Tornado Warning 4, NWS Topeka, KS

Issued

Jun 2, 1989, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)

Expired

Jun 2, 1989, 7:15 PM CDT

In force

36 min

Issued by

NWS Topeka, KS

Area

Whole counties

Counties Douglas County, KS, Jefferson County, KS

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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.

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
639 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
          ...NORTH CENTRAL DOUGLAS
IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
          ...SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON
 
A TORNADO WAS REPORTED AROUND 15 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF LAWRENCE OR
AROUND 5 MILES WEST OF CLINTON RESERVOIR AT 630PM CDT. THE TORNADO WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL THREATEN THE CITY OF
LAWRENCE AND PERRY RESERVOIR BETWEEN 645 AND 715PM CDT.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO
TO A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A
TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

In the hours before

KSZ016-022300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
455 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 1989

AT 445PM CDT STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTH OF
EMPORIA TO 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EMPORIA OR OVER CENTRAL GREENWOOD AND
SOUTHERN WOODSON COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED LARGE HAIL AND
HEAVY RAINS. IF THE STORMS REMAIN STRONG, THEY WILL BE MOVING INTO
SOUTHERN COFFEY AND SOUTHWEST ANDERSON COUNTIES BETWEEN 500PM AND 530PM
CDT. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH.

THE STORMS WILL BE EFFECTING THE TOWN OF BURLINGTON AND JOHN REDMOND
RESERVOIR BY 530 PM CDT. IF THE STORMS RETAIN THEIR INTENSITY, WARNINGS
WILL BE LIKELY FOR THIS AREA BETWEEN 5/ AND 6PM CDT. BOATERS ON JOHN
REDMOND SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR.

KAYS

Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 1989Every tornado warning in 1989Tornadoes in 1989

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.