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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Wichita, KS

March 13, 1990Reno County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 1990, 4:37 PM CST for Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 13, 1990, 4:37 PM CST (22:37 UTC)
Expired
Mar 13, 1990, 5:15 PM CST
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Reno 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 12:00Z on 1990-03-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1480 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 12:00Z on 1990-03-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 262 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1480 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
829 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
262 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
238 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.8
Supercell composite
9.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KICT 132237
TORICT
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
437 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
      RENO

AT 434 PM A TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND NEAR CASTLETON IN CENTRAL
RENO COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. PEOPLEB IN DARLOW AND ELMER
SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.

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

STEADHAM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 7:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley32 min
Mar 12, 8:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood26 min
Mar 12, 9:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood48 min
Mar 13, 10:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman, Reno58 min
Mar 13, 11:13 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey62 min
Mar 13, 4:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno55 min
Mar 13, 4:52 PM CSTTornado WarningICTHarvey38 min
Mar 13, 5:27 PM CSTTornado WarningICTHarvey18 min
Mar 13, 5:43 PM CSTTornado WarningICTMarion62 min
Mar 13, 5:44 PM CSTTornado WarningICTSumner46 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.