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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Topeka, KS

April 27, 1989Republic County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 1989, 6:31 PM CDT for Republic County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 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, 6:31 PM CDT (23:31 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 1989, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Whole counties

County Republic 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
Apr 27, 6:40 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 52	Republic, 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 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, Apr 27, 4:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 27, 4:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 27, 4:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 27, 5:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 27, 5:55 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 27, 6:18 PM CDT, 13 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

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 27, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lincoln, Mitchell	63 min
Apr 27, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Ellsworth, Rice	66 min
Apr 27, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Nemaha	49 min
Apr 27, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jewell	60 min
Apr 27, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lincoln	58 min
Apr 27, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud	66 min
Apr 27, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	McPherson	55 min

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.