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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Wichita, KS

June 19, 1990Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1990, 9:00 PM CDT for Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 60 min. 4 reports 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 19, 1990, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 1990, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Sedgwick 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 19, 9:05 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 70Sedgwick, KS
Jun 19, 9:20 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 90Sedgwick, KS
Jun 19, 9:41 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 100Sedgwick, KS
Jun 19, 9:55 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 90Sedgwick, 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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 215 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1990-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1990-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 153 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3174 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
380 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KICT 200200
SVRICT
KSC173-200300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
900 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
      SEDGWICK...THE CITY OF WICHITA

AT 9:00 PM RADAR INDICATED AT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR KINGMAN.
THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING WINDS AT 60 TO 75 MILES AND HOUR.

THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL
BE IN GARDEN PLAIN BY 9:15 PM THEN SHOULD BE APPROACHING WICHITA
A LITTLE AFTER 9:30 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.

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 19, 7:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
KSZ009-012-200105-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
705 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH NUMBER 502 IS IN EFFECT FOR RENO COUNTY
UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...

AT 700 PM CDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO
INTENSIFY IN WESTERN KANSAS AS THMOVED TO THE EAST THIS EVENING. THE
PRECIPITATION WAS GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM JUST SOUTH OF GREAT BEND
TO 20 MILES WEST OF PRATT TO THE OKLAHOMA BORDER 50 MILES SOUTH OF DODGE
CITY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 30
MILES AN HOUR. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS AT
THIS TIME.
ROSNER
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 7:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
KSZ009-012-200105-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
710 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH NUMBER 502 IS IN EFFECT FOR RENO COUNTY
UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...

AT 700 PM CDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO
INTENSIFY IN WESTERN KANSAS AS THEY MOVED TO THE EAST THIS EVENING. THE
PRECIPITATION WAS GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM JUST SOUTH OF GREAT BEND
TO 20 MILES WEST OF PRATT TO THE OKLAHOMA BORDER 50 MILES SOUTH OF DODGE
CITY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 30
MILES AN HOUR. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS AT
THIS TIME.
ROSNER
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 8:02 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
KSZ009-012-200205-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
800 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH NUMBER 502 IS IN EFFECT FOR RENO COUNTY
UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...

AT 755 PM CDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO
INTENSIFY IN WESTERN KANSAS AS THEY MOVED TO THE EAST THIS EVENING. THE
PRECIPITATION WAS GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF
HUTCHINSON TO 5 MILES WEST OF PRATT TO THE OKLAHOMA BORDER 50 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF PRATT. THE STORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE TO THE EAST NORTHEAST
AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN WESTERN RENO COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT
AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED.

ROSNER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman, Reno63 min
Jun 19, 9:23 PM CDTTornado WarningICTSedgwick37 min
Jun 19, 9:45 PM CDTTornado WarningICTSedgwick30 min
Jun 19, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Harvey67 min
Jun 19, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase, Greenwood57 min
Jun 20, 12:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Reno64 min
Jun 20, 12:17 AM CDTTornado WarningICTHarvey, Reno28 min
Jun 20, 12:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick56 min
Jun 20, 12:50 AM CDTTornado WarningICTHarvey, Reno, Sedgwick25 min

Nearby

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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.