Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 25, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 24, 1990, 7:55 PM CDT for Marion County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 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
- May 24, 1990, 7:55 PM CDT (00:55 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1990, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 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 | |
| May 24, 8:45 PM CDT | Hail 2.5 | Marion, KS | |
| May 24, 8:50 PM CDT | Hail 2.5 | 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, 0.9 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 250055
TORICT
KSC115-250145-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
755 PM CDT THU MAY 24 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
CENTRAL AND EASTERN MARION
AT 753 PM CDT...RADAR IN WICHITA INDICATED DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUING ACROSS CENTRAL MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...MOVING
TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
THESE STORMS HAD PRODUCED TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL AT 745 PM ABOUT 15
MILES TO THE NORTHWEST OF MARION.
THIS STORM WILL PASS VERY CLOSE TO THE CITY OF MARION BY 800 PM CDT.
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.
WILSONThe 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, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Marion | 46 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.