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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Wichita, KS

June 8, 1990Butler County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1990, 7:04 PM CDT for Butler County, Kansas. It was in force for 56 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, 7:04 PM CDT (00:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1990, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Butler 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, 8:05 PM CDTHail 4Butler, 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 171 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1990-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5742 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1990-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 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
5742 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
826 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
243 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
6.7
Supercell composite
28.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KICT 090004
SVRICT
KSC015-090100-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
      BUTLER

AT 700 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR AUGUSTA OR
20 MILES EAST OF WICHITA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT
20 MPH.

 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.

 REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND DO OCCASIONALLY D2O
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. BE ON THE
LOOKOUT.

RANDALL

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 8, 6:12 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
KSZ009-012-014-017-090000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
612 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 422 IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
AND ALL OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT...

AT 600 PM CDT...STRONG ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN EAST CENTRAL
KANSAS. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF EMPORIA
TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EMPORIA. THE STRONGEST OF THESE WAS ABOUT
10 FMILES SOUTHEAST OF EMPORIA. THEY WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH.

LEIVERS
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 6:40 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
KSZ009-012-014-017-090030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
640 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 422 IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
AND ALL OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT...

AT 630 PM CDT...STRONG ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN EAST CENTRAL
KANSAS. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED JUST SOUTHWEST OF EMPORIA...10 MILES
NORTHEAST OF EMPORIA AND 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EMPORIA. THEY WERE MOVING
TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH...AND SHOWED SIGNS OF INTENSIFICATION.

LEIVERS
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 6:42 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
KSZ009-012-014-017-090030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
641 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 422 IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
AND ALL OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT...

AT 630 PM CDT...STRONG ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN EAST CENTRAL
KANSAS. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED JUST SOUTHWEST OF EMPORIA...10 MILES
NORTHEAST OF EMPORIA AND 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EMPORIA. THEY WERE MOVING
TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH...AND SHOWED SIGNS OF INTENSIFICATION.

LEIVERS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Sedgwick65 min
Jun 8, 8:06 PM CDTTornado WarningICTGreenwood39 min
Jun 8, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood36 min
Jun 8, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley, Sedgwick58 min
Jun 8, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler33 min
Jun 8, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Sumner43 min
Jun 9, 1:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTGreenwood4 hr
Jun 9, 1:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTWoodson4 hr

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.