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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1990, 9:14 PM CDT for Butler County, Chase County, Marion County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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
- Jun 7, 1990, 9:14 PM CDT (02:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1990, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 9:14 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 3393 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1162 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.2
- Supercell composite
- -1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KICT 080215
TORICT
KSC015-115-017-080245-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
914 PM CDT THU JUN 7 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
NORTHERN BUTLER...
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
SOUTHEAST MARION...
IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
SOUTHWEST CHASE...
AT 914 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND BETWEEN BURNS AND PEABODY
MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. ANOTHER TORNADO WAS JUST NORTH OF
CASSODAY...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS EXTENDS THE TORNADO WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR THE SAME COUNTIES.
TAKE COVER AT ONCE. DON/T WAIT UNTIL THE STORM IS UPON YOU...IT
MIGHT BE TOO LATE.
STEADHAMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 58 min |
| Jun 7, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 61 min |
| Jun 7, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Marion | 25 min |
| Jun 7, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Sedgwick | 55 min |
| Jun 7, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 42 min |
| Jun 7, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 61 min |
| Jun 7, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 56 min |
| Jun 7, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 57 min |
| Jun 8, 12:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 54 min |
| Jun 8, 1:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 56 min |
| Jun 8, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 30 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.