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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 24, 1990, 7:44 PM CDT for Marion County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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
- May 24, 1990, 7:44 PM CDT (00:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1990, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 8:38 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Marion, 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, 0.7 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KICT 250044
TORICT
KSC115-250130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
744 PM CDT THU MAY 24 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
NORTHERN MARION
AT 740 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN WICHITA
CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL MARION
COUNTY AREA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
VERY LARGE HAIL...1 INCH TO 1 1/2 INCHES HAD BEEN REPORTED WITH
THESE STORMS AS WELL.
TAMPA...RAMONA...AND LOST SPRINGS ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAhKE 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.
WILSONWhat 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, May 24, 5:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-242345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 545 PM CDT THU MAY 24 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH #311 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 525 PM CDT AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN CENTRAL KANSAS. THIS AREA WAS 40 MILES WIDE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SALINA TO 10 MILES WEST OF GREAT BEND. THIS AREA WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ALSO...A 10 MILE WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS WAS CENTERED 15 MILES SOUTH OF CHANUTE. THESE SHOWERS IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE. THESE SHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. RANDALL
Special weather statement, May 24, 6:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-250045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 604 PM CDT THU MAY 24 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH #311 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 555 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN CENTRAL KANSAS. THIS AREA WAS 40 MILES WIDE AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF CONCORDIA TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF SALINA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH*. AT 555 PM CDT THERE WAS NO SEVERE WEATHER IN SOUTHCENTRAL KANSAS. RANDALL
Special weather statement, May 24, 6:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-250145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 635 PM CDT THU MAY 24 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH #311 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 627 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN CENTRAL KANSAS. THIS AREA WAS 40 MILES WIDE AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF CONCORDIA TO 20 MILES EAST OF SALINA TO NEAR CANTON WHICH IS 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON. TH%E STRONGEST CELL WAS NEAR MARQUETTE WHICH IS 20 MILES SOUTH OF SALINA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. AT 627 PM CDT THERE WAS NO SEVERE WEATHER IN SOUTHCENTRAL KANSAS. RANDALL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Marion | 25 min |
| May 24, 7:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Marion | 50 min |
| May 24, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 24 min |
| May 24, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 58 min |
| May 24, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 28 min |
| May 25, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen | 58 min |
| May 25, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen | 67 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.