Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1990, 10:33 PM CDT for Chase County, Greenwood County, Kansas. It was in force for 57 min. 3 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, 10:33 PM CDT (03:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1990, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Chase County, KS, Greenwood 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 19, 10:35 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 80 | Chase, KS | |
| Jun 19, 10:35 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 70 | Greenwood, KS | |
| Jun 19, 10:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 75 | Greenwood, 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, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 3973 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2077 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 320 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 44.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KICT 200333
SVRICT
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1033 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF KANSAS
GREENWOOD...
IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
SOUTHERN CHASE...
AT 10:30 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
CASSODAY. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED WINDS IN EXCESS OF
80 MILES AN HOUR. IT WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES
AN HOUR.
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.
ELDERWhat 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, 3 hours 27 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, 3 hours 22 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, 2 hours 31 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 63 min |
| Jun 19, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 60 min |
| Jun 19, 9:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 37 min |
| Jun 19, 9:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 30 min |
| Jun 19, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Harvey | 67 min |
| Jun 20, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno | 64 min |
| Jun 20, 12:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno | 28 min |
| Jun 20, 12:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 56 min |
| Jun 20, 12:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno, Sedgwick | 25 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.