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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Wichita, KS

April 9, 1990Kingman County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 9, 1990, 8:46 PM CDT for Kingman County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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, 8:46 PM CDT (01:46 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 1990, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
29 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 9, 8:50 PM CDTTornado F0Kingman, 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, 1.8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1990-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 176 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1990-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KICT 100146
TORICT
KSC095-100215-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
      KINGMAN

AT 836 PM THE KINGMAN POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 5 MILES
SOUTH OF KINGMAN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 M\ILES AN HOUR.

IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR MIDWAY OR THE CHENEY LAKE AREA...TAKE COVER
IMMEDIATELY.

 THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. DON/T HESITATE.
 A FEW SECONDS MIGHT SAVE YOUR LIFE.

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, 7:36 PM CDTTornado WarningICTButler69 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, 8:50 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.