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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 9, 1990, 6:13 PM CDT for Harvey County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 9, 1990, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 1990, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Harvey 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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1423 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 362 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 395 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 092313
TORICT
KSC079-092345-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
613 PM CDT MON APR 9 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
HARVEY
AT 608 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 15 MILES EAST OF HUTHCINSON
IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST HARVEY COUNTY...OR JUST WEST OF PATTERSON.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. DON/T HESITATE.
A FEW SECONDS MIGHT SAVE YOUR LIFE.
IF YOU ARE IN PATTERSON...HALSTEAD...OR SEDGWICK...YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS TORNADO.
BURKEWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Apr 9, 4:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-017-092200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 414 PM CDT MON APR 9 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 112 IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND EAST KANSAS AND NORTH OKLAHOMA... AT 413 PM CDT A FEW SHOWERS HAD DEVELOPED RAPIDLY IN CENTRAL KANSAS. THEY WERE IN A LINE FOM 15 MILES WEST OF HUTCHINSON TO THE OKLAHOMA STATE LINE 80 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA. RYAN
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 5:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-017-092200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 603 PM CDT MON APR 9 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 112 IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND EAST KANSAS AND NORTH OKLAHOMA... AT 600 PM CDT A THUNDERSTORM WAS CENTERED ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON...ANOTHER WAS 35 MILES WEST OF WICHITA...OR JUST SOUTH OF KINGMAN. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTH OKLAHOMA AND WEST KANCSAS. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS INDICATED IN CENTRAL OR EAST KANSAS. RYAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 43 min |
| Apr 9, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey | 56 min |
| Apr 9, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey | 57 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.