Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1990, 10:22 PM CDT for Harper County, Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 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, 10:22 PM CDT (03:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1990, 11:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Harper County, KS, Sumner 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, 10:25 PM CDT | Hail 1.5 | Harper, 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, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 3467 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1423 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KICT 090322
SVRICT
KSC077-191-090430-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1022 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
HARPER...WESTERN SUMNER
AT 1020 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM
50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA...NEAR HARPER. THIS STORM WILL
LIKELY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND AS IT MOVES TO THE
EAST AT 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE CITIES OF HARPER...ANTHONY AND
BLUFF CITY ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. IN SUMNER COUNTY...
THE STORM WILL MOVE INTO TO THE ARGONIA AREA BY 1045 PM.
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 DO
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. BE ON THE
LOOKOUT.
WILSONWhat 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, 4 hours 10 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, 3 hours 42 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, 3 hours 40 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
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 10:11 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
KSZ009-012-014-017-090400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1010 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 1009 PM CDT...THERE WERE NO WARNINGS IN EFFECT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL OR SOUTHEAST KANSAS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND ALL OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM PERSISTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST KANSAS. THESE WERE FROM JUST SOUTH OF TOPEKA TO EMPORIA TO WICHITA THEN SOUTHWEST TO NEAR MEDICINE LODGE. THE NORTHERN PART OF THE PRECIPITATION AREA WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH WHILE THE SOUTHERN PZART WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. WILSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 56 min |
| Jun 8, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 65 min |
| Jun 8, 8:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 39 min |
| Jun 8, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 36 min |
| Jun 8, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick | 58 min |
| Jun 8, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 33 min |
| Jun 9, 1:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 1:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Woodson | 4 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.