Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1990, 12:09 AM CDT for Cherokee County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 1990, 12:09 AM CDT (05:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 1990, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cherokee 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
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -500 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1116 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KICT 270509
SVRICT
KSC099-021-125-270600-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1209 AM CDT SUN MAY 27 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF KANSAS
EASTERN LABETTE...CHEROKEE...SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY
AT 1200 AM(MIDNIGHT) CDT...RADAR INDICATED TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. ONE WAS SOUTH OF BARLETTE OR 23 MILES EAST OF
COFFEYVILLE. THIS STORM HAD PRODUCED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN BARLETTE
AS IT PASSED.
THE OTHER STORM WAS ALONG THE OKLAHOMA BORDER JUST SOUTHEAST OF
CANEY...OR 18 MILES WEST OF COFFEYVILLE.
BOTH THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
THIS SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTOM MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS
AND UNDERPASSES.
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 26, 7:49 PM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-270130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 742 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 9PM FOR BOURBON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS... AT 730 PM STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR ELLSWORTH OR 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RUSSELL...NEAR LINCOLN OR 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA...AND 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE WITHIN A 70 MILE WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WERE GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR RUSSELL TO HUTCHINSON TO 20 MILES WEST OF CHANUTE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ! RANDALL
Special weather statement, May 26, 8:47 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-270230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 842 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 9PM FOR BOURBON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS... AT 830 PM STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR KANOPOLIS OR 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SALINA...AND 10 MILES EAST OF MATFIELD GREEN OR 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EMPORIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE WITHIN A 80 MILE WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WERE GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST OF HUTCHINSON TO WICHITA TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF CHANUTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. RANDALL
Special weather statement, May 26, 8:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-270245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 855 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS... THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BOURBON COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 900 PM CDT. AT 855 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAINS THAT WERE OVER BOURBON COUNTY HAVE MOVED EAST INTO MISSOURI. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES INTO SUNDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAS0T KANSAS. RANDALL
Special weather statement, May 26, 9:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-270330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 945 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS... AT 933 PM STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MATFIELD GREEN OR 25 MILES WEST OF EMPORIA...AND NEAR HAMILTON OR 30 MILES SOUTH OF EMPORIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE WITHIN AN 80 MILE WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WERE GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM GREAT BEND TO WICHITA TO CHANUTE. ALSO...AT 933 PM SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED IN EXTEME SOUTHCENTRAL KANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. RANDALL
Special weather statement, May 26, 10:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-270430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1045 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS... AT 1033 PM STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED IN A 20 MILE WIDE AREA WHICH EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHANUTE TO 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF WICHITA. SINCE 933 PM THUNDERSTORMS HAVE INCREASED IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE IN SOUTHCENTRAL KANSAS AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WITHIN A 120 MILE WIDE AREA AND WERE GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA TO 20 MILES WEST OF HUTCHINSON TO 30 MILES WEST OF ARKANSAS CITY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE@ HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. RANDALL
Special weather statement, May 26, 11:45 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-270530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1144 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS... AT 1133 PM STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED IN A 20 MILE WIDE AREA WHICH EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF CHANUTE TO 25 MILES EAST OF WICHITA. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WITHIN A 120 MILE WIDE AREA WHICH WAS GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA TO 10 MILES WEST OF HUTCHINSON TO 10 MILES WEST OF ARKANSAS CITY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. RANDALL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 12:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery | 51 min |
| May 27, 1:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette | 29 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.