Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 1990, 9:44 PM CST for Harvey County, Kansas. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 13, 1990, 9:44 PM CST (03:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 1990, 10:45 PM CST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Harvey 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 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 1053 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 623 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 6.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
944 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
HARVEY...SEDGWICK...SUMNER...THE CITY OF WICHITA
AT 940PM A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM ABOUT 15
MILES WEST OF NEWTON NEAR BURRTON TO NEAR CHENEY LAKE TO JUST
SOUTHWEST OF ANTHONY KANSAS OR ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA.
IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA THREATENED BY THE STORM...GO TO A
REINFORCED SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...
VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND LIGHTNING.
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND DO OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. BE ON THE
LOOKOUT.
ELANDWhat 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, Mar 13, 5:39 PM CST, 4 hours 5 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-140130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 540 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...TORNADO IN HARVEY COUNTY... ...A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT... A LARGE TORNADO THAT TOUCHED DOWN AT 430 PM WAS STILL ON THE GROUND AT 530 PM IN HARVEY COUNTY. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED ONE MILE SOUTH AND TWO MILES WEST OF HESSTON AND MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SEVERE DAMAGE WAS REPORTED IN BURTON AND HESSTON. HARVEY COUNTY HARVEY COUNTY REMAINS UNDER WARNING UNTIL 545 PM. OTHERWISE...OTHER CELLS ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE WEATHER WERE IN NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND ARE MOVING INTO THE SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS REGION AT 40 MPH. LEIVERS
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 6:05 PM CST, 3 hours 39 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-140200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 603 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...TORNADO IN MARION COUNTY...SUMNER COUNTY UNDER WARNING... ...A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT... AT 600 PM TORNADOES WERE ON THE GROUND IN MARION COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF HILLSBORO AND HEADING TOWARD MARION BY 615 PM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. ANOTHER TORNDO WAS THREE MILES SOUTHWEST OF CALDWELL IN SUMNER COUNTY AND WAS HEADING DIRECTLY TOWARD CALDWELL. AGAIN...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION. THIS TORNADO WILL BE UPON THE CALDWELL AREA BY 615. OTHER SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING ALONG THE HARPER-SUMNER COUNTY LINE JUST SOUTH DOF CONWAY SPRINGS. LEIVERS
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 6:28 PM CST, 3 hours 16 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-140130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 627 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...TORNADO BREAKOUT IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... ...A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT... AT 600 PM NUMEROUS TORNADOES WERE ON THE GROUND IN MARION...RENO... KINGMAN...SEDGWICK...HARPER AND SUMNER COUNTIES. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. THIS LINE OF SEVERE WEATHER WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THESE COUNTIES ARE UNDER WARNING. OTHER COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS REMAIN UNDER A WATCH UNTIL 10 PM. LEIVERS
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 6:58 PM CST, 2 hours 46 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-140200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 656 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...TORNADO BREAKOUT IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... ...A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT... AT 645 PM NUMEROUS TORNADOES WERE ON THE GROUND IN MARION...RENO... KINGMAN...SEDGWICK...HARPER...HARVEY AND SUMNER COUNTIES. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. THIS LINE OF SEVERE WEATHER WAS MOpVING TO THE NORTH AT 40 MPH. THESE COUNTIES ARE UNDER WARNING UNTIL 715 PM... EXCEPT HARVEY...WHICH REMAINS UNDER WARNING UNTIL 745 PM. OTHER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS COUNTIES REMAIN UNDER WATCH UNTIL 10 PM. LEIVERS
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 8:48 PM CST, 56 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-140300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 843 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH STILL IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT... AT 830 PM CST THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN WESTERN PART OF CENTRAL KANSAS AND ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS FROM EASTERN OKLAHOMA. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES WEST OF HUTCHINSON TO N%EAR CONCORDIA. AT THIS TIME ONLY LIGHT RAINSHOWERS WERE IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND NO THEAT OF SEVERE. MOVEMENT WAS TO NORTHEAST 35 TO 40 MPH. LR
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 9:10 PM CST, 34 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-140400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 909 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...THE TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT... AT 900 PM CST A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED NORTH OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS REGION. THE LINE WAS LOCATED FROM THE CONCORDIA AREA TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON. THIS LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES _AN HOUR. OTHERWISE...AN AREA OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. LEIVERS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 6:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick | 59 min |
| Mar 13, 6:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sumner | 41 min |
| Mar 13, 6:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno | 49 min |
| Mar 13, 9:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 67 min |
| Mar 13, 9:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 67 min |
| Mar 13, 9:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 61 min |
| Mar 13, 10:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Sedgwick | 59 min |
| Mar 13, 10:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 59 min |
| Mar 13, 10:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 64 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.