IN NEMAHA COUNTY HAD WEAKENED AND MOVED
INTO NEBRASKA AT 650PM.

A LIGHT RAIN SHOWER WAS 50 MILES SOUTH OF TOPEKA OR 12 MILES EAST OF
BURLINGTO AT 650PM. THIS SHOWER WAS THE ONLY PRECIPITATION IN NORTHEAST
AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AT 650PM.
SCHULTZ
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 7:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
KSZ013-014-015-016-280100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION OF 658PM STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
708 PM CDT THU APR 27 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH COVERS PART OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
   UNTIL 8PM CDT...

A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM FOR THE WEST PARTS OF
EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. THE TORNADO WATCH COVERS THAT PART
OF KANSAS WEST OF A LINE FROM MARYSVILLE TO WESTMORELAND TO WINFIELD...
AND EAST OF A LINE FROM MEDICINE LODGE TO GREAT BEND TO MANKATO AND
MARYSVILLE. SOME NORTHEAST KANSAS COMMUNITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH
ARE...MANHATTAN...JUNCTION CITY...MARYSVILLE AND COUNCIL GROVE.

AT 650PM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SOME SEVERE
WEATHER EXTENDED FROM CONCORDIA TO SALINA TO NORTHWEST OF WICHITA. RAIN
ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAD SPREAD EAST TO WITHIN 25 MILES
OF JUNCTION CITY AT 650PM. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE
NORTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH AND SHOULD SPREAD INTO THE WEST PARTS OF RILEY
AND GEARY COUNTIES BY 8 OR 830 THIS EVENING.

THE THUNDERSTORMS PREVIOUSLY IN NEMAHA COUNTY HAD WEAKENED AND MOVED
INTO NEBRASKA AT 650PM.

A LIGHT RAIN SHOWER WAS 50 MILES SOUTH OF TOPEKA OR 12 MILES EAST OF
BURLINGTON AT 650PM. THIS SHOWER WAS THE ONLY PRECIPITATION IN NORTHEAST
AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AT 650PM.
SCHULTZ
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 8:02 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-280200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
802 PM CDT THU APR 27 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH COVERS PART OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
   UNTIL 1PM CDT FRIDAY MORNING...

A TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 134 COVERS MUCH OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL
KANSAS UNTIL 1AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING. THE TORNADO WATCH COVERS THAT PART
OF KANSAS EAST OF A LINE FROM BELLEVILLE TO MCPHERSON...NORTH OF A LINE
FROM MCPHERSON TO EMPORIA...AND WEST OF A LINE FROM EMPORIA TO TOPEKA
TO HIAWATHA. SOME NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS COMMUNITIES INCLUDED
IN TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 134 ARE...EMPORIA...JUNCTION CITY...MANHATTAN
AND TOPEKA.

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 127 ISSUED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON FOR MUCH OF
CENTRAL KANSAS HAS EXPIRED AT 8PM AND WILL NOT BE REISSUED.

AT 8PM THUNDERSTORMS WITH SOME HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM ABOUT 20 MILES
SOUTH OF JUNCTION CITY TO MANHATTAN AND MARYSVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE PRODUCED SEVERE WEATHER WERE LOCATED ABOUT 30
MILES EAST TO 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA AT 8PM. THESE STORMS WILL
MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE WEST PARTS OF MORRIS AND GEARY COUNTIES BY 9PM.
VIGiILANCE IS ADVISED FOR PERSONS IN MORRIS AND GEARY COUNTIES...AND BE
PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING
ISSUED.
SCHULTZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington35 min
Apr 27, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Morris, Riley63 min
Apr 27, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPSaline62 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.