Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1989, 7:05 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 1989, 7:05 PM CDT (00:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1989, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mitchell County, KS
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
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 30, 7:00 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
KSZ013>016-010100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 700 PM CDT FRI JUN 30 1989 THUNDERSTORMS HAD WEAKENED RAPIDLY OVER NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS SINCE 630PM. AT 7 O CLOCK A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS ABOUT 50 MILES EAST OF EMPORIA IN SOUTHERN ANDERSON COUNTY...WHILE OTHER LIGHTER SHOWERS WERE 30 MILES NORTH AND ABOUT 45 MILES SOUTH OF TOPEKA. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS TONIGHT. HOWEVER LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS HAVE PRODUCE TEMPORARY FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. ONE QUARTER INCH HAIL FELL AT BILLARD AIRPORT IN TOPEKA AND WINDS TO 47 MPH WERE REPORTED IN SOUTH- WEST SHAWNEE COUNTY. THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES HIGH OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS TONIGHTT. THUS A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. AKULOW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 7:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Jewell | 119 min |
| Jun 30, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Mitchell | 68 min |
| Jun 30, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Smith | 67 min |
| Jun 30, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Mitchell | 32 min |
| Jun 30, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lincoln, Russell | 67 min |
| Jul 1, 3:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Barton | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 10:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 3 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.