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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Wichita, KS

May 24, 1990Marion County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 24, 1990, 7:20 PM CDT for Marion County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 1990, 7:20 PM CDT (00:20 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1990, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Marion 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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 1990-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1990-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 362 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
739 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
362 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
487 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KICT 250020
TORICT
KSC115-250045-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
720 PM CDT THU MAY 24 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
      NORTHERN MARION

AT 718 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A TORNADO ACROSS THE
NORTHWEST PART OF MARION COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS
STORM WILL AFFECT...TAMPA...RAMONA...AND LOST SPRINGS. PEOPLE
IN THESE AREAS SHOULD TAKE COVER.

THIS TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND AND WAS CAUSING DAMAGE. THIS IS AN
EXTENSION OF THE TORNADO WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR MARION COUNTY.-

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

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

WILSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:44 PM CDTTornado WarningICTMarion46 min
May 24, 7:55 PM CDTTornado WarningICTMarion50 min
May 24, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMarion24 min
May 24, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase58 min
May 24, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase28 min
May 25, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen58 min
May 25, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen67 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.