Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1990, 2:10 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Labette County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 min. 2 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
- May 16, 1990, 2:10 PM CDT (19:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 1990, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cherokee County, KS, Labette 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 3:05 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Labette, KS | |
| May 16, 3:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Labette, 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
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -207 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 689 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 390 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 446 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KICT 161910
SVRICT
KSC099-021-162015-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
210 PM CDT WED MAY 16 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF KANSAS
EASTERN LABETTE...CHEROKEE
AT 208 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE STORM 18 MILES EAST OF
COFFEYVILLE OR JUST SOUTHWEST OF ALTAMONT. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
DAMAGING WINDS UPROOTED TREES AS THIS STORM PASSED THROUGH EDNA...
14 EAST OF COFFEYVILLE.
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.
STEADHAMWhat 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 16, 12:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-161845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1242 PM CDT WED MAY 16 1990 ...NEW THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... AT 1235 PM A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. OTHER SHOWERS WERE IN NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A NARROW BAND 15 MILES WIDE FROM NEAR CHANUTE TO THE OKLAHOMA BORDER 30 MILES EAST OF ARKANSAS CITY...OR SOUTH OF SEDAN. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY SOME OF THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. JUST SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CHANUTE AREA THE GROUND IS STILL SATURATED FROM RAINFALL IN THE PAST 24 HOURS. LOW LYING AREAS WILL LIKELY FLOOD EASILY. DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER OVER ROADS. BURKE
Special weather statement, May 16, 1:17 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-161915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 117 PM CDT WED MAY 16 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH #244 FOR PART OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 8 PM CDT... AT 110 PM A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING RAPIDLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THIS 12- MILE WIDE LINE WAS FROM 20 MILES EAST OF CHANUTE TO NEAR COFFEYVILLE. BRIEF BUT VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS IN THIS LINE. AROUND ONE-HAYLF INCH AMOUNTS IN 20 MINUTES WERE RECEIVED IN IOLA AND HUMBOLDT AS STORMS PASSED. SMALL STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL LIKELY FLOOD. DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER OVER ROADWAYS. BURKE
Special weather statement, May 16, 1:19 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-161915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR SPEED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 117 PM CDT WED MAY 16 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH #244 FOR PART OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 8 PM CDT... AT 110 PM A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING RAPIDLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THIS 12- MILE WIDE LINE WAS FROM 20 MILES EAST OF CHANUTE TO NEAR COFFEYVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT NEAR 50 MPH. BRIEF BUT VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS IN THIS LINE. AROUND ONE-HALF INCH AMOUNTS IN 20 MINUTES WERE RECEIVED IN IOLA AND HUMBOLDT AS STORMS PASSED. SMALL STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL LIKELY FLOOD. DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER OVER ROADWAYS. BURKE [
Special weather statement, May 16, 1:42 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-161945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 140 PM CDT WED MAY 16 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH #244 FOR PART OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 8 PM CDT... AT 135 PM A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 12 MILES WIDE WAS FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHANUTE JUST WEST OF FORT SCOTT TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHANUTE NEAR PARSONS TO NEAR BARTLESVILLE OKLAHOMA. BRIEF BUT VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS TO 50 MPH...AND SOME HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS AS THE PASS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 45 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. SMALL STREAMS WILL LIKELY FILL RAPIDLY AND SPILL OVER ROADS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER ACROSS ROADWAYS. OTHER SHOWERS WERE NORTHWEST OF A CONCORDIA TO GREAT BEND LINE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. BURKE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey | 42 min |
| May 15, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 32 min |
| May 15, 7:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chase | 27 min |
| May 15, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 56 min |
| May 15, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno, Sedgwick | 56 min |
| May 15, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey | 33 min |
| May 15, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler | 16 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.