Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1990, 10:49 PM CDT for Kingman County, Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 56 min. 3 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
- Jun 7, 1990, 10:49 PM CDT (03:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1990, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 10:50 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Reno, KS | |
| Jun 7, 10:55 PM CDT | Hail 2.75 | Reno, KS | |
| Jun 7, 11:30 PM CDT | 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 00:00Z, 3.8 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
- 3331 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1715 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KICT 080349
SVRICT
KSC155-095-080445-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1049 PM CDT THU JUN 7 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
SOUTHERN RENO...NORTHEAST KINGMAN
AT 1048 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN SOUTH RENO COUNTY...
10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PARTRIDGE. BASEBALL SIZE HAIL WAS FALLING IN
THE LAKE CHENEY AREA.
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, Jun 7, 6:09 PM CDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before
KSZ009-012-014-017-080000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 609 PM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 410 IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF EASTERN KANSS UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT... AT 600 PM...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND...WERE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF TOPEKA AND IN AND NEAR THE EMPORIA AREA. OTHER SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE IN A 40 MILE WIDE AREA THAT EXTENDED FROM 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF WICHITA...JUST TO THE NORTHEAST OF EL DORDADO...ACROSS EMPORIA TO JUST SOUTH OF TOPEKA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. WILSON
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 6:36 PM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
KSZ009-012-014-017-080030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 635 PM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 410 IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF EASTERN KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT... AT 630 PM...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTED ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. THOSE MOST LIKELY PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WIND...WERE JUST TO THE SOUTHEAST OF EMPORIA AND JUST TqO THE SOUTHEAST OF TOPEKA. OTHER SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE SCATTERED IN A 35 MILE WIDE AREA THAT EXTENDED FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF WICHITA...NEAR DE GRAFF... ACROSS EMPORIA TO NEAR TOPEKA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AND NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. WILSON
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 6:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before
KSZ009-012-014-017-080030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO TYPE OF WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 635 PM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 410 IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF EASTERN KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT... AT 630 PM...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTED ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. THOSE MOST LIKELY PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WIND...WERE JUST TO THE SOUTHEAST OF EMPORIA AND JUST TO THE SOUTHEAST OF TOPEKA. OTHER SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE SCATTERED IN A 35 MILE WIDE AREA THAT EXTENDED FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF WICHITA...NEAR DE GRAFF... ACROSS EMPORIA TO NEAR TOPEKA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AND NORTHEAST A~T 15 MPH. WILSON
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 7:02 PM CDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
KSZ009-012-014-017-080100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 701 PM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 410 IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF EASTERN KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT... AT 656 PM...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTED ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS WITH THE HEAVIEST OF THESE JUST TO THE SOUTHEAST OF TOPEKA AND VERY NEAR EMPORIA. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED IN AN AREA 40 MILES WIDE...ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF WICHITA...NEAR MATFIELD GREEN...TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA OR NEAR COUNCIL GROVE...THEN TO NEAR TOPEKA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. WILSON WILSON
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 7:36 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
KSZ009-012-014-017-080130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 735 PM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 410 IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF EASTERN KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT... AT 729 PM...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTED ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS WITH THE HEAVIEST OF THESE STILL IN AROUND THE EMPORIA AREA AND 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED IN AN AREA 40 MILES WIDE...ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF WICHITA NEAR NEWTON...TO JUST NORTH OF EMPORIA TO NEAR TOPEKA. IN ADDITION...THOSE STORMS IN AND AROUND THE COUNCIL GROVE... MATFIELD GREEN AREA:...40 TO 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF WICHITA...ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SOME HAIL AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. WILSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 58 min |
| Jun 7, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 61 min |
| Jun 7, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Marion | 25 min |
| Jun 7, 9:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Marion | 31 min |
| Jun 7, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Sedgwick | 55 min |
| Jun 7, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 42 min |
| Jun 7, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 61 min |
| Jun 7, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 57 min |
| Jun 8, 12:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 54 min |
| Jun 8, 1:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 56 min |
| Jun 8, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 30 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.