Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 1990, 4:20 PM CST for Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 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, 4:20 PM CST (22:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 1990, 5:15 PM CST
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County 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, 4:34 PM CST | Tornado F5 | 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 161 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.
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TTAA00 KICT 132220
SVRICT
KSC155-132315-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
420 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
RENO
AT 318 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS IN THE RENO COUNTY AREA.
THIS THUNDERSTORM IS PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AND IS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. IT IS LOCATED NEAR PRETTY PRAIRIE OR JUST NORTH
OF THE KINGMAN COUNTY LINE.
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, 11:43 AM CST, 4 hours 37 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-131845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1141 AM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WESTERN HARVEY COUNTY UNTIL 1215 AM...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 400 PM... AT 1125 AM THE WICHITA RADAR SHOWED STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS POSSIBLE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF HESTON WHICH IS IN 28 MILES NORTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON. THIS STORM WAS PART OF A LARGER AREA OF PRECIPITATION WHICH WAS WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST OF TOPEKA TO 35 MILES WEST OF EMPORIA TO 40 MILES WEST OF ARKANSAS CITY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 60 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. RANDALL
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 12:33 PM CST, 3 hours 47 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-131845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1232 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED FOR WESTERN HARVEY COUNTY HAD EXPIRED AT 1215 PM...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 400 PM... AT 1225 PM THE WICHITA RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE WEATHER HAD MOVED OUT OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...LEAVING ONLY A FEW AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS. THIS LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 60 MILES AN HOUR INTO NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE AREA WAS GENERALLY 25 MILES ON EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM HUTCHINSON TO THE NEBRASKA BORDER NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA. LEIVERS
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 1:39 PM CST, 2 hours 41 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-132045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 138 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 400 PM... AT 125 PM A FEW LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WERE IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THESE SHOWERS WERE IN A 25 MILE WIDE AREA AND GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARYSVILLE ON THE THE KANSAS NEBRASKA BORDER SOUTHWARD TO 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF EMPORIA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. RANDALL
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 2:42 PM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-132045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 241 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 400 PM... AT 225 PM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD REDEVELOPED IN AN AREA OF INSTABILITY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. AT THIS TIME THE AREA HAD NOT BEEN PRODUCING MORE THAN A FEW AREAS OF PRECIPITATION...ONE IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND ANOTHER OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS. THEY WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. OTHERWISE...AN AREA OF SCATTERED PRECIPITATION CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS AS REMNANTS OF THIS MORNING'S SYSTEM. THAT BAND WAS ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. LEIVERS
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 3:43 PM CST, 37 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-132245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 345 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...THE TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL KANSAS HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 10 PM TONIGHT... AT 330 PM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED IN WEST CENTRAL KINGMAN COUNTY. THE CELL WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 45 MPH AND IS EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH EASTERN RENO COUNTY BY 445 PM. OTHERWISE...A LINE OF SCATTERED PRECIPITATION 30 MILES WIDE COVERED LARGE PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL KANSAS ALONG A LINE CENTERED FROM THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA BORDER NORTH OF TOPEKA TO 20 MILES EAST OF EMPORIA TO THE KANSAS-OKLAHOMA BORDER 25 MILES EAST OF ARKANSAS CITY KANSAS. THIS LINE WAS ALSO MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 40 MPH. LEIVERS
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 4:09 PM CST, 11 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-132300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 409 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...THE TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL KANSAS HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 10 PM TONIGHT... AT 355 PM THE KINGMAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAINS AND PEA SIZE HAIL...ALONG WITH 40 MPH WINDS...IN CENTRAL KINGMAN COUNTY NEAR US HWY 54 WEST OF KINGMAN. THIS REPORT IS ASSOCIATED WITH A LARGE CELL THAT INCLUDES IMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. THIS SYSTEM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 40 MPH AND IS EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH CENTRAL RENO COUNTY BY 500 PM. OTHERWISE...A BAND OF SCATTERED PRECIPITATION CONTINUED IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS FROM NORTH OF TOPEKA TO 15 MILES EAST OF EMPORIA TO THE KANSAS-OKLAHOMA BORDER 25 MILES EAST OF ARKANSAS CITY KANSAS. THIS LINE WAS ALSO MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 40 MPH. LEIVERS
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, 11:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey | 62 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.