Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 1990, 10:17 AM CST for Kingman County, Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 58 min. 1 report 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, 10:17 AM CST (16:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 1990, 11:15 AM CST
- In force
- 58 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 11:10 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Reno, 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 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
- 1480 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 829 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 9.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KICT 131617
SVRICT
KSC155-095-131715-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1017 AM CST TUE MAR 13 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
RENO...KINGMAN
AT 1015 AM RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM
JUST EAST OF ST JOHNS KANSAS SOUTHWARD TO NEAR MEDICINE LODGE KANSAS
THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 50 MILES AN HOUR.
PERSONS IN KINGMAN ...TURON...ARLINGTON HAVEN AND HUTCHINSON SHOULD
BE ALERT FOR THESE FAST MOVING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
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, 6:14 AM CST, 4 hours 3 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-131315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 613 AM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST FOR PART OF CENTRAL KANSAS INCLUDING HARPER...KINGMAN AND RENO COUNTIES... AT 610 AM THE WICHITA RADAR SHOWED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAD CONTINUED MOVINING NORTH-NORTHEAST. ONE AREA OF POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS WAS NORTHWEST OF ELLSWORTH AND ANOTHER 25 MILES NORTH;WEST OF GREAT BEND IN THE LA CROSSE AREA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR. NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN REPORTED IN SOUTHCENTRAL OR SOUTHEAST KANSAS. BURKE
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 6:44 AM CST, 3 hours 33 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-131345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 642 AM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST FOR PART OF CENTRAL KANSAS INCLUDING HARPER...KINGMAN AND RENO COUNTIES... AT 630 AM THE WICHITA RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES WEST OF SALINA NEAR ELLSWORTH MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WERE IN A BEAND 15 MILES WIDE FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RUSSELL TO NEAR NESS CITY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. A NEW AREA OF DEVELOPING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS SOUTH OF GAGE OKLAHOMA. MOVEMENT HAD NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED. BURKE
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 7:11 AM CST, 3 hours 6 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-131415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 711 AM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST FOR PART OF CENTRAL KANSAS INCLUDING HARPER...KINGMAN AND RENO COUNTIES... AT 700 AM THE WICHITA RADAR SHOWED STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS OVER 50 MPH AND HAIL 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RUSSELL AND 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF SALINA JUST WEST OF MINNEAPOLIS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER SHOWERS AND STORMS CONTIUED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTHEAST GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM CONCORDIA TO NORTHWEST OF SALINA TO SOUTHWEST OF RUSSELL TO SOUTHWEST OF DODGE CITY. BURKE
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 7:45 AM CST, 2 hours 32 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-131445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 743 AM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST FOR PART OF CENTRAL KANSAS INCLUDING HARPER...KINGMAN AND RENO COUNTIES... AT 730 AM THE WICHITA RADAR SHOWED STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WEST OF A LINE FROM CONCORDIA TO NEAR SALINA TO WEST OF RUSSELL TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DODGE CITY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS HAD DECREASED IN INTENSITY SINCE 7 AM. ANOTHER AREA OF STORMS...WITH ISOLATED HEAVY RAIN...40 MILES WIDE WAS FROM 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRATT TO SOUTHWEST OF GAGE OKLAHOMA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST: AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. BURKE
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 8:36 AM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-131545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 836 AM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST FOR PART OF CENTRAL KANSAS INCLUDING HARPER...KINGMAN AND RENO COUNTIES... AT 830 AM THE WICHITA RADAR SHOWED STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR MARYSVILLE TO NEAR SALINA TO WEST OF RUSSELL TO PRATT. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA. STEADHAM/RANDALL
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 9:34 AM CST, 43 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-131645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 934 AM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST FOR PART OF CENTRAL KANSAS INCLUDING HARPER...KINGMAN AND RENO COUNTIES... AT 925 AM THE WICHITA RADAR SHOWED STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA TO RUSSELL TO PRATT. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR THE COMMUNITIES OF PROTECTION AND COLDWATER KANSAS IN COMMANCHE COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS. STEADHAM/RANDALL
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 12, 9:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 48 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.