Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 1990, 11:13 AM CST for Harvey County, Kansas. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 13, 1990, 11:13 AM CST (17:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 1990, 12:15 PM CST
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Harvey 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 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 1521 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 766 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1113 AM CST TUE MAR 13 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
WESTERN HARVEY
AT 1113 AM CST RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING INTO WESTERN HARVEY COUNTY. THEY WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH
NORTHEAST AT 55 MILES AN HOUR AND PRODUCING 60 MPH WINDS.
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND DO OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. BE ON THE
LOOKOUT.
LEIVERSWhat 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, 7:11 AM CST, 4 hours 2 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, 3 hours 28 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, 2 hours 37 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, 1 hour 39 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
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 10:30 AM CST, 43 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-131645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1030 AM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR KINGMAN AND RENO COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 AM...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 400 PM... AT 1025 AM THE WICHITA RADAR SHOWED STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS JUST TO THE WEST OF KINGMAN AND RENO COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH A LINE OF SEVERE WEATHER 85 MILES WIDE AND CENTERED ALONG A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST OF GRAND ISLAND NEBRASKA TO RUSSELL KANSAS TO PRATT TO 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF GAGE OKLAHOMA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 60 MILES AN HOUR8 AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. LEIVERS
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 10:51 AM CST, 22 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-131745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1046 AM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 AT 1045AM A WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED 1/2 INCH HAIL AND VERY STRONG WINDS JUST WEST OF THE HUTCHINSON AREA. A SPOTTER 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON OR JUST SOUTHEAST OF TURON REPORTED ESTIMATED WINDS TO 60 MPH AT AROUND 1030AM. THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WjARNING CONTINUES FOR RENO AND KINGMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 1115AM ELAND
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, 10:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 58 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 |
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.