Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1989, 8:09 PM CDT for Brown County, Jackson County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 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
- Jun 2, 1989, 8:09 PM CDT (01:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1989, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Brown County, KS, Jackson 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 2, 8:44 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Brown, 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 69 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
- 2042 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1292 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Jun 2, 4:56 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
KSZ016-022300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 455 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 1989 AT 445PM CDT STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTH OF EMPORIA TO 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EMPORIA OR OVER CENTRAL GREENWOOD AND SOUTHERN WOODSON COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS. IF THE STORMS REMAIN STRONG, THEY WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHERN COFFEY AND SOUTHWEST ANDERSON COUNTIES BETWEEN 500PM AND 530PM CDT. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH. THE STORMS WILL BE EFFECTING THE TOWN OF BURLINGTON AND JOHN REDMOND RESERVOIR BY 530 PM CDT. IF THE STORMS RETAIN THEIR INTENSITY, WARNINGS WILL BE LIKELY FOR THIS AREA BETWEEN 5/ AND 6PM CDT. BOATERS ON JOHN REDMOND SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR. KAYS
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 7:41 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
KSZ013>016-030130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 742 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 1989 INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AT 730 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF OTTAWA...TO 15 MILES WEST OF OTTAWA...TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA...TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARYSVILLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NOTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE 13 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF MARYS- VILLE NEAR FRANKFORT...JUST NORTH AND 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAWRENCE NEAR PERRY DAM...AND 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST JOSEPH MISSOURI. THE SEVERE WEATHER THAT OCCURRED EARLIER THIS EVENINGL IS NO LONGER A THREAT. THE STORMS THAT PRODUCED THE SEVERE WEATHER HAVE EITHER DECREASED IN INTENSITY OR MOVED OUT OF NORTHEAST KANSAS. MCNULTY
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 7:47 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-030200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 748 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 1989 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 377 IS CANCELLED NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM UNEAR NORTON TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF GOODLAND NEAR SHARON SPRINGS. HOWEVER THE WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF NORTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 11PM CDT. KAYS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 35 min |
| Jun 2, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 63 min |
| Jun 2, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie | 63 min |
| Jun 2, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Riley | 63 min |
| Jun 2, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Morris, Wabaunsee | 35 min |
| Jun 2, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 35 min |
| Jun 3, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Shawnee | 35 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.