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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Wichita, KS

April 9, 1990Butler County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 9, 1990, 7:36 PM CDT for Butler County, Kansas. It was in force for 69 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
Apr 9, 1990, 7:36 PM CDT (00:36 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 1990, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Butler 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
Apr 9, 8:05 PM CDTTornado F0Butler, KS
Apr 9, 8:34 PM CDTHail 1.75Butler, KS
Apr 9, 8:47 PM CDTHail 1.75Butler, 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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 171 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1990-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 58 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1990-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
58 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-198 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
760 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 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 100036
TORICT
KSC015-100145-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
736 PM CDT MON APR 9 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
      NORTHERN BUTLER

AT 632 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY THE KANSAS HIGHWAY PATROL
22 MILES NORTH OF WICHITA JUST EAST OF THE JUNCTION OF HIGHWAY
135 AND KANSAS HIGHWAY 196.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR TOWARD WHITEWATER AND POTWIN.

 TAKE COVER AT ONCE. DON/T WAIT UNTIL THE STORM IS UPON YOU...IT
MIGHT BE TOO LATE.

BURKE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 7:14 PM CDTTornado WarningICTHarvey, Sedgwick31 min
Apr 9, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase57 min
Apr 9, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper60 min
Apr 9, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick60 min
Apr 9, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey29 min
Apr 9, 8:20 PM CDTTornado WarningICTKingman25 min
Apr 9, 8:46 PM CDTTornado WarningICTKingman29 min
Apr 9, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler55 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.