Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 1990, 10:46 PM CST for Harvey County, Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 min. 3 reports 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
- Mar 13, 1990, 10:46 PM CST (04:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 1990, 11:45 PM CST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Harvey County, KS, 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 10:50 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Sedgwick, KS | |
| Mar 13, 10:50 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Sedgwick, KS | |
| Mar 13, 11:10 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Sedgwick, 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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
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, Mar 13, 6:58 PM CST, 3 hours 48 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, 1 hour 58 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, 1 hour 36 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
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 10:04 PM CST, 42 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-140400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1000 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 2 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING... A WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND 1/2 INCH HAIL ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHENEY OR ABOUT 15 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA KANSAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR HARVEY...SEDGWICK AND SUMNER COUNTIES UNTIL 1045PM. ELAND
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 10:22 PM CST, 24 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-140400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1021 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 2 AM WEDNESDAY M5ORNING... A WEATHER SPOTTER AT 13 AND TYLER ROAD IN WEST WICHITA REPORTED HEAVY RAINS 1/2 HAIL AND WINDS TO 45 MPH. SPOTTER AT 119 STREET WEST AND HIWAY 54 REPORTED 3/4 HAIL AT 1021 PM. ELAND
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 10:41 PM CST, 5 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-140400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1038 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 2 AM WEDNESDAY MdORNING... RADIO STATION KNSS AT 37 TH STREET AND HILLSIDE IN NORTHEAST WICHITA REPORTED 1/2 HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN AT 1038PM ELAND
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, 9:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey | 61 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.