Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 1990, 1:37 AM CDT for Kingman County, Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 12, 1990, 1:37 AM CDT (06:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 1990, 2:28 AM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kingman County, KS, Reno 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 932 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -218 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1345 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 267 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 358 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KICT 120637
SVRICT
KSC155-095-079-120745-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
137 AM CDT SAT MAY 12 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
EASTERN RENO...NORTHERN KINGMAN...HARVEY
AT 130 AM RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL
7 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON AND 28 MILES WEST OF WICHITA
JUST SOUTHWEST OF GARDEN PLAIN.
THESE STORMS WERE WITHIN A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WAS MOVING
EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
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.
BURKEWhat 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, May 12, 12:51 AM CDT, 46 minutes before
KSZ009>012-017-120700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1250 AM CDT SAT MAY 12 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 216 IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM FOR SOUTHCENTRAL AND PART OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS... AT 1235 AM...A 25-MILE WIDE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE LARGE HAIL...WAS FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREAT BEND TO JUST WEST OF PRATT TO THE OKLAHOMA BORDER SOUTH OF PRATT. MOVEMENT WAS EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. A COUPLE OF OTHER STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE 30 MILES WEST AND 28 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EMPORIA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.[ BURKE
Special weather statement, May 12, 1:13 AM CDT, 24 minutes before
KSZ009>012-017-120715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 110 AM CDT SAT MAY 12 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 216 IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM FOR SOUTHCENTRAL AND PART OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS... AT 100 AM...A 15-MILE WIDE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL...WAS FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON SOUTHWESTWARD TO THE OKLAHOMA BORDER 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE IN THE EMPORIA AREA. NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE WICHITA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BE ALERT FOR UPDATES AND ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. BURKE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 1:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey | 51 min |
| May 12, 2:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 55 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.