Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at May 22, 1989, 10:18 PM CDT for Jewell County, Republic County, Kansas. It was in force for 57 min. 2 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
- May 22, 1989, 10:18 PM CDT (03:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 1989, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jewell County, KS, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 10:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Republic, KS | |
| May 22, 11:10 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | 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 nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3545 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCNK 230318
TORCNK
KSC089-157-230415-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
1018 PM CDT MON MAY 22 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
EASTERN JEWELL...WESTERN REPUBLIC
AT 1015 PM A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR 35 MILES NORTH
NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR SUPERIOR NEBRASKA MOVING SOUTH
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR FORMOSA
OR 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA BY 1045 PM.
PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD FIND SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
BASEMENTS OFFER THE xBEST PROTECTION. SMALL ROOMS NEAR THE
CENTER OF HOMES AND BUILDINGS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR ARE ALSO FAIRLY
SAFE. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES OFFER NO SHELTER...SO LEAVE THEM.
EVEN A DITCH OR LOW PLACE IS SAFER THAN A MOBILE HOME OR CAR.
ADAMSWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, May 22, 8:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
KSZ010>011-013>015-230255- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 857 PM CDT MON MAY 22 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 2 AM CDT... INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA IN THE GRAND ISLAND VICINITY. THESE STORMS HAVE PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. GUSTS TO 59 MPH WERE REPORTED AT GRAND ISLAND ABOUT 815 PM THIS EVENING. THE AREA OF STORMS WAS ABOUT 50 MILES IN DIAMETER AND MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 35 MPH. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO DEEPER MOISTURE AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AND COULD POSSIBLY INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS KANSAS. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS AND BE READY TO TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. FRANTZ
Special weather statement, May 22, 9:24 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-230330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 922 PM CDT MON MAY 22 1989 AT 920 PM INTENSE TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM 20 NORTHWEST OF BEATRICE NEBRASKA TO NEAR 50 MILES NORTH TO CONCORDIA TO NEAR HASTINGS NEBRASKA. SOME OF THESE STORMS CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS OVER 60 MPH...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ON A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA ...NEAR WASHINGTON TO 20 MILES NORTH OF CONCORDIA...NEAR BELLEVILLE TO 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA...NEAR MANKATO BY 1020 PM. PERSONS IN THE NORTHERN COUNTIES .OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS BE ALERT AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND A PART OF CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 2 AM TUESDAY. ADAMS
Special weather statement, May 22, 9:51 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
KSZ010>011-013>015-230350- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 950 PM CDT MON MAY 22 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 2 AM CDT... THERE WERE NO THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST KANSAS AT 945 THIS EVENING. RADAR SHOWED THE LEADING EDGE OF A MASS OF POTENT STORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA JUST MOVING ACROSS THE KANSAS BORDER WEST OF MARYSVILLE. THE CORE OF THE STORM SYSTEM WAS NORTH OF CONCORDIA NEAR HASTINGS...NEBRASKA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO THE MARYSVILLE AREA BETWEEN 10 AND 11 TONIGHT...AND REACH MANHATTAN BY MIDNIGHT. A SEVE8RE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS POSTED UNTIL 2AM FOR THAT PART OF KANSAS GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM TOPEKA TO MCPHERSON TO SMITH CENTER. THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES MOST OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. SCHURR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic | 44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.