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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Wichita, KS

June 8, 1990Montgomery County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1990, 1:15 AM CDT for Montgomery County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 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
Jun 8, 1990, 1:15 AM CDT (06:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1990, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Montgomery 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 8, 1:35 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 70Montgomery, 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

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 175 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1990-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2891 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1990-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2891 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1054 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
4.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KICT 080615
SVRICT
KSC125-080645-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
115 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF KANSAS
      SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY

AT 113 AM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER COFFEYVILLE MOVING
SOUTH AT 30 MPH.  WINDS OF 55 TO 70 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM
THIS STORM.

 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.

STEADHAM

What 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, 7:36 PM CDT, 5 hours 39 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
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 12:47 AM CDT, 28 minutes before
KSZ009-012-014-017-080645-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1245 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 413 IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 3 AM THIS MORNING...

AT 1230 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...LARGE HAIL
STRONG GUSTY WINDS CONTINUED IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...WHLIE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA OR JUST
NORTHEAST OF HARPER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED HAIL UP TO
GOLFBALL SIZE AT RUNNYMEDE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH
AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

ELESEWHERE...SCATERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN A AREA 55
MILES WIDE AND GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
OTTAWA TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF EMPORIA TO 15 MILES NORTH OF WICHITA TO 20
MILES NORTHEAST OF PRATT. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WERE 30
MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHANUTE AND 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF ARKANSAS CITY.
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
ROSNER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase58 min
Jun 7, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase, Marion61 min
Jun 7, 8:50 PM CDTTornado WarningICTButler, Chase, Marion25 min
Jun 7, 9:14 PM CDTTornado WarningICTButler, Chase, Marion31 min
Jun 7, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Sedgwick55 min
Jun 7, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler42 min
Jun 7, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Sedgwick61 min
Jun 7, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman, Reno56 min
Jun 7, 11:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman57 min
Jun 8, 12:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper54 min
Jun 8, 1:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner56 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.