Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 1990, 4:42 PM CDT for Butler County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 7, 1990, 4:42 PM CDT (21:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 1990, 5:12 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Butler County, KS
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -278 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2136 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 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 KICT 072145
SVRICT
KSC015-035-072245-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
442 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS
...SOUTHERN BUTLER...NORTHERN COWLEY
AT 445 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERORM WAS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE
CITY OF WICHITA THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 90 MILES AN
HOUR.
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF
ROCK AND DOUGLAS SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATHk YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.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 57 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, 1 hour 3 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, 32 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 55 min |
| Sep 7, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 63 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.