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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Wichita, KS
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 1:35 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 70 | Montgomery, 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.
- 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
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.
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, 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.
| 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, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 56 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 |
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.