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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Wichita, KS

June 18, 1990Montgomery County, Wilson County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1990, 3:19 AM CDT for Montgomery County, Wilson County, Kansas. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 1990, 3:19 AM CDT (08:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 1990, 4:15 AM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Montgomery County, KS, Wilson County, KS

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 1990-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3516 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1990-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 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
3516 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
965 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KICT 180825
SVRICT
KSC125-205-180915-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
319 AM CDT MON JUN 18 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS
          ...NORTHERN MONTGOMERY...SOUTHERN WILSON
 
AT 320 AM CDT RADAR SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 15 MILES SOUTH TO
22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHANUTE...NEAR THE TOWNS OF NEODESHA AND ELK
CITY.
 
MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 5 MILES AN HOUR...TOWARD
INDEPENDENCE.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
BURKE

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 18, 1:14 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-180710-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
112 AM CDT MON JUN 18 1990

...STORMS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

AT 100 AM A 10-MILE WIDE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED SINCE 1230
AM FROM 30 MILES EAST OF WICHITA...OR 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EL DORADO...
TO 35 MILES WEST OF CHANUTE JUST NORTHWEST OF SEVERY.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF HEAVY RAIN AND PLENTY OF DEADLY LIGHTNING.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR...AS THE STORMS
CONTINUED TO DEVELOP.

BURKE
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 1:51 AM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-180750-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
150 AM CDT MON JUN 18 1990

AT 135 AM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN EAST OF THE WICHITA
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 2:03 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-180750-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION TO DIR FM CNU
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
150 AM CDT MON JUN 18 1990

AT 135 AM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN EAST OF THE WICHITA AREA.
VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY
THESE STORMS.

THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE IN A BAND 15 MILES WIDE FROM 30 MILES EAST OF
WICHITA JUST EAST OF AUGUSTA TO 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF CH#ANUTE JUST
SOUTHWEST OF EUREKA.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST-NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR.

BURKE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 2:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk54 min
Jun 18, 4:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCherokee58 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.