Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Aug 21, 1989, 6:18 PM CDT for Osborne County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 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
- Aug 21, 1989, 6:18 PM CDT (23:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 21, 1989, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Osborne 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Osborne, 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 886 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1432 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCNK 212318
TORCNK
KSC141-212345-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
618 PM CDT MON AUG 21 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
SOUTHERN OSBORNE
AT 617 PM CDT A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED 1 MILE EAST OF NATOMA
BY THE NATOMA CITY MARSHALL.
PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD FIND SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
BASEMENTS OFFER THE BEST 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.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. GET TO AN
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IF POSSIBLE. DON'T HESITATE...A FEW SECONDS
MIGHT SAVE YOUR LIFE.
PHILLIPSWhat 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, Aug 21, 3:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-212100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 325 PM CDT MON AUG 21 1989 AT 325PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA. BRIEF BUT VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPEXTED WITH THIS THUNDESTORM AS IT MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM COULD REACH THE CUBA ...HADDAM AREAS BY 4 PM CDT. PETERSEN
Special weather statement, Aug 21, 4:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
KSZ013-212220- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 421 PM CDT MON AUG 21 1989 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 10PM THIS EVENING FOR NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS AND A SMALL PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS. THE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST KANSAS INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE...MARSHALL AND RILEY. AT 420PM CDT NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED BY WEATHER RADAR OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS. VERY STRONG STORMS WERE NEAR CONCORDIA BUT WERE) MOVING TO THE NORTH INTO NEBRASKA. HOWEVER THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS QUITE UNSTABL AND HUMID...THUS STORMS COULD FORM QUITE RAPIDLY. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR LATER INFOR- MATION. . AKULOW
Special weather statement, Aug 21, 4:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-212230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 424 PM CDT MON AUG 21 1989 AT 420 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN 15 TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA. BRIEF BUT VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPEXTED WITH THESE THUNDESTORM AS IT TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SOME PEA SIZE HAIL REPORED 6 MILES EAST OF BELLEVILLE AT 415 PM CDT. THE THUNDERSTORM COULD REACH THE HADDAM ...MAHASKA AREAS BY 5 PM.. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG AND 25 MILES SOUTH OF PHILLIPSBURG NEAR STOCKTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL M0OVE THROUGH THE CAWKEER CITY...GLEN ELDER AREAS BY 530PM CDT THIS EVENING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. PETERSEN
Special weather statement, Aug 21, 5:31 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
KSZ013-212330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 530 PM CDT MON AUG 21 1989 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 10PM THIS EVENING FOR NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS AND A SMALL PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS. THE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST KANSAS INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE...MARSHALL AND RILEY. AT 530PM CDT NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED BY WEATHER RADAR OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS. VERY STRONG STORMS WERE NORTH OF CONCORDIA ALONG THE NEBRASKA BORDER MOVING TO THE NORTH. HOWEVER THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS QUITE UNSTABLE AND HUMID...THUS STORMS COULD FORM QUITE RAPIDLY. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR LATER INFOR- MATION. . AKULOW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 59 min |
| Aug 21, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osborne | 58 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.