Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 9, 1990, 8:20 PM CDT for Kingman County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 min. 1 report 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, 8:20 PM CDT (01:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 1990, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kingman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Kingman, 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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 176 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1538 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KICT 100120
TORICT
KSC095-100145-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
820 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
KINGMAN
AT 816 PM CDT A CITIZEN REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR SPIVEY
IN SOUTHWEST KINGMAN COUNTY...OR 31 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PRATT.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR.
IF YOU ARE IN SPIVEY OR RAGO...YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. DON/T HESITATE.
A FEW SECONDS MIGHT SAVE YOUR LIFE.What 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, 4 hours 4 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, 3 hours 18 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, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey, Sedgwick | 31 min |
| Apr 9, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler | 69 min |
| Apr 9, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 57 min |
| Apr 9, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 60 min |
| Apr 9, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 60 min |
| Apr 9, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey | 29 min |
| Apr 9, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Kingman | 29 min |
| Apr 9, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 55 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 1990Every tornado warning in 1990Tornadoes 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.