Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1989, 8:02 PM CDT for Cloud County, Mitchell County, Kansas. It was in force for 58 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 10, 1989, 8:02 PM CDT (01:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 1989, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cloud County, KS, Mitchell 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, 8:14 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Mitchell, 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -137 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 836 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 10, 2:27 PM CDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-102030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 226 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1989 THUNDERSTORMS WERE INTENSIFYING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. AT 223 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES EAST PHILLIPSBURG TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG NEAR HARLAN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE GROWN IN SIZE AND INTENSITY SINCE 2 PM. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS THE PRIMARY DANGER WITH THESE STORMS. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED AS WELL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. RAIN SHOWERS WERE ALSO SCATTERED OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AT 223 PM. THESE WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. SULLIVAN
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 3:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-102145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 345 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1989 THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH- CENTRAL KANSAS. AT 340 PM CDT...THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 25 MILES SOUTHWEST AND 45 MILES WEST OF GREAT BEND. THESE STORMS WERE CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY RAINS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. ALSO...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WAS NEAR SMITH CENTER /25 MILES EAST OF PHILLIPSBURG/ IN NORTH- CENTRAL KANSAS. ALL OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF GREAT BEND CAN EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS BY ABOUT 420 PM CDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECTF UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF CEN- TRAL AND NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS. PEOPLE IN OR NEAR THE PATHS OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ES
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 3:54 PM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
KSZ013-KS014-KS015-KS016-102200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 455 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1989 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING IN NORTHEAST KANSAS... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS DURING THE MID-AFTERNOON HOURS. AT 350 PM CDT THE STRONGEST STORMS EXTENDED ALONG A 15 MILE WIDE LINE FROM MANHATTAN TO COUNCIL GROVE. ALL OF THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING NORTHTEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. IF THE STORMS CONTINUE ON THEIR PRESENT COURSE THEY BE MIDWAY BETWEEN MANHATTAN AND TOPEKA JUST BEFORE 4 PM CDT. HEATHFIELD
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 4:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
KSZ013-KS014-KS015-KS016-102200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 453 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1989 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS TOPEKA SHORTLY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REACHED FROM ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH TO ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA AT 450PM THIS AFTERNOON. THIS RAIN AREA WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS SHAWNEE COUNTY AND TOPEKA BETWEEN 5PM AND ABOUT 6PM THIS EVENING. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY SOME SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. BY 6PM THE RAIN AREA SHOULD EXTEND FROM NEAR HOLTON...20 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA...TO LAWRENCE. AKULOW
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 4:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
KSZ013-KS014-KS015-KS016-102300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO CODING... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 454 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1989 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS TOPEKA SHORTLY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REACHED FROM ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH TO ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA AT 450PM THIS AFTERNOON. THIS RAIN AREA WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS SHAWNEE COUNTY AND TOPEKA BETWEEN 5PM AND ABOUT 6PM THIS EVENING. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY SOME SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. BY 6PM THE RAIN AREA SHOULD EXTEND FROM NEAR HOLTON...20 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA...TO LAWRENCE. AKULOW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 8:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Mitchell | 2 hr |
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.