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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Wichita, KS

September 7, 1990Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 1990, 4:20 PM CDT for Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 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
Sep 7, 1990, 4:20 PM CDT (21:20 UTC)
Expired
Sep 7, 1990, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Sedgwick 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 7, 4:25 PM CDTHail 2Sedgwick, 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 215 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1990-09-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1990-09-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-265 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1427 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KICT 072123
SVRICT
KSC173-072215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
420 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
          ...SEDGWICK
 
AT 420 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER NORTH PART OF WICHITA. THIS
STORM WAS PRODUCING 1 INCH HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.
 
THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIO#R ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY... SO
DON'T DRIVE ONTO WATER-COVERED ROADS.

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, Sep 7, 2:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-072045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
244 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 1990

AT 230 PM CDT...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF VERY
HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS HAD DEVELOPED
VERY RAPIDLY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THESE STORMS EXTENDED FROM 25
MILES SOUTHWEST TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA OR JUST NORTH OF
ANTHONY. PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF NEEDED.

ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A AREA
100 MILES WIDE AND GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES EAST OF
OTTAWA TO 15 MILES WEST OF CHANUTE TO THE OKLAHOMA BORDER 45 MILES
SOUTHWXEST OF WICHITA.

MOVEMENT OF ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES PER
HOUR.
ROSNER
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 3:39 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-072140-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
339 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 1990

AT 330 PM CDT...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF VERY
HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS CONTINUED IN
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED 30 AND 40 MILES
NORTHEAST OF WICHITA AND 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA JUST SOUTH OF
HAZELTON. PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF
NEEDED.

ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A AREA
100 MILES WIDE AND GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
OTTAWA TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHANUTE TO THE OKLAHOMA BORDER JUST WEST
OF ARKANSAS CITY.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES PER HOUR.
ROSNER
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 4:10 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-072210-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
410 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 1990

AT 400 PM CDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED VERY RAPIDLY  FROM
JUST NORTHEAST OF WICHITA TO JUST NORTHWEST OF WICHITA. THESE STORMS ARE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG
GUSTY WINDS AND THEY MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE CITY OF WICHITA FOR THE
HOUR.
ROSNER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 7, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley63 min
Sep 7, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990

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.