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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Wichita, KS

May 25, 1990Harper County, Kingman County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 25, 1990, 9:27 PM CDT for Harper County, Kingman County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 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 25, 1990, 9:27 PM CDT (02:27 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 1990, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Harper County, KS, 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
May 25, 10:15 PM CDTHail 1Harper, 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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 1990-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1536 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 1990-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1536 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1351 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KICT 260227
TORICT
KSC095-077-260315-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
927 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
      SOUTHERN KINGMAN...HARPER

AT 925 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
WICHITA OR NEAR NASHVILLE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT
25 MPH. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE RAGO AND ATTICA.

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

RANDALL

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, May 25, 5:47 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-252315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
545 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 1990

AT 545 PM...SPOTTERS FROM IOLA IN ALLEN COUNTY REPORTED VERY HEAVY
RAIN FROM THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH WAS ON THE WOODSON-ALLEN COUNTY
LINE JUST SOUTHWEST OF IOLA. THE THUNDERSTORM HAS CONTINUED TO
DEVELOP...HOWEVER NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS YET BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH
THE STORM.

THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND SHOULD
MOVE INTO IOLA BY 600 PM CDT.

STEADHAM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 7:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTAllen4 hr
May 25, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno69 min
May 25, 10:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTNeosho, Wilson3 hr
May 26, 1:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTNeosho, Wilson2 hr
May 26, 1:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTAllen, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson4 hr
May 26, 1:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTLabette4 hr
May 26, 1:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTBourbon4 hr
May 26, 7:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood58 min
May 26, 5:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTBourbon3 hr

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.