Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 12, 1990, 9:12 PM CST for Greenwood County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 12, 1990, 9:12 PM CST (03:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 1990, 10:00 PM CST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Greenwood 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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 1430 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1353 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 7.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KICT 130312
SVRICT
KSC073-130400-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
912 PM CST MON MAR 12 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF KANSAS
NORTHERN GREENWOOD
AT 908 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES
NORTH OF HAMILTON IN NORTHERN GREENWOOD COUNTY. HAMILTON IS 20
MILES SOUTH OF EMPORIA.
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.
WILSONWhat 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 12, 7:13 PM CST, 1 hour 59 minutes before
KSZ009-012-017-130215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 712 PM CST MON MAR 12 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ON THE PROWL AGAIN TONIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS... AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED IN THE OKLAHOMA CITY AREA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS ON MONDAY AND... AT 710 PM THIS MONDAY EVENING...THIS STORM HAD MOVED TO NORTHERN OKLAHOMA TO JUST EAST OF PONCA CITY. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO KMANSAS ABOUT 50 TO 55 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WICHITA OR NEAR SILVERDALE BY 725 PM THIS EVENING. THE STORM WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY STRAIGHT LINE WIND AND SOME HAIL AS IT CONTINUES MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 40 MPH. WILSON
Special weather statement, Mar 12, 7:40 PM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes before
KSZ009-012-017-130215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 734 PM CST MON MAR 12 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE ON THE PROWL AGAIN TONIGHT... AT 730 PM RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM NEAR PONCA CITY OKLAHOMA TO CHANUTE. THE STRONGEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF SILVERDALE OR 15 MILES EAST OF ARKANSAS CITY. SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WINDS WERE REPORTED AT DEXTER FROM ANOTHER STORM. PERSONS ALONG THIS PATH SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK COVER AS THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND VERY STRONG WINDS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 40 MPH. LR
Special weather statement, Mar 12, 9:09 PM CST, 3 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-130410- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 909 PM CST MON MAR 12 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS PERSIST ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING... AT 905 PM...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS WITH THOSE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAIN...HAIL AND GUSTY WIND... 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF WICHITA...OR JUST TO THE SOUTH OF CHELSEA... AND 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF WICHITA...OR JUST TO THE NORTHWEST OF AUGUSTA. PERSONS ALONG THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK COVER IF THESE STORMS INTENSIFY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 45 MPH. WILSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 7:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 32 min |
| Mar 12, 8:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 26 min |
| Mar 13, 10:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 58 min |
| Mar 13, 11:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey | 62 min |
| Mar 13, 4:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 55 min |
| Mar 13, 4:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Reno | 38 min |
| Mar 13, 4:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey | 38 min |
| Mar 13, 5:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey | 18 min |
| Mar 13, 5:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Marion | 62 min |
| Mar 13, 5:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sumner | 46 min |
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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.