Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1989, 4:24 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Osborne County, Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 66 min. 3 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 26, 1989, 4:24 PM CDT (21:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1989, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Mitchell County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Russell 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 26, 4:56 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Osborne, KS | |
| Jun 26, 5:15 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Russell, KS | |
| Jun 26, 5:40 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Russell, 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 1269 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 986 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 261 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 26, 10:24 AM CDT, 6 hours before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jun 26, 11:34 AM CDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-261730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1132 AM CDT MON JUN 26 1989 AT 1130 AM THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEAKENING ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA. ONLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL WAS INDICATED AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVED NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM OVER SOME SECTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS DURING THE AFTERNOON. ADAMS
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 11:36 AM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
KSZ013-015-261740- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1137 AM CDT MON JUN 26 1989 AT 1130 AM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED OVER NORTHERN AND WESTERN PARTS OF TOPEKA. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES EAST NORTHEAST THROUGH THE TOPEKA AREA. WITH A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER EASTERN NORTHEAST EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY LATER ON THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OF SEVERAL INCHES COULD FALL IN A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. BILLS
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 11:58 AM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
KSZ013-015-261800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1158 AM CDT MON JUN 26 1989 AT 1153 AM CDT...THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD DEVELOPED OVER NORTHWEST TOPEKA AT 1130 AM...HAD DISSIPATED. WITH A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER EASTERN NORTHEAST EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY LATER ON THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OF SEVERAL INCHES COULD FALL IN A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. BILLS
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 1:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-262000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 156 PM CDT MON JUN 26 1989 AT 155 PM THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE FORMING RAPIDLY FROM 40 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR GLEN ELDER RESERVOIR TO 60 WEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR OSBORNE TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAYS. MOVEMENT SHOULD BE NORTHEAST ABOUT 25 MPH. WITH A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER THE REGION... THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BRING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS TO SOME PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. ADAMS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jewell | 59 min |
| Jun 26, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic | 57 min |
| Jun 26, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Mitchell | 57 min |
| Jun 26, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Atchison, Brown | 69 min |
| Jun 26, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 57 min |
| Jun 26, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Washington | 62 min |
| Jun 26, 5:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Mitchell | 6 hr |
| Jun 26, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Atchison | 35 min |
| Jun 26, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 35 min |
| Jun 26, 5:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Atchison | 4 hr |
| Jun 26, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lincoln, Russell | 58 min |
| Jun 26, 6:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Jackson, Pottawatomie | 4 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.