Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 100, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 21, 1990, 7:13 PM CDT for Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 62 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, 1990, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 21, 1990, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sumner 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, 7:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Sumner, 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, Aug 21, 5:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMNWT AND RADAR SUMMARY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 539 PM CDT TUE AUG 21 1990 AT 530 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA JUST SOUTH OF THE BORDER 30 MILES WEST OF ARKANSAS CITY NEAR CALDWELL. ALTHOUGH THESE STORMS WERE NOT OVER KANSAS...THE BORDER AREA FROM ANTHONY TO ARKANSAS CITY COULD RECEIVE GUST OF 45 MPH AND SOME RAIN. THIS LOCATION RECEIVED SOME HEAVY RAINS LAST NIGHT...SO BE ON THE LOOK-OUT FOR SMALL STREAM FLOODING. PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. 10 PM TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 80S...WITH OVERNIGHT LOW IN THE MID 70S. LR
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.